Report Summary
This report provides members of the Forensic Services Committee with an overview of Forensic Services Financial Monitoring Report Q3.
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Meeting
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Forensic Services Committee - 3 February 2025
Date : 03 February 2025
Location : Online
Further Detail on Report Topic
Appendix A provides the detailed finance report.
Revenue
- Q3 net expenditure is forecasted to be overspent to budget by circa £270k, with underspends made against pay budgets partially offsetting non-pay pressures arising during the year.
- This overspend represents 0.6% of the overall budget for 2024/25.
- Plans are in place to mitigate this overspend to ensure a break even outturn by the end of the year.
- Finance are confident with the plans in place to deliver a balanced budget come year end. Furthermore, Senior Leadership Teams have committed to deliver full year spend within their budgeted funding allocation.
Capital
- Full year forecast is a spend of £0.8m which is an (20%) underspend versus the full year budget of £1m.
- Forecasted underspends are driven by several projects but mainly the Livescan Demographics project which has now been pushed into 2025/26 for delivery.
- Actual spend to end of period nine (end of December 2024) was £200k. This is £400k behind a year-to-date budget of £600k. The phasing of the remaining spend is mostly in March 2025.
Reform
- Overall spend is forecasted as flat to the previous forecast at £800k which is £0.3m under budget. This reflects less staff resources being available than required throughout the majority of the 2024/25 financial year.
