Finance and the Budget

Budget 2013/14 headlines

Council Tax frozen
£11.2m extra to protect our most vulnerable children
£18m extra to provide support for older people to help them live more independently at home
£1m extra on roads, to repair 5,000 potholes, on top of the 36,000 pothole repairs carried out each year
£500,000 for a Youth Employment strategy, to help young people into work through better skills and improved links with employers
£700,000 additional investment in the County Council’s Sport Legacy Fund to support grass roots sports clubs

The Council is raising £512.1 million in 2013/14 from local taxpayers and the Government. This section explains more about where the money comes from and where it is spent.

How the Council is funded - about council tax, business rates and money we receive from central government
Where the money will go - how we plan to spend the money across services
Statement of Accounts - a statutory, formal document which sets out a high level view of how the money has been spent and where the money has come from including an archive of previous statements, and a summary in the financial report.
Council spending information - what we spend with suppliers
Senior officers' salaries - including expenses claimed
Councillors' division fund - every County Councillor is given £10,000 to spend on projects, people and organisations in their areas.

Finance and the Budget

Budget 2013/14 headlines

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