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Financial Report for the period ending 31 March 2006.

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A decision made (27/06/2006) regarding Financial Report for the period ending 31 March 2006.

Subject:

Financial Report for the period ending 31st March 2006

Decision Reference:

 

Exempt clause(s):

 

Type of Report (oral or written):

Written

Person Giving Report (if oral):

N/A

Telephone or

e-mail Meeting?

N/A

Report

File ref:

 

Written Report

Title:

As above.

Written report – Author:

Ellen Littlechild, Finance Director

Decision(s):

To note the financial position for the period ending the 31st March 2006 for the Planning and Environment Department.

Reason(s) for decision:

To note the financial position for the period ending the 31st March 2006 for the Planning and Environment Department, in accordance with the relevant Finance Directions.

Action required:

To forward a copy of the report to the Minister for Treasury and Resources, who will collate the reports for consideration by the Council of Ministers.

Signature:

(Minister)

Date of Decision:

27 June 2006

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Financial Report for the period ending 31 March 2006.

PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT

quarterly financial report for the period ending 31st march 2006

Purpose of the Report

The purpose of this report is to advise the Minister for Planning and Environment of the department’s financial position for the period ending 31st March 2006 (Financial Summary attached as Appendix A).

Discussion

Planning and Environment - Financial Overview

As at the 31st March the Planning and Environment Department was £307,579 overspent against its revenue budget. The reason for this overspend is due to budget profiling i.e. the budgets are not detailed in the month where expenditure is currently incurred. The Finance Department is currently trying to correct all budget profiling so that it can report accurately to the Minister spend to date against budget.

The Minister will see from the financial forecast that at the end of March, the Department is forecasting a projected overspend for 2006 of £351,601. The main reason for this is due to the decision of the Council of Ministers that the central contingency for VR/VER's is no longer available, and all VR/VER's to be funded henceforth from within department's cash limit. This has caused the department a short-term funding issue as its had to fund three VR/VER’s, amounting to £318,000, due to the fact that its staff budget has been reduced as part of the 2006 and 2007 FSR Service Reductions.

The Accounting Officer will make every effort to ensure that this forecast overspend is not realised by reprioritising service areas net revenue budgets so that the department meets it 2006 cash limit . If these savings can not be achieved in 2006 the department may have to use its 2006 Minor Capital allocation to fund its forecast overspend.

Recommendation

The Minister is asked to note this report.

Reason (s) for Decision

To note the Planning and Environment’s Department’s financial reports for the period ending 31st March 2006.

Action Required

To forward a copy of the report to the Minister for Treasury and Resources , who will collate the reports for consideration by the Council of Ministers.

Written by:

Ellen Littlechild, Finance Director

 

 

Approved by:

John Richardson, Chief Officer

Attachment:

P&E Financial Report (Appendix A)

 

 

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