What do we spend your council tax on?

What do we spend your council tax on?

Hammersmith & Fulham Council services expenditure

The table below provides details of the council's budgeted expenditure and income for 2011/12, including levies charged by other public bodies. 

Revenue expenditure and income 2011/12 (£m)  Figures in bold are for 2011/12. Figures not in bold are for 2010/11. Figs subject to rounding.
Department	Gross expenditure	Gross income	Net expenditure
Children's Services	197.94	135.90	62.04
	207.28	145.85	61.43
Environment Services	53.71	50.17	3.54
	47.96	47.49	0.47
Community Services	104.88	24.77	80.11
	105.65	28.07	77.58
Residents Services	51.17	14.63	36.54
	52.54	15.35	37.19
Finance & Corporate Services	18.28	4.79	13.49
	19.88	8.15	11.73
Regeneration & Housing Options	24.86	14.36	10.50
	23.52	15.83	7.69
Central items	165.82	147.25	18.57
	166.70	107.82	58.88
Total	616.66	391.87	224.79
	623.53	368.56	254.97
Levies (excluding WRWA)			2.52
			2.31
Contingencies			5.71
			4.75
Capital financing adjustment			(21.33)
			(13.65)
Application of reserves and balances			(22.40)
			(45.12)
Net expenditure			189.29
			203.26

Where appropriate 20010/11 original budget figures have been amended to reflect a funding change from specific to general grants and realigned to reflect the transfer of services between departments.

Change in Hammersmith & Fulham's budget 

The original 2010/11 budget has been restated to reflect significant changes in how government grant support is provided.

The restated 2010/11 net revenue budget is £203.26 million. It has decreased to £189.29 million in 2011/12.

The decrease is made up as follows:

2010/11 council's net revenue budget (£m)		184.34
Funding change: Expenditure formerly financed by specific grants		18.92
2010/11 restated net revenue budget (£m)		203.26
Inflation	2.72
Growth pressures and service improvements	11.80
Efficiency savings and income generation	(26.90)
Movement in reserves and provisions	(1.59)
2011/12 council's net revenue budget		189.29

How much council tax we need to collect 

Council tax is collected to pay for the council’s own services, for example libraries, refuse collection and social services, as well as the services provided by the Greater London Authority. The amount to be raised by council tax in 2011/12 is £89.50 million. The table below shows how this is calculated. Details of the GLA budget.

How much council tax we need to collect (£m)
	2010/11	2011/12
Hammersmith &   Fulham Council	184.34	189.29
Less
Revenue Support Grant	15.33	29.36
Business Rates	105.59	95.15
Prior Year Adjustments	(0.75)	(0)
Total	64.17	64.78
Greater London Authority charge	24.49	24.72
Council tax	88.66	89.50

Levies 

The net expenditure of the council (shown in the first table above) includes the following payments:

Levies (£000s)	2010/11	2011/12	%+/-
London Pensions Fund Authority	1,900	2,117	11
Environment  Agency	157	159	1.3
Western Riverside  Waste Authority	8,826	8,422	(4.6)
Lee Valley Regional  Park Authority	241	241	0
Total	11,124	10,939	(2)

Council tax charges 2011/12

For 2011/12 council tax has been frozen at the 2010/11 level. Both the Hammersmith & Fulham element of council tax and the GLA precept has been frozen since last year. GLA precept.

The table below shows the council tax charges for each band.

Council tax charges 2011/12 (£)
Band	Hammersmith & Fulham Council	Greater London Authority	2011/12 council tax
A	541.19	206.55	747.74
B	631.38	240.97	872.35
C	721.58	275.40	996.98
D	811.78	309.82	1,121.60
E	992.18	378.67	1,370.85
F	1,172.57	447.52	1,620.09
G	1,352.97	516.37	1,869.34
H	1,623.56	619.64	2,243.20

Further information

More details on the finances of Hammersmith & Fulham Council will be available in the 2011/12 estimate book and when the annual accounts for 2010/11 are published. 

Both documents will be available for inspection at the council’s libraries and on the council's web site. Hard copies are available on request please contact: 

Director of Finance and Corporate Services
Hammersmith Town Hall, Ground Floor, King Street, London W6 9JU

For further financial information, please call Andrew Lord (corporate strategy and resources manager) on 020 8753 2531.