In the context of the £275,000 overspend in the travel and subsistence budget for the PSNI in 2018/2019, can the Chief Constable update the Board on what controls PSNI is putting in place to better monitor travel and subsistence claims to enable PSNI to stay within budget during 2019/2020?
To help provide some useful background information, the tables below provide an analysis of expenditure for 2018-19 by Business Area and by Expense Type:
Business Area | Full Year Budget £K | Actual £K | Variance £K |
Crime Operations | 1,740 | 1,688 | 52 |
District Policing | 995 | 1,288 | (293) |
Operational Support Department | 925 | 892 | 33 |
Legacy and Justice Department | 607 | 589 | 17 |
Finance and Support Services | 225 | 239 | (14) |
Other Branches | 186 | 257 | (71) |
TOTAL | 4,678 | 4,953 | (275) |
Expenditure Type | Expenditure £K | % of Total Expenditure |
Mileage | 2,284.1 | 46.12% |
Subsistence | 998.6 | 20.16% |
Flights | 777.3 | 15.69% |
Accommodation | 627.9 | 12.68% |
Car Hire | 119.7 | 2.42% |
Car Parking | 36.9 | 0.75% |
Ferry | 35.0 | 0.71% |
Conference | 28.7 | 0.58% |
Trains | 31.1 | 0.63% |
Taxis | 11.6 | 0.23% |
Other | 1.6 | 0.03% |
Total | 4,953 | 100% |