Resources Portfolio Responsibilities

Resources Service Areas Financial Services Legal Services Programmes and Governance Human Resources Business Transformation and IT

Financial Services Corporate Finance & Financial Support Partnership Support Finance Client for Capita – Council Tax, Business Rates, Debtors/Creditors & Benefits Procurement Use of Resources and Efficiency Corporate Property 85 staff supporting and advising Members, senior managers, budget holders, clients, project managers, external audit

Key Facts Council Budget 2008/09 –Expenditure£389M –Income£252M –Net£137M Schools£114M Capital Programme£59M Treasury Management – Loans/Investments £195M Council Tax – 59,000 properties, £48M income, 96.6 % collection rate (in-year due) Business Rates – 5,300 businesses, £39M collectable, 98.8 % collection rate Benefits – 17,000 HB/CTB Claims, totalling £41.8M. Approximately 5,000 new claims and 10,000 changes made annually.

Corporate Finance & Financial Support All financial & management accounting, advice & guidance to council departments & portfolios. -Budget monitoring & final accounts -Revenue & Capital Procurement Advice & guidance on major procurement exercises: -BSF -Residual waste -Fleet maintenance Corporate contractors to generate savings: -Stationary - IT Consumables -Furniture etc. Work across Lancashire, part of East Lancs e-Partnership (ELEP)

Corporate Property Industrial estates, shops etc. inc. N £6M Office accommodation Operational buildings Asset Management Asset Management Plan (Medium Term Property Strategy) being refreshed Property Rationalisation Pathfinder commissioned Accommodation Strategy for the longer term drafted

LEGAL SERVICES Director of Legal Services Legal Services Registrars / Coroners Elections

LEGAL SERVICES Corporate Legal Land & Property issues Social careEducation HousingLicensingPublic Protection functions Highways PlanningCivil LitigationTrainingContracts / Procurement

LEGAL SERVICES – Achievements last year Provided wide-ranging support for client departments across all major priority areas :  Essential legal child care and protection work with Children’s Services, Admission appeals - schools  Housing Market Renewal e.g. Infirmary site, Mill Hill  Enabling and supporting role in planning / delivering major regeneration initiatives e.g. Darwen Academy,Shopping Centre redevelopment,Markets redevelopment  Building Schools for the Future Programme  Support for clients wishing to increase the level of prosecutions  Major litigation for and against the Council e.g. TVH case, Capita Review, Freckleton Street, Highercroft Road.  Support for the procurement of works, supplies and services e.g. Darwen Leisure Centre, energy procurement, Delivering training for Members e.g. Code of Conduct and for staff on issues like – Trading Standards, Benefits, Food Safety and Planning.

Programmes & Governance Created Feb 2007 as part of Resources Combined Audit, Risk & Safety, Programmes Commitment to improve internal controls, good governance, project & programme management from the centre of the Council Strong signal to external assessors Response to national agendas – evidencing vfm, managing risk, LAA, good governance,

Strategic Director of Resources Head of Risk and Safety Director of Programmes and Governance Brian Bailey Health and Safety Civil Contingencies Central Services Corporate Programmes Section Head Head of Internal Audit & Investigations Internal Audit Benefit Investigations Unit Information Management Corporate Programmes Team

P&G - Key statistics/progress 49 staff £2.3m core budget £30m external grant claimed 2007/8 MAF (internal controls) launched 2007/8 Risk management strategy introduced Project management change programme Profile of good governance raised

P & G Priorities 2008/9 1. To ensure sufficient capacity & skills to deliver priorities post JE 2. To optimise grant funding to support Council objectives 2. To deliver effective and low-risk programme management 3. To support delivery of major projects 4. To make Corporate Programmes self-financing 5. To develop / embed robust management accountability 6. To raise levels of assurance 7. To develop and embed effective risk management 8. To embed health and safety good practice / procedures 9. To deliver effective central services and customer care 10. To support the sub-regional/regional policy agenda

Strategic Human Resources New team from 1April 2007 Objective To deliver an effective workforce for the continuous improvement of services for the community of BwD Via Providing an effective HR client function for the Capita (HR) Partnership Contributing directly to the development and implementation of a new HR Strategy and new Organisational Development Plan Providing direct HR advice to BwD and representing the Borough regionally and nationally

Strategic Human Resources New team from 1 April 2007 Current activities include –Pay and reward – implementing JE and developing revised pay structures –Developing improved contract work plan arrangements with service provider (Capita HR) –Developing revised contract monitoring processes for Capita (HR) partnership –Developing & Delivering new Organisational Development Plan

Business Transformation & IT Business Transformation –Key contact for departments for Business Transformation, improvement & ICT –Management & delivery of project portfolio – prioritisation, delivery and benefits realisation –Ensure alignment of business & IT to meet BwD needs IT strategy development, implementation and monitoring Design & implementation of IT solutions Management & delivery of IT service IT procurement 3 rd Party IT Management

Key Facts IT –Value of transitioned Capita Core contract £2.3M –ICT spend – other £6.0m Infrastructure –3000 desktops & Laptops –160 servers –140 applications Projects –Annual project portfolio of circa 78 projects

Capita Partnership – Services within Resources Portfolio Council Tax Collection and Administration Business Rates Miscellaneous Income/Collection Service Benefit Administration (Council Tax/Housing Benefit) Human Resources (HR) Services / Payroll Payment of all Accounts