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Council Monitoring Report - end of year 2025/26

Committee report · Cabinet · Tue 30 Jun 2026 · East Sussex County Council

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The minutes record: Agreed. “RESOLVED to note the latest monitoring position for the Council. Reason 5.3 The report sets out the Council’s position at the end of March 2026 against the plans agreed for 2025/26. It includes delivery of Council Plan targets, Revenue Budget, Capital Programme, and Savings Plan, together with Risks at the end of March 2026. </AI5> <AI6> 6. Reconciling Policy, Performance and Resources (RPPR) - State of the County 6.1 The Cabinet considered a report by the Chief Executive. 6.2 It was” minutes ↗

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Cabinet is recommended to note the latest monitoring position for the Council for the end of 2025/26. p4

The detailed revenue projections show an outturn overspend of £20.2m for the 2025/26 financial year, down from £22.8m at quarter 3. p13

Children's Services had a £10.1m overspend, mainly on Children We Care For placements, and Adult Social Care had a £10.0m overspend, largely relating to the Independent Sector. p14p16

The Capital Programme net expenditure for the year was £93.0m, compared with a planned budget of £97.9m, a net underspend of £4.9m. p26

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  • p4RECOMMENDATION Cabinet is recommended to note the latest monitoring position for the Council .
  • p133. Budget Outturn 3.1 The detailed revenue projections for each department are set out in the relevant appendices which show an outturn overspend of £20.2m for the 2025/26 financial year (£22.8m at quarter 3). 3.2 The main headlines are:
  • p14· There continues to be significant increases in demand for statutory services in Children’s Services (CSD), which has resulted in a £10.1m overspend for 2025/26 (£13.5m at quarter 3). The main area of overspend is within Children We Care For Placements, where the overspend has reduced by £1.4m since quarter 3; t his improvement has been achieved through a sustained and rigorous focus on commissioning activity, robust and targeted contract negotiations, ensuring that all placement and support packages are appropriately sized to meet children’s needs, and strengthened oversight to hold providers to account for cost, quality and outcomes. The second largest service pressure is within Home to School Transport which has seen a small reduction of £0.06m in overspend since quarter 3. Significant work has gone into implementing cost reduction measures within the Home to School Transport service including route optimisation.
  • p16· We have seen also seen an increase in demand for Adult Social Care and are supporting more people than in previous years. This has led to an overspend for Adult Social Care (ASC) of £10.0m (£9.0m at quarter 3) which largely relates to the Independent Sector (externally provided care packages for residential, nursing, day and home care). However, it should be noted that support is being provided at a lower average cost than previous years, because the service is managing the market, being prudent with packages of support and reviewing more people.
  • p263.6 The Capital Programme net expenditure for the year was £93.0m, compared with a planned (risk adjusted) programme budget of £97.9m. This represents a net underspend of £4.9m against the approved budget. The variance mainly reflects the rephasing of expenditure between financial years rather than a reduction in the overall programme: £5.9m of net slippage will be carried forward into 2026/27, partly offset by £1.1m of expenditure brought forward into 2025/26, and these movements will be reflected in the 2026/27 Capital Programme budget. The principal factors contributing to this variance are set out below.

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