The amounts to be allocated to services in 2008/09
The council has approved a revenue budget of £213.2 million in 2008/09. The amounts to be allocated to services are shown below together with a comparison with the latest estimated costs in 2007/08.
| Services |
Latest estimated costs 2007/08 (Million pounds) |
Revenue budget 2008/09 (Million pounds) |
Variation (reduction) or increase in spend (Million pounds) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Executive | 12.1 | 12.5 | 0.4 |
| Children's Services | 49.7 | 50.9 | 1.2 |
| Community Health & Social Care | 68.3 | 73.5 | 5.2 |
| Customer & Support Services | 8.9 | 7.9 | -1.0 |
| Environmental Services | 15.1 | 15.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing & Planning | 28.2 | 28.8 | 0.6 |
| Levies and charges | 22.4 | 24.4 | 2.0 |
| Capital financing | 21.9 | 21.6 | -0.3 |
| Inflation/contingency/centrally held items | -8.2 | 0.7 | 8.9 |
| Net cost of services | 218.4 | -236.0 | 17.6 |
| Reversal of capital charges* | -18.5 | -18.5 | 0.0 |
| Contribution from General Fund Reserves | -1.7 | -4.3 | -2.6 |
| Budget requirement 2008/09 | 198.2 | 213.2 | 15.0 |
Note * Reversal of capital charges: each council service is charged for the use of the buildings and other assets it uses to provide the service. It is similar to a rental charge and it is designed to give the true costs of providing a service. The total of these charges is reversed out after the net cost of services line and therefore there is no impact on the net expenditure of the council or the council tax you pay.
It can be seen that the approved budget requires a contribution from reserves of £4.3 million. Details of how this contribution can be managed and the impact on the overall level of reserves are given on the next page following the link below.
The level of the council’s general reserves
This page was last updated on 19 March 2008
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