Outline base budget 2011/12 to 2014/15

Prepared at November 2010 prices with a total provision for inflation from November 2010 to outturn 2011/12. Similar inflation assumptions have been made in the following three years. Projected outturn figures are as presented to Finance and General Purposes Committee on 14 January 2011.

The tables below show the outline base budget assuming either a 0% or 2.5% increase in council tax 2012/13 to 2014/15.


Projected
Outturn 2010/11		2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15
£'000		£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000
	Employees
33,025	Wholetime firefighters	33,703	33,750	33,703	33,750
6,679	Retained firefighters	6,355	6,377	6,355	6,377
10,328	Other staff	10,145	10,153	10,145	10,153
1,151	Other employees expenses	1,084	1,084	1,084	1,084
910	Net cost of pensions	742	841	884	838

52,093	Total Employees	52,029	52,205	52,171	52,202

	Premises
1,978	Building maintenance	1,643	1,643	1,643	1,643
	Cleaning and refuse collection	284	284	284	284
1,786	Utilities, rents, rates etc	1,850	1,850	1,850	1,850

3,764	Total Premises	3,777	3,777	3,777	3,777

	Transport
536	Leasing	459	414	330	215
1,961	Other transport	1,823	1,823	1,823	1,823

2,497	Total Transport	2,282	2,237	2,153	2,038

	Supplies and Services
1,001	Operational equipment	1,261	1,059	867	867
4,217	IT and communications	3,125	3,274	3,274	3,274
493	Insurance	507	507	507	507
2,451	Other supplies	2,361	2,361	2,361	2,361
13	Unallocated inflation provision	328	328	328	328


8,175	Total Supplies and Services	7,582	7,529	7,337	7,337

478	Bought in support services	448	448	448	448
21	Unallocated efficiency savings	1	1	1	1
	Savings to be identified	0	0	0	0
	Cost of selling assets		0	0	0
2,588	Depreciation	2,902	2,902	2,902	2,902
786	Revenue Contributions to Capital-budgeted	530	707	729	729
	Revenue Contributions to Capital financed from reserves	0	0	0	0
250	Contingency	250	250	250	250
	Provision for inflation	850	1,281	2,015	2,865

70,652	Gross Expenditure	70,651	71,337	71,783	72,549

(2,505)	Less income	(1,329)	(1,461)	(1,329)	(1,461)

68,147	Net cost of Service	69,322	69,876	70,454	71,088

60	Interest on bank balance	60	60	60	60
532	Interest on external loans	561	564	564	564
11	Interest payable of Finance Leases	11	4	0	0
0	Council Tax Freeze Grant	(973)	(973)	(973)	(973)
245	Contribution to/(from) Capital Payment Reserve	1,429	0	0	0
(441)	Contribution to/(from) Earmarked underspending c/fwd	0	0	0	0
607	Contribution to/(from) Grant Reduction Reserve	440	0	0	0
(1,975)	Contribution from Capital Adjustments Account	(2,176)	(2,210)	(2,275)	(2,300)
974	Underspending
	Revenue Surplus (deficit)*		2,640	(630)	(3,500)

68,160	Budget Requirement	68,674	69,961	67,200	64,939


Projected
Outturn 2010/11		2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2014/15
£'000		£'000	£'000	£'000	£'000
	Employees
	Wholetime firefighters	34,029	33,645	33,862
	Retained firefighters	6,297	6,213	6,266
	Other staff	10,385	10,261	10,304
	Other employees expenses	1,125	1,098	1,098
	Net cost of pensions	733	884	871

52,093	Total Employees	52,569	52,101	52,401	52,202

	Premises
	Building maintenance	1,897	1,851	1,851
	Utilities, rents, rates etc	1,823	1,658	1,658

3,764	Total Premises	3,720	3,509	3,509	3,777

	Transport
	Leasing	605	510	430
	Other transport	1,822	1,778	1,778

2,487	Total Transport	2,427	2,288	2,208	2,038

	Supplies and Services
	Operational equipment	1,206	1,512	1,129
	Information and communications technology	3,116	2,847	2,847
	Insurance	680	663	663
	Uniform, laundry and protective clothing	597	582	582
	Other supplies	1,655	1,615	1,533
	Unallocated inflation provision	350	350	350

8,175	Total Supplies and Services	7,604	7,569	7,104	7,337

	Bought in support services	478	474	474
	Unallocated efficiency savings	79	79	79
	Savings to be identified	0	0	0
	Cost of selling assets	0	0	0
	Depreciation	2,588	2,588	2,588
	Revenue Contributions to Capital-budgeted	730	730	730
	Revenue Contributions to Capital financed from reserves	0	0	0
	Contingency	250	250	250
	Provision for inflation	0	2,570	3,789

70,652	Gross Expenditure	70,445	72,158	73,132	72,549

2,505	Less income	(1,470)	(1,303)	(1,435)

68,147	Net cost of Service	68,975	70,855	71,697	71,088

	Interest on bank balance	60	60	60
	Interest on external loans	445	538	580

	Contribution to/(from) Capital Payment Reserve	245	0	0
	Contribution to/(from) General Balance	0	0	0
	Contribution to/(from) Improvement and Sustainability Reserve	0	0	0
	Contribution to/(from) Earmarked underspendings c/fwd	(198)	0	0
	Contribution to/(from) Unearmarked underspendings c/fwd	607	(607)	0
	Contribution from Capital Adjustments Account	(1,974)	(1,855)	(1,872)

68,160	Budget Requirement	68,160	68,991	70,465	61,939

* The surplus deficit has not been built into the base budget for the following year.