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Finance and Budget Strategic Scrutiny Select Committee 12 June 2013. Examination of Process for Future Budgets Neil Thornton Chief Financial Officer. Issues. DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE. 2001- 2010 +17.900. 2020 – 261.000 (+14%) 2035 – 300.000 (+30%). Population. Age profile. Single Households
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Finance and Budget Strategic Scrutiny Select Committee12 June 2013 Examination of Process for Future Budgets Neil Thornton Chief Financial Officer
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE 2001- 2010 +17.900 2020 – 261.000 (+14%) 2035 – 300.000 (+30%) Population Age profile Single Households 2001 – 35% 2011 – 43% Age Groups (2020) Children + 26.2% Working Age + 15% Pensionable age +5.1% Inward migration Ordsall + 7462 +111% • DCLG use figures to allocate funds • New ONS methodology • Net in-migration
Remember what LGA has said £15 bn
Our Budget strategy 2014/15 to 2016/17 A different approach butbased upon lessons learned • What does a 3 year perspective look like across services in terms of say £60M? • Absolute alignment with City Plan priorities: • Local Economic Growth and international inward investment • Protecting vulnerable families • Delivering quality services • Further stark choices facing the Council in this financial context • An examination of the future likely service demands upon the Council • Not a service group led approach, but thematic and zero based approach (where possible)
Our Budget strategy 2014/15 to 2016/17 A different approach butbased upon lessons learned • Not a service group led approach, but thematic and zero based approach (where possible) • Further examination of our statutory/discretionary spend, the choices that need to be made about minimum statutory levels of service provision? • As part of this approach, review previously considered rejected proposals • How does the organisation need to change to reflect the scale of the challenge? • What should our City wide regeneration and investment strategy look like? • Commitment to develop a clear income generation strategy • Improving our engagement with resident’s, business and key stakeholders
Our Budget strategy 2014/15 to 2016/17 A different approach butbased upon lessons learned • Clear end of quarter one perspective on: • Emerging thematic budget proposals, their impacts, political direction • Future financial, service demands moving forward • Emerging regeneration and development strategy which will be at the heart of the future capital programme