Budget Development Final Proposals

2015/16Councillor Mohammed Pervez, Leader of the Council

4 February 2015

The purpose of today is…

• To update on proposals for achieving our

budget for 2015/16

• To outline the responses received through

our consultation

• To set out the next steps for our budget

Budget challenges – a reminder

The national picture

The story so far…

£97m annual

£36m £36m +£20m £36m £20m +£21m £36m £20m £21m +£20m

0 50 100 150 200 250 300

2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15

Cumulative £56m Cumulative £77m Cumulative £97m

c£266m cumulative

Grant reduction

Source: DCLG

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Financial Year

City Council Reduction in Revenue Support Grant 2013/14-2020/21

Budget breakdown (£30.9m) -

December 2014• Reductions in funding - £21.2m (RSG loss)

(plus £5.9m other income) - £15.3m

• Cost pressures - £5.1m e.g. in year changes

in grants, recycling contamination , Capital

financing charges

• Growth - £1.7m legal req. social care, DHN,

• Demographic - £4.3m looked after children,

learning disabilities.

• Contractual inflation and Employee

Adjustments - £4.5m e.g. national pay

award

Budget breakdown (£26.9m) - February

2015

Reduction in gap from £30.9m to £26.9m achieved

through:

Reduction in change

management budget

£2.172m

Increased council tax

income

£1.35m

Other minor changes

(including RSG

adjustments, Business rate

inflation, etc) plus

£0.478m

Total: £4m

Budget breakdown (£26.9m)

• Budget pressures - £2.9m, including

- Capital financing costs £2.5m

- Recycling contamination £0.3m

• RSG cuts of £20.4m

• Council tax growth - (£2m)

• Other income – BCF (£3m)

• and other grants (£1.9m)

NET Effect £13.5m

• Growth - £1.7m

For example:

- District Heat Network £0.9m

- Adult Social Care, deprivation of liberties £0.6m

• Demographic - £4.3m

- Looked after children, learning

disabilities.

• Contractual inflation and Employee Adjustments - £4.5m

Budget overview

• Budget gap £26.9m for 2015/16

• Grant reduced by £20.4m

• Major increase in demand

• Challenging budget

Consultation feedback

Extensive engagement and consultation undertaken.

My City , My Say – c1,000 questionnaires completed

• Engagement with

– Focus groups

– Businesses

– Voluntary sector

– Young and older people

– Faith leaders

– Overview and Scrutiny

– Elected members

• Budget consultation – 91 responses, 7 petitions received

• Extensive media coverage – 107 articles/ items of coverage

• Web and social media awareness

This is what people told us were their main

issues:

• School crossing patrols

• Child and adolescent Mental Health

Service

• Meals on Wheels

• Blue Badge car parking

• Public toilets

Main consultation themes

• School crossing patrols

– Budget saving to be taken out

– Each site subject to a risk assessment

– Only where appropriate, alternative provision will be put in

place

• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service

– Budget saving to be taken out

– Will be reviewing the service as a wider partnership service

review

• Public toilets

– Service to remain as is and will continue to explore community

provision

• Meals on Wheels

– Service to remain the same – internal review to be completed

This is how we have listened and responded:

Total cost = £0.453m

Capital investment 2015/16 – 19/20

Total programme of £288.16m over the 5

year period. Includes:-

• Investment in District Heat Network

£19.75m

• City centre connectivity £20m

• University Quarter £9.4m

• Haywood academy £1m

• Adult social care service

improvements - £3.6m

• Investing in primary schools £21.7m

Council tax will not increase

• Invest in the city

• Protect statutory services

• Innovation and

transformation

A Great Working City

• Continuing to invest in the economy

• Top 5 for per capita growth nationally – 21.4%

compared to 10.2% nationally

• Number of jobs has increased quickly – over 3,000

new jobs in two years

• The City Deal - £30.9 million unlocking £113m of

public and private sector investment

• Modern competitive city – Smithfield and new public

realm

Looking after our people

• 390 Extra Care apartments across the city – Chell

Heath, Abbey Hulton, Blurton

• £1 house scheme

• Warm homes – top five in councils in the UK

• £280m in building schools for the future

• The number of NEETS in Stoke-on-Trent is lower than

the West Midlands average

• £5m Government investment in Co-operative

Working

• Primary results improving – narrowing the gap

• The number of new members registered in libraries is

up by 30%

Despite the Cuts ….

• People £107m

– Adult Social Care and Protection

– Vulnerable Children & Corporate Parenting

• Place £40m

– Environment Waste Operations

– Roads & Engineering

• Effective City Council £29m

– Revenues & Benefits Service

– Support Services

– Civic and Corporate

• Public Health & Protection £21m

We have frozen council tax for the third

year running and despite huge

government cuts, we continue to listen

to our residents to provide essential

services, remain focused on jobs and

growth and deliver balanced budgets

year on year.

Next steps

Proposals now go to:

• Cabinet on 12 February

• City Council on 26 February

where final decisions will be taken.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank…

Staff

Members

Residents

Partners

Businesses

Voluntary Sector

Community Groups

For their support and involvement

Any Questions?

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