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Report 7 of the 7 June 2007 meeting of the Co-ordination and Policing Committee, and sets out the 2007-08 budget for the MPA, together with the provisional outturn position against budget for 2006-07.
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MPA budget 2007-08 and provisional outturn 2006-07
Report: 7
Date: 7 June 2007
By: Chief Executive and Treasurer
Summary
The 2007-08 budget for the MPA is set out, together with the provisional outturn position against budget for 2006-07.
A. Recommendations
That members note the report and agree to transfer the underspend of £60,382 to the MPA reserve.
B. Supporting information
1. This report sets out the provisional position against budget for 2006-07 and details of the agreed budget for 2007-08 for the MPA, encompassing the support organisation, audit and consultative groups, including independent custody visitors.
Developments during 2006-07
2. The approved 2006-07 budget, as shown in the budget book, has increased from £10.232 million to the revised figure of £10.486 million, as shown below:
| £’000 | |
|---|---|
| Original 2006-07 budget as per budget book | 10,232 |
| Add: | |
| Allocation from centrally held re. 2005-06 and 2006-07 pay awards | 206 |
| Less: | |
| Allocation from centrally held re. non-pay inflation: | |
|
11 |
|
13 |
|
30 |
| Adjustment to telephony budgets | (6) |
| Revised budget 2006-07 | 10,486 |
Provisional outturn 2006-07
3. The provisional end of year position, before a transfer to reserves, represents an underspend of £60,382 on the revised MPA operational budget of £10.486m.
4. The main variances from budget are described below and a detailed analysis is attached at Appendix 1.
- Legal expenses: it is difficult to anticipate total expenditure associated with legal expenses because of their unpredictable nature. This budget absorbs all legal fees for work undertaken for or on behalf of the MPA. The budget was overspent by £157k.
- Police Appeals Tribunals: the overspend of £53.6k reflects the increased use of independent members on appeals panels and the payment of allowances relating to this and an increase in the actual number of appeals. Additional budget has been allocated to this area for 2007-08.
- Accommodation: a growth item of £125k was agreed for 2006-07 to enhance security at Dean Farrar Street. In the event the landlord made adjustments to the security arrangements and the cost of this was shared between all tenants, leading to an underspend on the accommodation budget of £94k.
- ICV Panels: the underspend, £72.9k, is due to the postponement of the London conference plus the recovery of unspent funds from four panels.
Budget 2007-08
5. Full Authority agreed a budget of £11.465m on 29 March 2007. This incorporated growth of £900k to cover improvements to community engagement and the MPA Improvement Programme, agreed as part of the medium term financial plan.
6. As part of the Improvement Programme, work has been undertaken to realign the budget with the corporate priorities and the new organisational structure. Budget allocation was based on a zero based budget exercise, examining what each function needed, rather than basing budgets on historical allocations. The allocation had to be in the context of the overall budget agreed for the MPA, which necessitated some scaling back of desired expenditure.
7. Attached at Appendix 2 is the current budget shown against the budget for 2006-07 in the new format.
C. Race and equality impact
8. Funding within the base budget supports the work of the Equalities & Diversity Unit (E&DU). The unit aims to ensure the MPA meets its duties and aims relating to equal opportunities; enabling the Authority to better engage with the MPA’s equality target groups, improve its own and the MPS’ diversity performance, address key issues of community concern and develop the appropriate structures and processes to fulfil its equal opportunities policy.
9. Following the zero based budget exercise, the base budget of the E&DU has reduced, however, this is due to redistribution of equalities related budgets across other teams of the MPA. For example, resources have been allocated to help the Authority meet statutory requirements in relation to accessible information and this budget sits with the Communications team.
10. The Senior Management Team are in the course of carrying out an equality impact assessment on the budget for equalities and diversity work, and this will inform developments in the budget during 2007-08 and for 2008-09.
D. Financial implications
As set out in the paragraphs above.
E. Background papers
- Committee reports as referenced in the report
F. Contact details
Report author: Ken Hunt, MPA.
For more information contact:
MPA general: 020 7202 0202
Media enquiries: 020 7202 0217/18
Supporting material
- Appendix 1 [PDF]
Summary Position 2006-07 Provisional Outturn - Appendix 2 [PDF]
Comparison 2006-07 to 2007-08
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