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Report - London Borough of Hillingdon

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Unallocated Growth (Realignment): - (£1,639k) underspend<br />

22. There is no change since the last report. This is a reserve <strong>of</strong> £1,639k <strong>of</strong><br />

budgetary growth and inflation in the current year which has been with held from<br />

budgets pending a realignment <strong>of</strong> budgets for 2004/05 to reflect actual patterns <strong>of</strong><br />

spend. The budget will be dispersed to service budgets as part <strong>of</strong> 2004/05 budget<br />

build. This will not address the structural budget issues within services in the current<br />

year. Group budgets will continue to be managed by the department to aim to<br />

deliver an outturn on target overall. The realignment analysis will now form the basis<br />

for re-shaped budgets for 2004/05.<br />

Environmental Services:<br />

23. A projected overspend <strong>of</strong> £112k is reported. This is a worsening <strong>of</strong> £6k on the<br />

£106k reported in month 8. This is due to a new pressure in the CCTV service in<br />

relation to maintenance and cable line rental. The position is summarised below:<br />

Forecast<br />

month 9<br />

£’000<br />

Change from<br />

month 8<br />

£’000<br />

Public Health & Environmental<br />

6 6<br />

Services<br />

Highways & Transport 50 0<br />

Support Services 56 0<br />

Total 112 6<br />

Public Health & Environmental Services: - £6k overspend<br />

24. £6k CCTV Service. Pressure from increased maintenance and cable line rental<br />

costs. The CCTV manager is reviewing the current arrangements for the internal<br />

recharges <strong>of</strong> costs and also looking at opportunities to attract external funding to<br />

support this important 24-hour service.<br />

Highways & Transport: - £50k overspend<br />

25. Income from contract parking in multi storey car parks has not yet been<br />

achieved, hence there is an income shortfall. Officers continue to seek negotiated<br />

agreements with potential contract users.<br />

Support Services: - £56k overspend<br />

26. Demand for the Customer Contact Centre has been higher than expected, and<br />

the success <strong>of</strong> the service has generated yet more calls. The existing over-spend<br />

has arisen because <strong>of</strong> the need to employ additional staff to deal with the increased<br />

number <strong>of</strong> calls taken to meet performance indicators and deal with peaks and<br />

troughs in demand. The Council intends to extend the present CCC to all Council<br />

services, and the costs and budgetary position <strong>of</strong> the larger CCC will depend upon<br />

the detailed arrangements for the new service.<br />

PART I – MEMBERS & PUBLIC (INCLUDING THE PRESS)<br />

Cabinet <strong>Report</strong>s - 4 th March 2003 Page 163

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