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Cabinet noted the following:
a) The forecast General Fund revenue budget
position of an overspend of £3.9m (paragraph 5.1 of the
submitted report);
b) The forecast Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG)
position of an underspend of £0.3m compared to the budgeted
deficit of £5.0m (paragraph 5.32 of the submitted
report);
c) The forecast Housing Revenue Account (HRA)
budget position of an overall net nil variance, but with a forecast
drawing on HRA balances of £3.4m compared to a budgeted
contribution of £2.0m (paragraph 5.26 of the submitted
report);
d) The capital programme forecast position of
an in-year variance on the General Fund capital programme of
£22.9m and an in-year variance on the HRA capital programme
of £33.8m (paragraph 5.35 of the submitted report);
e) The performance against key corporate
financial indicators, including forward-looking prudential
indicators (paragraph 5.64 of the submitted report);
f) Bad debts written off under delegated
authority of £214k (paragraph 5.66).
 
Cabinet approved the following:
g) The allocation of £1,630k from the
corporate inflation provision budget to
directorate budgets (virement of budgets) as
set out in Appendix C of the submitted report;
h) The entering into of a new Environmental
Enforcement contract as set out in the exempt Appendix E of the
submitted report, and to delegate authority to the Assistant Chief
Executive to agree the contract documents and enter into a
Memorandum of Understanding with the London Boroughs of Ealing and
Harrow;
i) The allocation
and drawdown of £1.9m from the Savings &
Implementation
strategic investment earmarked reserve to fund
the 2023/24 Special Education Needs & Disabilities (SEND) Teams
pressure (paragraph 5.9 of the submitted report);
j) The reprofiling of the Unallocated
Contingency budget in the 2024 HRA Business Plan across 2023/24,
2024/25 and 2025/26 as set out in paragraph 5.44 of the submitted
report;
k) The allocation of a total budget of
£16.2m to the fund the projected additional costs of
delivering four infill schemes in the Council House Building
programme for the period 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 be funded
from the Unallocated Contingency budget as set out in paragraphs
5.40 to 5.50 of the submitted report;
l) The allocation of a total budget of
£2.0m to fund the completion of Condition
Survey works to the supported housing stock
held in the Housing Revenue
Account to be funded from the approved budget
in the Council House Building
Programme for the purchase of supported
housing units as set out in paragraphs 5.51 to 5.55 of the
submitted report, and the associated budget virement to reflect
these works in the 2023/24 and 2024/25 HRA Estate Investment
capital programme.