1. Portfolio/Number/Name:FPSR-LG/C4 - Efficiencies in Supporting
People programme |
2. Programme/Activity: Please
include a short description Supporting People is a coherent policy
and funding framework to support vulnerable
people in different types of accommodation
and tenure. It came into effect on 1 April
2003 when responsibility for the planning
and funding of housing support services
transferred to Local Authorities. The
project is helping the Scottish Executive
to deliver its priorities on homelessness,
anti social behaviour, poverty and learning
disability. |
3. Planned Savings | | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
Cash (m) | 27 | 27 | 27 |
Time Releasing (m) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4. Accountable Officer for
delivery | Andrew Goudie |
5. Project Manager | Stephen Sandham |
6. EGDG account manager | Carolyn Girvan |
7. Quality Impact | Describe any impact on the quality
of service delivery. Be specific and
explain if the expectation is positive,
negative or neutral. In the longer term local service
reviews will lead to better targeted, more
efficient services better attuned to client
needs, with the ending or remodelling of
services which are not strategically
important or providing value for money. The
redistribution of resources across Scotland
will also ensure levels of service become
more uniform than they are at present. In
the short term, funding for some services
generally perceived as useful may be under
greater pressure, but we expect councils to
focus on delivering improved efficiencies
without impacting on useful front line
services; and we are confident that with an
appropriate review process and careful
management they should be able to achieve
this. |
8. Dependencies | Explain if your savings are
dependant on legislation or other
structural changes being achieved. Dependent on local authorities to carry
out the review process in an effective
manner that delivers maximum efficiency
improvements without cutting relevant front
line services. |
9. Description of efficiency and
actions to be taken | 9.1 How will the saving be made? Be
specific about number/size of contracts,
staff, posts dates etc. Savings will be delivered by local
authorities through local reviews of some
1200 housing support services currently
delivered by upwards of a hundred
individual providers, but it isn't possible
to quantify the number of posts or
contracts that will be involved at this
stage. |
9.2 What action is critically
needed to secure delivery of this saving?
Be specific, and specify who are the key
action managers. Internal - Guidance on service reviews to be
discussed and agreed with external
stakeholders and issued by 31 March
2005
- Effective tracking and monitoring
of impact of service review
process
External - Local authority senior management
with responsibility for housing support
services to undertake service
review.
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10. Impact on Staffing to achieve the efficiency
gain | If there are to be any changes in
staff numbers (at activity level) to
achieve the efficiency gain, please
indicate how many full time equivalents and
how far you expect savings to be achieved
by natural wastage (show additions as + and
reductions as -). |
| 2005- 06 | 2006- 07 | 2007- 08 |
+ | | | |
- | | | |
Net | | | |
Explanation | Can't quantify centrally |
11. Benefits | In general, the benefits of the
Scottish Executive Efficiency Plan are the
enhanced outputs from the resources
Ministers have been able to allocate in
SR04. But if there is a direct connection
between this efficiency saving and the
enhancement of a particular service please
describe it here. N/A |
12. Gross/Net Cash Savings | 12.1 Please set out the gross recurring
saving and the offsetting recurring
expenditure. Gross recurring saving is 25m per annum
from 2007-08 onwards |
12.2 Against what budget does this
expenditure and saving fall? Local Government Revenue |
12.3 Has this saving been built
into your budget? Yes |
12.4 If so, what is the maximum allowable
expenditure against the budget data, in each
year, for that saving to be
delivered? 407/399/401m. This is the revised
budget for Supporting People published on
23 December 2004. The definitive planned
savings of 19/27/25m take account of this
revised budget, which includes additional
transitional funding agreed by Ministers
for local authorities. |
12.5 If not, how do you propose to
invest the additional cash back into public
services? N/A |
12.6 What plans do you have to
exceed the required saving? Explain by how
much in each year. There are no plans to seek additional
efficiency savings through further funding
restrictions because of the potential
adverse impact on front line services. |
13. Time - release savings | 13.1 Please explain any
time-releasing savings indicated at
question 3. N/A |
13.2 Please describe the method you
plan to use to calculate the cash
equivalent of those time release
savings. N/A |
14. Measurement and
Monitoring | 14.1 How are you proposing to
measure the expected efficiency benefits
(e.g. in terms of costs, level of output or
quality of service)? Through returns from local authorities
to the Scottish Executive giving
information on the number of clients
assisted, the hours of service support
provided and the amount of funding drawn
down; and through the outputs of the
service review process. |
14.2 What monitoring &
reporting procedures will be put in place
to measure the efficiency savings (How
often will progress towards the target be
monitored? Who will have lead
responsibility for reporting progress and
what procedures will be in place?) Details will be worked out in
consultation with a group of external
stakeholder from local authorities and
service providers - but the group will
provide a report to Ministers by April 2006
on efficiencies in 2005-06 and plans for
subsequent years. |
14.3 Monitoring Data: Sources,
validation and risks - What data will be used to
measure progress? Is all the required
information quantifiable and readily
available? If not what action will be
taken to rectify this?
- What measures will be in place
to validate the accuracy of the data?
Who will take responsibility for this?
- Are there any issues or risks
relating to how you plan to use the
data? (e.g. accuracy, difficulties in
collection)
Data on number of clients and
hours of service provision is already
collected to allow comparisons of
impact on front line services, but some
problems for a few local authorities in
providing full data will cause
difficulties. ASD can assist with
future monitoring of reliability of
data. Further information on
efficiencies in management
administrative overheads will be
required from local authorities and
providers. Group being set up to
consider theses issues and provide
comprehensive report to Minister for
Communities.
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