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Welcome
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This Evening
• 6.15pm – 6.45pm Coffee, Cake and Community Project
Display
• 6.45pm – 7.30pm Presentation
• 7.30pm – 7.45pm Discussion
• 7.45pm – 8.15pm Question and Answer Session
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Hertfordshire County Council
Budgeting in a time of Austerity
Robert Gordon
Leader of the Council
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Reminder of CSR – 2010
• 26% grant cuts over 4 years
• Front loaded
• Impact on HCC
– Allowing for demography, inflation, etc
– Estimated in 2010 at £200m over 4 years
– About a quarter of spending not delegated to schools
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Started work Summer 2009
• Benchmarking
• Analysis
• Transformation programme
• Doing things different – and cheaper
• Protecting front line
• Efficiencies before cuts
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Assumptions as at October 2010:
Income 2010/11
400.000
500.000
600.000
700.000
800.000
900.000
1,000.000
1,100.000 Charges
Gov’t grant
Council tax
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Assumptions as at October 2010:
Assumed income 2011/12
400.000
500.000
600.000
700.000
800.000
900.000
1,000.000
1,100.000
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Assumptions as at October 2010:
Assumed income 2012/13
400.000
500.000
600.000
700.000
800.000
900.000
1,000.000
1,100.000
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Assumptions as at October 2010:
Assumed income 2013/14
400.000
500.000
600.000
700.000
800.000
900.000
1,000.000
1,100.000
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Income in summary
• Very little influence on income
• Grant – determined by government
• Charges – limited scope to change
• Council tax
– Base
– Capping – 2.5% grant; part one-off
– New homes bonus – 80% to districts
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Assumptions as at October 2010:
Spending 2010/11
400.000
500.000
600.000
700.000
800.000
900.000
1,000.000
1,100.000
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Assumptions as at October 2010:
Standstill pressure to spend 2011/12
400.000
500.000
600.000
700.000
800.000
900.000
1,000.000
1,100.000
Inflation
Demography
Birth rate
Landfill tax
Etc
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Assumptions as at October 2010:
Standstill pressure to spend 2012/13
400.000
500.000
600.000
700.000
800.000
900.000
1,000.000
1,100.000
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Assumptions as at October 2010:
Standstill pressure to spend 2013/14
400.000
500.000
600.000
700.000
800.000
900.000
1,000.000
1,100.000
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Efficiency savings found
• Growing to £116m a year through
– Management
– Terms & conditions
– Staff numbers
– Premises and vehicles
– Contracts
– Technology –channel shift
– Early intervention / re-enablement
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Breakdown of savings
• Efficiencies - £116m
• Service changes - £19m a year
– Libraries
– Home to School Transport
– Part-night lighting
– Subsidised ‘buses
– Voluntary Sector
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Maintaining high standards
• Overall satisfaction - 80% (67% national)
• Children’s – performing well
• Adult Care – Excellent
• Children’s Centres – none closed
• Libraries – none closed
• Education – among best in country
• Recycling targets – eight years ahead
• Fire & Rescue – lowest number of fires per capita
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Bridging the gap
Efficiencies
Charges
Service reductions
To be found
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Mid-term report
• Massive challenge, but well on way
• Succeeded in protecting front line
• Not out of woods yet
• Significant savings still to find, and more difficult
– Uncertainties re: Business Rates, LACSEG, localisation of Housing Benefit
• David to discuss options
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Hertfordshire County Council
Budgeting in a time of Austerity
David Lloyd
Cabinet Member, Resources and Economic Wellbeing
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The last quarter?
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Options for change – capital assets
• Continue active review of property owned
• Only keep assets required for service delivery
• Work with other public bodies to ensure best use of all property – or best value at disposal
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Options for change - revenue
• More commissioning – less direct delivery
• Continue to outsource our contact service (“broadening and deepening” the Serco contract)
• Stand-alone traded services
• Bring more special needs provision in-county
• HR full implementation of terms and conditions review
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Options for change - schools
• Changing relationship
• School Improvement service
• Education welfare officers
• Music service
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Joint working
• Community budgets
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Thank you