Cheshire East Budget Report 2011/2012 - Shaping Our
Services
Budget and Council Tax Set for 2011/2012
Cheshire East Council approved its Budget for 2011/2012 on
24th February 2011.
The result is a Budget of £249m and a Band D Council Tax of
£1,216.34. This represents no change from last year as a
result of the offer of Government funding to freeze Council Tax
levels.
Budget setting was managed through the Council’s Business
Planning Process and represents the results of eight months of
intensive work by elected members and officers.
Key challenges included :
- The considerable changes in the level and structure of
Government grant funding resulting in the loss of £8.5m of
grant,
- Meeting significant demographic pressures in services to
Children and Adults,
- Continuing to fund priority areas and protect vital
services,
- Maintaining the Council's reserves,
- Further work to generate efficiencies in support services and
across the organisation.
Budget Report
In January 2011 the Council undertook a series of stakeholder
engagement events based on the Pre Budget Report. Feedback
from those events was reported to Council and will assist with
implementing the proposals in the final report.
A PDF version of the Budget Book is available for
download. Work is ongoing to allocate cross – cutting savings
across services, and to provide additional analysis of subjective
budget headings for expenditure and income types. This
document will therefore be updated and further pages will be added
to this document as and when more detailed information becomes
available.
The Budget Report approved by Council remains available for
download using the links below.
This updates the position for the latest information and
provides additional details of the impact of the budget and the
Council's Reserves Strategy.
Budget Book
A PDF version of the Budget Book is available for
download. Work is ongoing to allocate cross – cutting savings
across services, and to provide additional analysis of subjective
budget headings for expenditure and income types. This
document will therefore be updated and further pages will be added
to this document as and when more detailed information becomes
available.
You can download the Budget
Book 2011-12 updated 4 July 2011(PDF, 3.1MB) .
Cheshire East Council - Pre Budget Report 2011/2012
Cheshire East Council must continue to provide high quality
services to local residents and businesses. A key step is to set a
balanced budget.
The Council is facing financial pressures arising from:
- The national deficit reduction policy which is reducing funding
levels available to the public sector.
- Demographic changes leading to increased service
requirements
- Higher numbers of young people needing protection.
- The impact of severe winters on the road network.
- In year spending pressures.
- Legislative and best practice impacts on service delivery.
The Council has limited income sources and operates a Business
Planning Process to manage reductions in funding and ensure our
limited resources are used effectively to meet our priorities and
desired performance levels.
In January 2011 the Council released the Pre Budget Report for
2011/2012 (PDF, 547KB).
This set out the changes that will be made to revenue and
capital budgets to manage the above pressures while ensuring key
services are maintained and improved.
The Council is focusing on its key priority areas and once again
looking at "support" service areas to generate major savings to
protect front line services.
The Pre Budget Report was used as the basis of an engagement
exercise in January and February 2011. Partners and stakeholders
were invited to the events and had the opportunity to discuss the
proposals and help the Council understand how their impact can be
managed.
