BUDGET
2013/2014 to 2016/2017
Ref. FN81401138
Comprehensive Spending Review
(20th October 2010)
• 25% reduction in the Fire Service formula grant over the next four years (2011/12 to 2014/15).
• ‘Back-loaded’ onto the last two years of the four year period.
Cumulative Grant Cuts Years 1 and 2
-14%
-12%
-10%
-8%
-6%
-4%
-2%
0%
2%
4%
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Grant Reductions (1)
2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15
£’m £’m £’m £’m
7.7 2.5 ? ?
Grant Reductions (2)
Latest indicative national fire reductions:Year 3 9%Year 4 5.5% + 2%
Indicative public sector reductions:Year 5 8%Year 6 6%Year 7 ??
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2013/14 FIRE AUTHORITY PERCENTAGE GRANT REDUCTIONS
Provisional Finance Settlement 19/12/12
Grant reductions:
£m
2013/14 (Year 3) 6.0
2014/15 (Year 4) 4.6
4 Year CSR Settlement
£m £m
2010/11 80.813
2011/12 73.136 -7.677
2012/13 70.649 -2.487
2013/14 64.632 -6.017
2014/15 60.008 -4.624
Council Tax Freeze Grant 2013/2014
• Announced 8 October 2012
• Equivalent to a 1% increase in Council Tax, payable for 2 years
• Council Tax increases above 2% require a referendum
Referendum Exception
Shire Districts, Police and Crime Commissioners and Fire and Rescue
Authorities whose 2012-13 Council Tax was in the lower quarter of their category of
Authority.
FRAs in Lower QuarterBand DEquivalent £
Dorset 60.39Cambridgeshire 59.31Buckinghamshire 59.13Berkshire 55.66Leicestershire 53.38Greater Manchester 52.65West Yorkshire 52.41West Midlands 47.83
Referendum Limits
• Council Tax increase above 2%
OR
• £5 per Band D property
Whichever is higher
2013/2014 Council Tax Freeze Grant v £5 Increase
0500,000
1,000,0001,500,0002,000,0002,500,0003,000,0003,500,0004,000,000
(2013/14) (2014/15) (2015/16) (2016/17)
Yr3 Yr4 Yr5 Yr6
Capital Grant
Bid Population Total
Allocation
£m £m £m
2013/14 3.8 2.0 5.8
2014/15 3.8 2.0 5.8
11.6
BUDGET
2013/2014 to 2016/2017