Spending Review Programme Reviews in Progress at Budget ...€¦ · Status Proposals not yet made by Executive Proposals published for consultation Work complete, decision pending

Z/2017/13959MNCAP – Spending Review Programme – Reviews in Progress at Budget 2017-18

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Spending Review Programme

Reviews in Progress at Budget 2017/18

The following pages describe spending reviews for which work is still taking place prior to the approval of savings by the Executive. It is current at the time of the 2017/18 budget, and consistent with the report considered by the Council on 22nd February, 2017.


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Contents

Review Name

Page No.

Adult Learning

3-4

Adult Social Care

5-6

Children’s Services – phase 1

7-8

Children’s Services (later phases)

9-10

Civic and Democratic Services

11-12

Cleansing and Waste – phase 1

13-14

Cleansing and Waste – phase 2

15-16

Community Capacity Building

17-18

Community Voluntary Organisations

19-20

Investment Property (phase 1)

21-22

Investment Property (phase 2)

23-24

Lifestyle Services

25-26

Park and Ride

27-28

Regulatory Services (phase 2)

29-30

Regulatory Services (phase 3)

31-32

Sexual Health

33-34

Social Welfare Advice Services

35-36

Sports and Leisure

37-38

Tourism, Culture and Investment

39-40

Transforming Neighbourhood Services (East and Central areas)

41-42

Using Buildings Better

43-44


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1. Review Name Adult Learning. 2. Responsibilities

Executive Lead(s) : Councillor Waddington Lead Director

:

Frances Craven

Review Lead(s)

:

Ian Bailey

3. Status Proposals not yet made by Executive Proposals published for consultation Work complete, decision pending 4. Review Areas

Vocational and community learning provided at Leicester Adult Education Centre and community centres.

5. Budget

£m

Gross budget 4.9

Income (4.0)

Net budget 0.9

6. Savings Sought £0.4m


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7. Key Dates

Executive Proposals

-

TBD

Public Consultation

-

Scrutiny Review

-

Decision anticipated

-

8. Comments

Funding for the service is entirely provided by the Skills Funding Agency, and this grant is currently subject to review. It seems unlikely that savings can be made on a continuing basis to contribute to the Council’s overall budget gap. A more thorough review of the role of adult learning has been commissioned.


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1. Review Name Adult Social Care 2. Responsibilities

Executive Lead(s) : Councillor Palmer Lead Director

:

Steven Forbes

Review Lead(s)

:

3. Status N/A. 4. Review Areas

Whilst not strictly part of the Spending Review Programme, Adult Social Care is reviewing all its expenditure continually with a view to ensuring its services are provided as cost effectively as possible, whilst meeting its statutory obligations. Specific proposals relating to spending reductions are reported to scrutiny for their consideration.

5. Budget £106m in 2017/18. 6. Savings Sought N/A.


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7. Key Dates N/A. 8. Comments


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1. Review Name Children’s Services – phase 1. 2. Responsibilities

Executive Lead(s) : Councillor Russell Lead Director

:

Frances Craven

Review Lead(s)

:

Jackie Difolco


The Children’s Services review encompasses the whole of the Children’s Services’ departmental budget, other than social care. Phase 1 includes remodelling of early help services, which provide support to young children and their parents. Specifically, phase 1 encompasses the provision of children’s centres and adventure playgrounds.

5. Budget

The total budget for Early Help is £9m, within a total Children’s Services budget of £13m (excluding social care and departmental resources).

6. Savings Sought £4m per year.


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7. Key Dates

Executive Proposals

-

25th August 2016

Public Consultation

-

September – December 2016

Scrutiny Review

-

Children’s Scrutiny Commission, 11th October 2016 and 6th March, 2017. (Early Help).


-

March 2017 (Early Help).

8. Comments Separate decision will be taken on adventure playgrounds.


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1. Review Name Children’s Services (later phases). 2. Responsibilities

Executive Lead(s) : Councillor Russell Lead Director

:

Frances Craven

Review Lead(s)

:

David Thrussell


The review encompasses the whole budget for the Children’s Services Department, other than social care. Phase 2 covers the Youth Service.

5. Budget The budget for the youth service is £1.8m within a total budget of £13m. 6. Savings Sought £1m per year.


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7. Key Dates

Executive Proposals

-

15th September 2016

Public Consultation

-

January 2017 – April 2017 (Youth)

Scrutiny Review

-

16th January, and on conclusion of consultation.


-

June, 2017.

8. Comments


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1. Review Name Civic and Democratic Services. 2. Responsibilities

Executive Lead(s) : City Mayor Lead Director

:

Miranda Cannon

Review Lead(s)

:

Miranda Cannon


Savings related to governance and other support functions across the Delivery, Communications and Political Governance division. Savings have largely been achieved through natural reduction occasioned by staff turnover.

5. Budget £0.8m per year. 6. Savings Sought £0.2m per year.


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7. Key Dates

Executive Proposals

-

N/A

Public Consultation

-

N/A

Scrutiny Review

-

Overview Select Committee, 6th April 2017.


-

April, 2017

8. Comments


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1. Review Name Cleansing and Waste – phase 1. 2. Responsibilities

Executive Lead(s) : Councillor Clarke Lead Director

:

John Leach

Review Lead(s)

:

Stewart Doughty (Cleansing); Geoff Soden (Waste).

3. Status Proposals not yet made by Executive Proposals published for consultation Work complete, decision pending 4. Review Areas The full Cleansing and Waste review includes city and neighbourhood

cleansing, litter disposal, waste collection and disposal (including PFI arrangements). Phase 1 includes specific proposals in relation to cleansing, including:-

a) Removal of the dedicated FIDO (faeces intake disposal operation) machine and operative;

b) Removal of the dedicated Bring Bank Team; c) Transfer of additional duties to other teams in order to reduce the morning bin

and bag collection and cleaning of car parks; d) Review and reduce weekend cleaning of shop frontages and main gateways

into the city; e) Review how the transfer station is resourced; f) Review the operation of the Graffiti Team; g) Redesign city centre cleansing schedules; h) Redesign district cleansing schedules; i) Remove one of the two mechanical brushes for district cleaning; j) Replace the current corporate waste and recycling collections with a

combined service to collect both mixed waste and recycled materials in one split body vehicle;

k) Consider the management / supervision and administration team.


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5. Budget The full cleansing and waste service has a budget as follows:-

Waste £m Cleansing £m £m

Gross budget 18.5 4.7 23.2

Income (3.2) (2.3) (5.5)

Net budget 15.3 2.4 17.7

6. Savings Sought £0.7m per year (phased to 2019/20) 7. Key Dates

Executive Proposals

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25th August 2016

Public Consultation

-

Scrutiny Review

-

Neighbourhood Services Scrutiny, 30th November 2016


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March 2017

8. Comments


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1. Review Name Cleansing and Waste - phase 2. 2. Responsibilities

Executive Lead(s) : Councillor Clarke Lead Director

:

John Leach

Review Lead(s)

:

Stewart Doughty (Cleansing); Geoff Soden (Waste).


City and neighbourhood cleansing, litter disposal, waste collection and disposal (including PFI arrangements).

5. Budget After completion of phase one, the service budget will be as follows:-

Waste £m

Cleansing £m

Total £m

Gross budget 18.5 4.0 22.5

Income (3.2) (2.3) (5.5)

Net budget 15.3 1.7 17.0

6. Savings Sought £1.8m


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7. Key Dates

Options for waste, and further savings from cleansing, will form part of an options paper for Executive to consider towards the end of 2017. The latter will be based on the outcomes of the phase 1 savings.

8. Comments


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1. Review Name Community Capacity Building. 2. Responsibilities

Executive Lead(s) : Councillors Sood and Osman Lead Director

:

Miranda Cannon

Review Lead(s)

:

Andrew Shilliam


Two specific areas are being considered; the first being support to strengthen and enhance the voluntary and community sector; and the second being welfare advice, particularly for new arrivals in the city. These latter arrangements are being considered in conjunction with the wider social welfare advice services review. The current budget relates to existing contracts with Voluntary Action Leicestershire, Somali Development Services, and the Race Equality Council.



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7. Key Dates

The following dates relate to the first area of work looking at the future arrangements for citywide support to the voluntary and community sector. The second area of work forms part of the wider social welfare advice services review which has its own timeline.

Executive Proposals

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23rd February 2017

Public Consultation

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Completed.

Scrutiny Review

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Neighbourhood Services, 25 January 2017 and 22nd March 2017


-

April, 2017

8. Comments


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1. Review Name Community Voluntary Organisations. 2. Responsibilities

Executive Lead(s) : Councillor Master Lead Director

:

John Leach

Review Lead(s)

:

Lee Warner

3. Status Proposals not yet made by Executive Proposals published for consultation Work complete, decision pending 4. Review Areas Review of support to the following community based voluntary organisations:-

Friends of Leicester City Farm;

Saffron Lane Neighbourhood Council;

Woodgate Residents’ Association Ltd;

Beaumont Lodge Neighbourhood Association;

Sikh Community Centre;

St. Peter’s Community Centre;

Wesley Hall Community Centre. 5. Budget £0.4m per year. 6. Savings Sought TBD


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7. Key Dates

Executive Proposals

-

TBD

Public Consultation

-

TBD

Scrutiny Review

-

November, 2017.


-

December, 2017.

8. Comments


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1. Review Name Investment Property (phase 1). 2. Responsibilities


:

Phil Coyne

Review Lead(s)

:

Matt Wallace


The full review encompasses the Council’s portfolio of commercial and industrial assets, retail units, ground rents and managed workspaces which are held to achieve a net return to the Council. Phase one will achieve savings through improved management efficiency.

5. Budget The full service has a budget as follows:-

£m

Income 6.5

Expenditure (1.6)

Net income 4.9

6. Savings Sought £0.5m per year.


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7. Key Dates

Executive Proposals

-

N/A

Public Consultation

-

N/A

Scrutiny Review

-

Overview Select Committee, 6th April 2017


-

April, 2017

8. Comments


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1. Review Name Investment Property (phase 2). 2. Responsibilities


:

Phil Coyne

Review Lead(s)

:

Matt Wallace


Includes commercial and industrial assets, retail units, ground rents and managed workspace owned by the Council with a view to achieving a return. The approach is to identify means to sell underperforming property and reinvest in new, better assets.

5. Budget After the first review, the net income budget will be £5.4m. 6. Savings Sought £0.1m per year.


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7. Key Dates

Executive Proposals

-

March, 2017.

Public Consultation

-

N/A

Scrutiny Review

-

TBD


-

8. Comments


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1. Review Name Lifestyle Services 2. Responsibilities


:

Ruth Tennant

Review Lead(s)

:

Jo Atkinson


Lifestyle services aimed primarily at supporting people to stop smoking, improve their diet, lose weight and increase levels of physical activity. The review will include the following services:

Smoking cessation and tobacco control;

Healthy lifestyles hub and health trainer service;

Weight management;

Active lifestyle scheme (exercise referral programme);

Leicestershire and Rutland County Sports Partnership;

Children’s physical activity programmes;

Food for Life programme in schools;

Probation health trainer programme;

Food growing programme.

The proposal is to develop an integrated lifestyle service in partnership with the NHS. Some elements of these services are part funded by the NHS and this review will accelerate work to mainstream prevention in the NHS and through local Systems Transformation Plans. Currently five of the nine services are commissioned, three are provided in-house and one is provided through a partnership agreement.


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5. Budget £2.6m per year 6. Savings Sought £1.35m per year 7. Key Dates

Executive Proposals

-

May/June 2017

Public Consultation

-

- Early Engagement March - July/ August 2017

Scrutiny Review

-

March, June & August 2017


-

By end September 2017

8. Comments


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1. Review Name Park and Ride. 2. Responsibilities


:

Andrew Smith

Review Lead(s)

:

Andrew Smith


The three park and ride services based at Enderby, Meynell’s Gorse and Birstall. The aim is to start running the service at a break even.

5. Budget £0.4m per year, of which the Council’s share is £0.2m. 6. Savings Sought £0.2m per year.


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7. Key Dates

Executive Proposals

-

May, 2017.

Public Consultation

-

Scrutiny Review

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July, 2017.


-

8. Comments 6 month commuter trial started in November.


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1. Review Name Regulatory Services (Phase 2). 2. Responsibilities

Executive Lead(s) : Councillor Waddington; Councillor Masters; Councillor Osman; Councillor Waddington

Lead Director

:

John Leach

Review Lead(s)

:

Roman Lesczczyszyn


All protective services, including food safety team, public safety team, trading standards, business regulatory advice, anti-social behaviour team, community safety team, domestic violence, city wardens, enviro crime team, private sector housing, noise and pollution control, pests and dogs, building control, licensing.

5. Budget The full services in review have a budget of:-

£m

Gross budget 7.1

Income (2.7)

Net budget 4.4

6. Savings Sought £271,000 per year.


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7. Key Dates

Executive Proposals

-

13th October 2016

Public Consultation

-

March 2017

Scrutiny Review

-

Neighbourhood Services, 30th November 2016


-

May 2017

8. Comments


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1. Review Name Regulatory Services (phase 3). 2. Responsibilities

Executive Lead(s) : Councillor Masters; Councillor Masters; Councillor Osman; Councillor Waddington

Lead Director

:

John Leach

Review Lead(s)

:

Roman Lesczczyszyn


All protective services, including food safety team, public safety team, trading standards, business regulatory advice, anti-social behaviour team, community safety team, domestic violence, city wardens, enviro crime team, private sector housing, noise and pollution control, pests and dogs, building control, licensing.

5. Budget

The full services in review will have a budget of the following (after phase one):-

£m

Gross budget 6.8

Income (2.7)

Net budget 4.1

6. Savings Sought £579,000 per year.


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7. Key Dates

Executive Proposals

-

TBD

Public Consultation

-

Scrutiny Review

-


-

8. Comments To commence on conclusion of phase two.


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1. Review Name Sexual Health. 2. Responsibilities


:

Ruth Tennant

Review Lead(s)

:

Liz Rodrigo


Clinical and non-clinical sexual health services, including the mandatory open access service. Services are provided by a specialist provider (Integrated Sexual Health Services), the voluntary sector, GPs and pharmacies.



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7. Key Dates

Executive Proposals

-

Initial proposals – June/July 2017. Final proposals – October 2017.

Public Consultation

-

July – August 2017.

Scrutiny Review

-

June/July 2017, and September 2017.


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28th October 2017.

8. Comments


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1. Review Name

Social Welfare Advice Services. 2. Responsibilities

Executive Lead(s) : Councillor Waddington, supported by Councillor Connelly (STAR)

Lead Director

:

Alison Greenhill

Review Lead(s)

:

Caroline Jackson


All provision of advice provided or funded by the Council, with a view to recommending a uniform, consistent advice service without duplication. This includes the internal welfare rights and STAR services. It also includes funding provided to Age UK, SSAFA, Mosaic, Somali Development Services, the Race Equality Council, P3, and Citizens Advice.

5. Budget The services in scope currently cost £3m. 6. Savings Sought £0.5m per year.


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7. Key Dates

Executive Proposals

-

2nd March 2017

Public Consultation

-

N/A

Scrutiny Review

-

Neighbourhood Services Scrutiny – 24th August 2016


-

March 2017

8. Comments


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1. Review Name Sports and Leisure. 2. Responsibilities

Executive Lead(s) : Councillor Clair Lead Director

:

Ruth Tennant

Review Lead(s)

:

Andrew Beddow

3. Status Proposals not yet made by Executive Proposals published for consultation Work complete, decision pending 4. Review Areas The following leisure facilities owned by the Council:- (a) 7 leisure centres; (b) 1 golf course; (c) 1 athletics track; (d) 1 outdoor football/hockey facility; (e) football strategy sites. The sports development function. 5. Budget

£m

Gross budget 8.6

Income (5.1)

Net budget 3.5

6. Savings Sought £2m per year.


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7. Key Dates

Executive Proposals

-

February 2017

Public Consultation

-

TBD

Scrutiny Review

-

TBD


-

8. Comments


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1. Review Name Tourism, Culture and Investment. 2. Responsibilities

Executive Lead(s) : City Mayor/Councillor Singh-Clair Lead Director

:

Mike Dalzell

Review Lead(s)

:

Mike Dalzell

3. Status Proposals not yet made by Executive Proposals published for consultation Work complete, decision pending 4. Review Area Costs of managing and running museum collections. Council’s support to festivals. Support to arts venues (Phoenix, Curve and De Montfort Hall). Other services within the Tourism, Culture and Investment Division. 5. Budget In respect of museums, festivals and arts venues:-

£m

Gross budget 9.5

Income (4.2)

Net budget 5.3


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6. Savings Sought £1.5m per year. 7. Key Dates

Executive Proposals

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February, 2017.

Public Consultation

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N/A

Scrutiny Review

-

March 2017


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TBD

8. Comments

Executive proposals expected to be a phase one package of £1m. A phase two would then be developed for the balance of the savings.


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1. Review Name Transforming Neighbourhood Services (East and Central areas). 2. Responsibilities

Executive Lead(s) : Councillor Master Lead Director

:

Phil Coyne

Review Lead(s)

:

Lee Warner


Transforming neighbourhoods is a citywide programme, reviewing public facing services across the whole of Leicester area by area. It includes libraries, community services, adult skills and customer services. The focus is on fewer but better buildings, with reduced staff. Only two areas of the city remain to be complete (east and central).

5. Budget The budget at the start of the review was £5.7m, for all facilities in the city. 6. Savings Sought £741,000 per year.


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7. Key Dates

Executive Proposals

-

February 2017

Public Consultation

-

From February 2017

Scrutiny Review

-

TBD


-

TBD

8. Comments


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1. Review Name Using Buildings Better. 2. Responsibilities


:

Miranda Cannon

Review Lead(s)

:

Five work-streams as follows:

Transforming Neighbourhood Services (TNS) – Lee Warner

Rationalisation of depots, workshops and stores – Phil Davison

Channel shift – Caroline Jackson

Staff accommodation – Lorna Simpson

Disposal of surplus assets – Neil Gamble

3. Status N/A. 4. Review Areas

Cross service review, aiming to operate with fewer, higher quality operational buildings. This includes depots, workshops, stores, customer facing buildings, office accommodation, channel shift and disposal of surplus assets. The review now oversees the Transforming Neighbourhood Services review.

5. Budget Not applicable. 6. Savings Sought

£2m per year from within the entire Council budget (over and above the savings sought from TNS).


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7. Key Dates

Executive Proposals

-

N/A

Public Consultation

-

N/A

Scrutiny Review

-

OSC, 15th September 2016. Earlier meetings of Neighbourhood Services.


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Various

8. Comments

Decisions on this review are being taken periodically within each of the five individual workstreams over the period of review (i.e. as buildings are identified and released).

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