Copyright 2009 Northumberland County Council MEDIUM TERM FINANCIAL PLAN AND 2012/13 BUDGET Councillor Andrew Tebbutt Executive Member for Corporate Resources

Copyright 2009 Northumberland County Council COUNCIL TAX FINANCIAL REDUCTIONS IMPROVED PERFORMANCE MAJOR CAPITAL INVESTMENT THE STORY SO FAR …

Copyright 2009 Northumberland County Council COUNCIL TAX Increases 2009/10 ( average ) 3.8% 2010/112.8% 2011/120.0% Collection Rates2009/1096.6% 2010/1196.9% 2011/1297.1% (projected)

Copyright 2009 Northumberland County Council FINANCIAL REDUCTIONS £m 2009/ / /12 Initial17 In Year Total 101

Copyright 2009 Northumberland County Council PERFORMANCE MEASURES - CHILDREN’S SERVICES 2009/102010/11 Achievement of 5 or more A*-C grades including English and Mathematics 51.9%52.9% Achievement of 2 or more A*-C grades in Science GCSEs 59.6%66.2% Special Educational Need Statements issued within 26 weeks 99.0%100.0% Child Protection cases reviewed within the required timescale 99.1%100.0% Looked After Children achieving 5 A*-C GCSEs including English and Mathematics 5.3%26.0%

Copyright 2009 Northumberland County Council PERFORMANCE MEASURES – ADULT CARE 2009/102010/11 Adults with Learning Disabilities in settled accommodation 69.7%74.2% Learning Disability care plans reviewed within the year 100.0% Social care clients receiving Self Directed Help7.5 %32.2% Safeguarding Referral Closure Rate-87.0% Clients waiting over 8 weeks for an Occupational Therapist assessment (number) 2174

Copyright 2009 Northumberland County Council PERFORMANCE MEASURES – LOCAL SERVICES 2009/102010/11 Waste Management Percentage of refuse collection and recycling service users very/fairly satisfied with the service 61.5%82.4% Percentage of municipal waste land filled11.5%11.4% Number of missed bin collections per 100,000 collections (number) Avoided landfill tonnage due to the award of the PFI Contract Avoided landfill tax due to the award of the PFI Contract ,264 t £4.573 m ,164 t £5.217 m

Copyright 2009 Northumberland County Council PERFORMANCE MEASURES – LOCAL SERVICES CONT… 2009/102010/11 Planning Processing of county applications within 13 weeks77.8%92.3% Processing of minor applications within 8 weeks47.4%55.4% Processing of other applications within 8 weeks64.7%70.4% Highways Number of gritting runs (numbers) 1,617 2,721 Number of potholes filled (numbers) 12,720 15,850

Copyright 2009 Northumberland County Council PERFORMANCE MEASURES – ALL OTHER SERVICES 2009/102010/11 Satisfaction of businesses with regulation services80.0%84.0% Benefit claim processing - New claims (days)35.2%25.5% Payment by Direct Debit – Council Tax56.7%60.2% Pre 2009 April Debt, collected Council Tax (amount) million 3.5% 2.0% Public hits on council website (number) 1.9m2.1m Number of New Social Housing Built or Acquired 140% 159% Number of Private Sector Empty Homes brought back into use 8% 51%

Copyright 2009 Northumberland County Council NEW COMMUNITY/LEISURE CENTRE, ASHINGTON£21m STRATEGIC LINK ROAD (MORPETH BYPASS)£12m FLOOD DEFENCE, MORPETH£10m CURRENTLY BIDDING FOR:BROADBAND PFI SCHOOLS DEVELOPMENT MAJOR CAPITAL INVESTMENT

Copyright 2009 Northumberland County Council TWEEDMOUTH DEPOT£0.7m BERWICK MANAGED WORKSPACE£3.6m HALTWHISTLE EXTRA CARE SCHEME£0.4m BERWICK LEISURE CENTRE£0.8m INVESTMENT IN CRAMLINGTON AND BLYTH SCHOOLS£60.0m OTHER CAPITAL DEVELOPMENTS

Copyright 2009 Northumberland County Council CORE CAPITAL FUNDING 2011/12 £m 2012/13 £m Local Services Adult Services Transformation Children’s Services TOTAL

Copyright 2009 Northumberland County Council THE NEXT THREE YEARS ….. Council Tax Levels Options AvailableNo change Decrease * Increase above 2.5% Each 1% increase equates to £1.6m * The Government have offered funding to freeze Council Tax levels in 2012/13

Copyright 2009 Northumberland County Council EXPENDITURE REDUCTIONS REQUIRED All Services have a cash limit based on 2011/12 budget with no allowance for inflation, growth or financial pressures. The Council must reduce these cash limits by at least £30 million over the next three years

Copyright 2009 Northumberland County Council APPROACH TO EXPENDITURE REDUCTION Savings must be in line with Corporate Plan agreed by County Council Service reviews challenge service performance and consider options for future delivery Northumberland needs to develop a mixed economy and our services may attract private sector investment

Copyright 2009 Northumberland County Council AREAS OF PERFORMANCE TO IMPROVE More affordable housing Reduced time for planning decisions Reduced time for new benefit claims More services available on-line Further improvement in educational attainment