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Salford City Council - Record of Decision (Cabinet)
 
I, Councillor Jack Youd,
(Deputy City Mayor), in exercise
of the powers contained within the City Council
Constitution do hereby approve
the recommendations and note:
1.   
People (Children’s) core revenue outturn
position for 2024/25 is an overspend of £3.168m against
budget and DSG outturn £10.784m overspend.
2.   
People (Adults) revenue outturn position for 2024/25
is an overspend of £1.375m
3.   
Place revenue outturn position for 2024/25 is
£0.051m underspend against budget.
4.   
Resources and Transformation revenue outturn
position for 2024/25 is a £5.426m overspend against budgeted
expenditure.

·        
Temporary Accommodation Housing Benefit Subsidy loss
£4.299m overspend

·        
R&T Budget £1.127m overspend
5.   
Public Health revenue outturn position for 2024/25
is balanced to budget.
6.   
Precepts and Levies revenue outturn position for
2024/25 is an overspend of £0.750m.
7.   
Capital Financing revenue outturn position for
2024/25 is a balanced position.
8.   
Corporate/Other Budgets revenue outturn position for
2024/25 is a £11.939m underspend.
9.   
General fund reserve balance at 31st
March 2025 increase to £16.6m.
10. Decrease in
usable earmarked reserves of £5.7m.
11. Capital
programme expenditure for 2024/25 is £117.255m against the
final revised capital programme of £125.361m, resulting in an
£8.106m underspend.
The Reasons are:
To
review and note the provisional outturn position of expenditure
against the 2024/25 revenue and capital budgets including a summary
of general balances and accept the position that will then be
incorporated in the council’s draft annual statement of
accounts. 
Options considered and rejected were: Not
applicable.
Assessment of Risk:
Key
budgetary control risks are identified in this report, including
forecast variances and risk levels associated with the realisation
of savings proposals.
 
 
The source of funding is:
Not applicable
Legal Advice obtained:
Not applicable to this
report.
Financial Advice obtained: Financial implications are set out in the
report.
Procurement Advice obtained: Not applicable to this report.
HR Advice obtained: Not
applicable to this report.
Climate Change Advice obtained: Not applicable to this report.
The
following documents have been used to assist the decision
process:

Cabinet 11/03/25 -
2024/25 Revenue Budget Outturn – Quarter 3
Cabinet 26/11/25 -
2024/25 Q2 Revenue Outturn Report and Q2 Capital Outturn
Report
Cabinet 27/08/25 -
2024/25 Q1 Revenue Outturn Report and Q1 Capital Outturn
Report
Council 05/03/25 -
2024/25 Revenue Budget and Capital Programme

Contact Officers:  
Name: Rachel Rosewell,
Chief Finance Officer
Email: Rachel.Rosewell@salford.gov.uk
 
Name: Paul Hutchings,
Deputy Chief Finance Officer
Email: Paul.Hutchings@salford.gov.uk
 
Name: Tony Thompstone,
Strategic Finance Manager (Corporate)
Email: Tony.Thompstone@salford.gov.uk                                 
 
The
appropriate scrutiny to call-in the decision is the Overview and
Scrutiny Boar.           

 

Signed:
     Councillor Jack
Youd                 
      Dated:
    09.07.25                                                 
                       
Deputy City Mayor
 

For Democratic
Services use only

 

This decision was
published on  09.07.25                                           

This decision will
come in force at 4.00 p.m. on 16.07.25                   
                              
unless it is called-in in
accordance with the Decision Making Process Rules.