“Please provide the following financial information:-
Gross local authority budget for the financial year 2016/17, including:
Gross amount of central government allocations (Settlement Funding Assessment) for the financial year 2016/17
Gross amount of Council Tax revenue for the financial year 2016/17
Gross amount of business rate income locally retained by the local authority for the financial year 2016/17
This information is publicly available within the 2016/17 Budget Book, accessible via the link provided.
Gross local authority budget for the financial year 2017/18, including
Gross amount of central government allocations (Settlement Funding Assessment) for the financial year 2017/18
Gross amount of Council Tax revenue for the financial year 2017/18
Gross amount of business rate income locally retained by the local authority for the financial year 2017/18
This information is publicly available within the 2017/18 Budget Book, accessible via the link provided.
Projected gross local authority budget for the financial year 2018/19, including:
Projected gross amount of central government allocations (Settlement Funding Assessment) for the financial year 2018/19
Projected gross amount of Council Tax revenue for the financial year 2018/19
Projected gross amount of business rate income locally retained by the local authority for the financial year 2018/19
This information is publicly available via the Medium Term Financial Strategy and Capital Programme within the 2017/18 Budget Book, accessible via the link provided.
Has the local authority carried out an impact assessment as to whether the local authority will be impacted negatively / positively / no impact by the plans to introduce 100% retention of business rates locally?
No. There is not yet sufficient information available on the introduction of 100% Business Rates Retention to enable this to take place, including when or even if it will be implemented.
If yes to the above question, was the impact negative / positive / no impact for the local authority? If negative or positive, what was the difference?
Not Applicable.