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Brent
www.brent.gov.uk
Brent
Council
Spending
Information for council tax and business rate payers
2020-2021Message from the Leader of Brent Council Contents
Councillor Muhammed Butt
Dear resident,
Brent is my home and yours, but it is also the home of a melting pot of cultures that all The council’s spending plans 4-7
make Brent what it is today and what it will be tomorrow. Ours is the most diverse This section explains the services provided by Brent Council, the way in
borough in the most diverse city on earth and we have so much going for us. which the council’s spending has changed since the last year and how
We have talented residents, iconic venues, thriving businesses and food, music and your council tax is calculated.
influences from across the world – so it is little surprise that we are the London
Borough of Culture in 2020. The vast majority of our schools are good or outstanding Spending by the Greater London Authority (GLA) 8-10
– which helps young people in Brent to get the best start in life. We are building
This Section explains how the GLA funds its services and the way in
thousands of new affordable homes and protecting our environment by planting more
which its spending is allocated between police, fire, transport and other
trees and improving our roads and pavements. Violent crime is falling and we are
GLA services.
doing everything we can to reduce it further.
However, we are not without our challenges. The main grant that we receive from
central Government has fallen by 79% over the past decade. For another year, this Further information 11
funding squeeze has meant we have faced difficult choices that we have not shied Council tax levels for each valuation band
away from. Changes in spending from 2019/20 to 2020/21
Our top priority is to make sure the services and facilities that residents rely on the
most are maintained and, where possible, improved. We have prioritised younger
people and older residents. We are modernising the council for everyone by using
technology more effectively and setting up hubs in local communities to make our
services more easily accessible.
Like the vast majority of councils, we’ve had little choice but to increase council tax
this year so we can balance the budget. I understand that finding £1.19 more a week
is an extra cost that many of us could do without. In return, I promise to carry on
delivering the commitments the council has made in our Borough Plan. Everyone at
the council will work tirelessly to ensure no one is left behind and continue to build a
better Brent.
If you ever have any questions or concerns about what we are doing as a council
please do get in touch using the email address below.
Best wishes
Councillor Muhammed Butt
Leader of Brent Council
cllr.muhammed.butt@brent.gov.uk
2 www.brent.gov.uk www.brent.gov.uk 3The council’s spending plans
Changes in spending
Services the council provides Paying for these services
Although government funding has reduced,
The council provides a large number of Altogether the council plans over £1 billion the council will still have to meet rising costs
essential local services which are aligned gross spending* in 2020-21 on services. due to inflation and increased costs from:
to the priorities set in the Borough Plan, The majority of the money comes from • more people with social care needs in line
including: government grants – for example, the with the long term trend of an ageing
A borough where we can all feel safe, council is estimated to receive £215 million population
secure, happy and healthy in grant for schools and another £313
• increases in the amount the council needs
•4
,688 elderly and vulnerable adults million subsidy to meet the cost of housing
to pay toward the cost of households
receiving long-term social care support benefit for tenants in the private rented
in hotels and other forms of temporary
from the council sector.
accommodation
•2
9,656 active borrowers in The council also receives rents from council
• increased landfill tax on the disposal of
Brent’s libraries tenants and other income from charges
household waste
made for services that people use. The
•1
.77 million visits to Brent’s sports centres The council will deliver £7.4m of savings
remainder of the spending, which is known
Strong foundations as the council’s budget requirement, is paid in 2020-21. However, the council is still
•4
Brent Community Hubs opened, for by general government grants, council committed to protecting frontline services
supporting 6,538 residents tax and business rates. This is shown in the as much as possible by concentrating
following table: on reducing our costs and overheads,
Every opportunity to succeed
eliminating waste and by prioritising
• 96% of Brent schools are rated Good £m spending on services and facilities that local
or Outstanding people value.
Budget requirement 289.8
• Helped 228 residents get into work
•4
4 apprenticeships secured through Business Rates from the -122.4
Brent Works London Pool
A future built for everyone, Specific Grants -39.3
an economy fit for all
Total council tax requirement 128.1
orking towards building 1,000 new
•W
council homes * Gross expenditure is the cost of council
• 694 planning applications approved services before deducting income from
government grants, fees and charges etc.
A cleaner, more considerate brent Net expenditure is the cost to the council
•R
ecyclables collected from after deducting this income.
124,331 households
•3
2,148 illegally dumped waste
incidents cleared
•2
6,085 road repairs fixed by injection
patching programme
4 www.brent.gov.uk www.brent.gov.uk 5Brent’s spending plans Brent’s income and expenditure
2019-2020
Gross Spend Net Spend Gross Spend Net Spend Income (£m) Expenditure (£m)
2020-2021 2020-2021 2019-2020 2019-2020 Chief
£m £m £m £m Executive’s Other
Fees and
Department budgets
Housing charges & Assistant Chief £16.5
Rents £54.3 other income £22.3
Community Wellbeing 202.2 124.5 200.3 122.7 Executive’s
£164.3 Levies
Department
Council Housing 53.2 54.3 £2.9
£16.5
Children and Young People 59.3 45.5 59.1 45.3 Resources
Schools 215.1 217.0 £45.1
Regeneration and Environment 88.9 41.2 87.4 39.7
Community and
Housing Benefit 313.1 341.0 Well-being Council
£200.3 housing
Customer and Digital Services 40.1 21.5 38.6 20.0 £58.5
Council Tax Housing
Assistant Chief Executive's Department 9.2 7.5 9.1 7.5 Payers, £122.0 Housing
Benefit, £341.0 Children
Chief Executive's Department 16.8 15.8 16.5 15.6 Government benefit Housing and Young
specific grants 348.8m benefit People
Direct Services 997.9 256.0 1,023.3 250.8 249.3m £341.0 £59.1
Specific Grants,
£251.0 Schools
Other Budgets 29.3 29.3 22.3 22.3 Business £217.0
Rates
£120.0
Total local services provided by Brent 1,027.2 285.3 1,045.6 273.1
Regeneration and
Environment £87.4
Levies 4.5 4.5 2.9 2.9
Brent's budget requirements 1,031.7 289.8 1,048.5 276.0
2020-2021
Income (£m) Expenditure (£m)
Retained Business Rates (122.4) (120.0) Chief
Executive’s Other
Specific Grants (39.3) (34.0) Fees and Department budgets
Assistant Chief £16.8
Housing charges & £29.3
Executive’s
Brent's council tax requirement 128.1 122.0 Rents £53.2 other income Levies
Department
£160.6 £4.5
£9.2
Resources
£40.1
Greater London Authority 32.4 31.0
Council Tax requirements 160.5 153.0 Council Community and
tax payers Well-being Council
106.9m £202.2 housing
Council Tax Housing £53.2
Housing Benefit
Payers, £128.1 Housing
Benefit, £313.1 Housing Children
348.8m and Young
Government Benefit benefit
specific grants 348.8m £313.1 People
250.4m Schools £59.3
Specific Grants, £215.1
£254.3
Business
Rates
£122.4
Regeneration and
Environment £88.9
6 www.brent.gov.uk www.brent.gov.uk 7Spending by the Greater London Authority • tackling the climate emergency through • making public transport more accessible
the creation of a new £50 million Green for everyone. By 2024 nearly 40 per cent
Introduction Council Tax (£) 2019-20 Change 2020-21 New Deal for London fund; of tube stations are expected to be step
The Mayor of London’s budget for the 2020- MOPAC 242.13 10.00 252.13 free. All new Elizabeth line stations will be
• providing enough resources to the London
21 financial year is built around his vision (Metropolitan Police) step free; and
Fire Brigade (LFB) to ensure that first and
of a city where nobody is left behind, and LFC 53.00 2.28 55.28
(London Fire Brigade) second fire engines arrive at emergency • funding projects to bring Londoners
opportunities are open to all. It supports
GLA 23.38 -0.69 22.69 incidents, on average, within six and together, promote arts, sports and culture
London’s future growth and economic
TfL (Transport) 2.00 -0.03 1.97 eight minutes respectively. The Mayor including honouring London’s host city
success, building on our city’s thriving
is also providing resources to rollout a commitments for the UEFA 2020 football
economy, extraordinary creativity, tolerance, Total 320.51 11.56 332.07
transformation programme so that the championships, help tackle inequality,
diversity and openness to the world.
Investing in frontline services LFB can implement the recommendations improve the environment, and boost
This year’s budget will provide resources to This budget will enable the Mayor to fulfil his of the Grenfell fire inquiry. This includes London’s economy. The Mayor is providing
improve the key services Londoners need. key priorities for London. These include: investing in the new vehicles and funding for around 1,000 cultural and
This includes delivering more genuinely equipment required; community events across London and for
affordable homes, keeping transport fares as • making transport more affordable. Single the planting of thousands more street
bus fares, single pay as you go fares on • working with London boroughs to
low as possible and tackling toxic air pollution trees over the next year.
the Tube and DLR and Santander cycle hire maintain existing concessionary travel and
and the climate emergency. The budget
scheme charges have been frozen again assisted door to door transport schemes.
also provides resources to support jobs and Summary of GLA budget
in 2020. This will save travellers around This includes free 24 hour travel for the
growth, help rough sleepers, invest in youth The following tables compare the GLA
£40 million this year. The bus and tram over 60s, the disabled, armed forces
services and make London a fairer and group’s spending for 2020-21 with last year
one hour Hopper fare introduced by the personnel in uniform and eligible war
cleaner place to live. Moreover, it provides and set out why it has changed. The GLA’s
current Mayor will also continue; veterans and protecting the Taxicard
extra resources from council tax and business gross expenditure is higher this year. This is
and Dial a Ride schemes. Discounts
rates for the Metropolitan Police and London • continuing to tackle London’s housing mainly due to the impact of extra investment
on travelcards are also available for
Fire Brigade to keep Londoners safe. Over crisis, using £4.8 billion of funding to planned by the Mayor in transport, policing,
apprentices;
£100 million in additional funding is being support starts of 116,000 new affordable adult education and the fire service as well
provided by the Mayor to the police, for homes by 2022; • increasing capacity and introducing new as additional business rates receipts being
violence reduction initiatives and to improve trains on the London Underground and paid over to the Government to support local
opportunities for young Londoners. This • ensuring the Metropolitan Police have the working to complete the Elizabeth line services elsewhere in England. Overall the
will help offset the ongoing impact of the resources they need to tackle violent crime (formerly Crossrail), the Northern line council tax requirement has increased because
reductions in government funding over the – the Mayor has funded 1,300 additional extension to Battersea Power station and of the extra funding for the Metropolitan
last decade. police officer posts from locally raised the Overground extension to Barking Police and the London Fire Brigade. There has
council tax and business rates revenues; Riverside as soon as possible. The Mayor also been a 1.6 per cent increase in London’s
Council tax for GLA Services • tackling the underlying causes of crime, will also maintain the Night Tube and residential property taxbase. Find out more
The GLA’s share of the council tax for a with £25 million of extra funding to Night Overground services; about our budget at: www.london.gov.uk/
typical Band D property has been increased support disadvantaged young Londoners budget (tel: 020 7983 4000).
• investing £2.3 billion in Healthy Streets
by £11.56 (or 22p per week) to £332.07. access positive opportunities and by 2024 to fund projects to enable more
The additional income raised will fund the constructive activities that allow them to walking and cycling across London. The
Metropolitan Police and the London Fire make the most of their potential as well Mayor will also expand the Ultra Low
Brigade. Council taxpayers in the City of as providing £34 million extra for new Emission Zone to the North and South
London, which has its own police force, will violence reduction initiatives; Circular roads in autumn 2021 to tackle
pay £79.94.
• protecting vulnerable children and women local air pollution;
at risk of abuse and domestic violence;
8 www.brent.gov.uk www.brent.gov.uk 9How the GLA’s budget is funded
(£ million)
2020-21 Further information
Gross expenditure 13,365.9 Valuation bands Levies
Government grants and retained -5,486.6 How much you pay will depend upon which Some of the money the council receives
business rates
council tax band your property is in. each year is paid out to other public bodies
Fares, charges and other income -6,787.3
There are eight bands, these reflect the as levies. These amounts are shown in the
Use of reserves -81.1
market value of your property as at table below:
Amount met by council 1,010.9
taxpayers (£m) 1 April 1991. The bands and charges for 2020-21
2020-21 are shown below: £m
Changes in spending 2020-21
(£ million) Property Value of Lee Valley Regional Park 0.2
Band property(£)
2019-20 council tax requirement 960.6 London Pensions Fund Authority 0.3
A Up to £40,000
Inflation 244.8
B £40,001 to 52,000 Environment Agency 0.2
Efficiencies and other savings -150.8
C £52,001 to 68,000 West London Waste Authority 3.7
New initiatives 512.1
D £68,001 to 88,000
Other changes (for example fares -555.8
revenue and government grants) E £88,001 to 120,000 TOTAL 4.4
Amount met by 1,010.9 F £120,001 to 160,000
council taxpayers (£m) G £160,001 to 320,000 Changes in spending
H £320,001 and over Changes in spending are summarised
in the table below:
How we work out the amount of Changes in Spending £m
Council Tax you pay 2019-20 Council tax requirement 122.0
Brent Council set its Council Tax for add cost pressures 13.0
2020/21 as in the table below: less increase in Government Grants -7.7
less service area savings -7.4
other central adjustments 8.2
Property Brent element Total including
Band of Council Tax the GLA’s share of
Council Tax 2020-21 Council tax requirement 128.1
A £875.16 £1,096.54
B £1021.02 £1,279.30 You can contact the Valuation Office Agency
C £1,166.88 £1,462.05 (VOA) if you have any enquiries about your
D £1,312.74 £1,644.81 Council Tax band or business rates valuation:
E £1,604.46 £2,010.32
www.gov.uk/contact-voa
F £1,896.18 £2,375.84
G £2,187.90 £2,741.35 03000 501501
H £2,625.48 £3,289.62
For queries about your Council Tax or
The charges for Brent are added to those business rates bills, please visit
for GLA to provide a total. www.brent.gov.uk/counciltax
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