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FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Detailed below are a number of key facts, which provide an indication of the scale of the financial transactions of the authority and more detailed information including copies of financial reports can be accessed via the following links, including: -

KEY FACTS

Expenditure
2006/2007 Approved revenue budget
£82.3 m
Income
Amount collected through the precept
£29.863m

Precept at band d for 2006/2007 

(this is the third lowest precept in the country)

£45.84
Percentage increase in precept 1 April 2006
4.96%
Actual increase in precept at 1 April 2006/5    
£2.17
Approved three year capital programme 
£26.2 m
Total debt outstanding at 31 March 2006  £34.3 m

                            

  

The graphs below show where the money comes from and what the authority spends its money on.

Pie Chart - Where the money comes from - Council Tax £29.863m, Revenue Support Grant £52.124m, Specific Government Grants £2.170m, Income from fees & Charges £1.031m, Revenue Balances £0.750m & Collection Fund Surplus £0.313m.  Pie Chart - What money is spent on - Firefighting & Rescue Operations £55.510m, Fire Safety & Community Relations £13.297m, Contingency For Pay & Prices£1.852m, Corporate Democratic Core £0.942m, Human Resources £6.368m & Corporate Resources.