This page gives an overview of planned spending for the next financial year (2012/13) for Children and Young People’s Services and highlights major budget proposals from this department.
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Overall and planned expenditure by division
Children and Young People’s Services’ overall planned spend (net budget) for 2012/13 is £66.9million - down 7% from last year.
Children and Young People's Services - planned expenditure by division
| Name of division | Planned net spend in 2012/13 (£million) |
|---|---|
| Safeguarding & Specialist Support | 41.2 |
| Education Strategy & Targeted Support | 10.5 |
| Central budgets (including ongoing school staff redundancy) | 9.0 |
| Performance, Policy & Partnerships | 2.4 |
| Learning, Achievement & Schools | 1.7 |
| Business support | 1.7 |
| Directors office | 0.3 |
| Total (with rounding) | 66.9 |
Highlights of savings proposals for 2012/13
| Brief description of saving | How much we can save (£million) |
|---|---|
| Bristol Youth Links – radical approach to commissioning integrated teams to deliver Bristol Youth Links services for 8-19 year olds and provide opportunities for local providers | 1.0 |
| Reduction in overall supplies budget, e.g. printing, computing costs, equipment to reflect leaner organisation and improved procurement practices | 0.95 |
| Redesigned core engagement model for screening and assessment as part of Pathways Project | 0.60 |
| Streamlining strategic and planning services for CYPS and H&SC | 0.45 |
| Reduced legal and expert costs associated with child care proceedings | 0.30 |
| Reconfiguration of central early years team to reflect changes to local authority roles in delivery of national policy statutory responsibilities | 0.297 |
| Reduced costs through improved Early Years and Childcare commissioning arrangements and reconfiguration of service delivery | 0.27 |
View the complete set of budget proposals for 2012/13
The equalities impact assessments are accessible from the complete set of budget proposals
