Budget Consultation 2022/23 - Have Your Say
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Budget Consultation
2022/23
Have Your SayBudget Consultation 2022/23
As part of our budget consultation, we want to know your views on how we spend We retain £4.479million from Business Rates which is only 10% of the overall Business Rates
your money. collected. The remainder is distributed to Cumbria County Council and Central Government.
Our budget consultation will take place between Monday 20 December 2021 and Use of Reserves £0.471m
Monday 17 January 2022. 4%
Where do we get our money from? Total £4.479m Business Rates
We collect £7.914million from Council Tax which is only 11% of the overall Council Tax bill you £12.864m 61%
Council Tax £ £7.914m
pay or, for 2021/22, £4.26 per household per week for a Band D property.
35 %
We collect the remainder of your Council Tax bill on behalf of Cumbria County Council, Cumbria
Police and Crime Commissioner and Parish Councils.
Here is how the money is split Where does my money go?
Your £4.26 per household (Band D) per week is spent in the following areas:
Carlisle City Council Police and Crime Cumbia County Council
11% Commissioner for (including adult social care) Environmental and Housing Economic Green
Cumbria regulatory services support growth spaces
75% 27p 20p 31p 34p
14%
Other*
72p
&
* In rural areas an additional parish precept is added. This is variable and is set by the Parish
Council. Total:
£4.26
We welcome your views on our budget *Other services include revenues, benefits, property, support services and democratic services
2 3…and this is spent on the delivery of the following services: Council Achievements and Ambitions
We use your Council Tax to ensure core services such as refuse collection and maintaining parks
and open spaces are delivered to a high standard.
We are also committed to ensuring that Carlisle has the opportunity to grow and improve. With
that in mind we continue to strive to look at ways of investing in the city, including:
• More than £27million will be invested in new state of the art leisure and entertainment facilities
Environmental and to be located at The Sands Centre.
regulatory services Housing support Economic growth • We’re a partner in the Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal. This will see investment of £65million
£0.872m £0.575m £0.997m in improvements in and around Carlisle Station and the Citadels area.
7% 4% 8%
• St Cuthbert’s Garden Village project will result in significant investment in new housing and
infrastructure to the South of Carlisle.
Leisure and culture Green spaces
• £19.7m funding has been awarded from the Towns Deal and a further £9.1m from the Future
£2.832m £0.618m
High Street Fund. Both schemes will provide enhancements and improvements to the help
22 % 5%
revitalise the City Centre.
Total • We are committed to becoming Carbon Neutral.
£12.864m
What savings do we need to make?
We have successfully achieved or identified over £9million in transformational savings since 2010/11.
A revised savings requirement has been calculated of £2.05million in 2023/24.
Refuse and Keeping
recycling Carlisle Clean Other
£1.744m £1.054m £4.172m
14 % 8% 32 %
£2.05million
in 2023/24
&
We anticipate receiving an additional £1.8million from a combination of retained Business Rates
Income and continuing to participate in the Cumbria Business Rates Pool in 2022/23.
* Before proposed spending changes and reductions 2022/23. It is anticipated that we will require a contribution from reserves in 2022/23 to 2024/25 with a
** Other services include Revenues, Benefits, Property, Support Services and contribution to reserves in 2025/26 and 2026/27 to meet expenditure requirements. These reserves
Democratic Services. will be brought back to prudent levels over the life of the MTFP.
We welcome your views on the areas we spend your money We welcome your views on additional expenditure requirements
for 2022/23
4 5Council Tax Our financial challenges
We are proposing to freeze Council Tax for 2022/23. Therefore there will be no increase in the
We are determined to protect important services by doing things differently, such as:
City Council’s share of Council Tax from 2021/22 to 2022/23. This will cost us approximately
£175,000 per year. • Working in partnership with other councils or organisations;
• Buying in services (where it makes good financial sense);
Council Tax is split into eight bandings based on property valuations.
• Looking at transferring services to alternative providers and to community groups, if
The valuation bandings were set by Government with the introduction of Council Tax in 1993. appropriate;
Annual proposed cost 2022/23 assumes a £0 increase for a Band D equivalent property. • Focusing on raising more income from our own assets; and
• Making our services even more efficient.
Band Annual cost Annual cost Proposed increase We welcome your views and suggestions as to how we can meet these financial challenges.
2021/22 proposed per household
2022/23 per week
A
(Under £40,000)
£148.13 £148.13 0 pence How can I have my say?
B £172.82 £172.82 0 pence Let us know what you think of our budget proposals.
(£40,001-£52,000) More information is available at
C £197.51 £197.51 0 pence www.carlisle.gov.uk/Council/Council-and-Democracy/Budget
(£52,001-£68,000)
D £222.20 £222.20 0 pence Any comments can be emailed to communications@carlisle.gov.uk or write to:
(£68,001-£88,000) The Chief Executive,
E £271.58 £271.58 0 pence Carlisle City Council,
£88,001-£120,000) Civic Centre,
F £320.96 £320.96 0 pence Carlisle, CA3 8QG
(£120,001-
£160,000)
G £370.33 £370.33 0 pence
(£160,001-
£320,000)
The deadline for responses is Monday 17 January 2022.
H £444.40 £444.40 0 pence
(Over £320,000)
Fees and Charges
Fees and charges for services provide vital financial support to the delivery of those and other
services.We are proposing to freeze car parking charges for the first hour of use across all Carlisle
City Council car parks and introduce an increase of 10p per each tariff from the second hour of use
to cover increased costs of providing the services.
Financial information taken from the Council Tax Leaflet 2021/22 and Council
We welcome your views on how we charge for services Budget Resolution 2021/22.
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