How Your Money Will Be Spent
Council Tax
(April 2008 - March 2009)
How Your Money Will Be Spent
- Net Expenditure After Income by Service
- How the Tax is Calculated
- Tameside Council's Net Expenditure 2008/2009
- Reason for the Increase
- How the total Council Tax is made up
- Flood Defence Levy
- Sources of Income
- Valuation Bands
- Planned Capital Expenditure 2008/2009
- People Employed
- External Borrowing
Net Expenditure after Income by Service
| 2007/2008 Gross Expenditure £'000 |
2007/2008 Net Expenditure After Income £'000 |
Service | 2008/2009 Gross Expenditure £'000 |
2008/2009 Net Expenditure After Income £'000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
12,008 |
11,048 |
District Assemblies |
12,070 |
11,171 |
|
218,477 |
175,328 |
Services for Children and Young People |
227,278 |
185,896 |
|
12,786 |
10,562 |
Cultural and Customer Services |
13,790 |
11,152 |
|
5,685 |
3,216 |
Environmental Health |
6,281 |
3,347 |
|
26,902 |
9,030 |
Chief Executive's Services |
32,270 |
14,148 |
|
8,750 |
1,305 |
Exchequer |
8,604 |
1,512 |
|
81,166 |
3,394 |
Housing and Community Regeneration |
86,754 |
4,154 |
|
17,562 |
3,502 |
Planning and Economic Development |
17,915 |
2,787 |
|
28,242 |
8,782 |
Engineering Services |
29,497 |
9,067 |
|
84,573 |
48,242 |
Adult Services |
85,448 |
56,005 |
|
13,419 |
12,084 |
Refuse Collection and Disposal |
13,776 |
12,436 |
|
98 |
98 |
Flood Defence Levy |
100 |
100 |
|
12,760 |
12,760 |
Passenger Transport Levy |
13,261 |
13,261 |
|
522,428 |
299,351 |
|
547,044 |
325,036 |
|
|
(133,327) |
Dedicated Schools Grant |
|
(136,407) |
|
|
0 |
Area Based Grant |
|
(14,430) |
|
|
(5,924) |
Capital Financing and External Interest |
|
(3,373) |
|
|
5,032 |
Contingency |
|
9,625 |
|
|
165,132 |
|
|
180,451 |
How the tax is calculated
| 2007/2008 £'000 |
2008/2009 £'000 |
Amount per Head £ |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
165,132 |
Tameside Council Net Expenditure |
180,451 |
837 |
|
22 |
Mossley Parish |
23 |
0 |
|
(3,873) |
Contributions from Balances and Reserves |
(7,884) |
(36) |
|
161,281 |
|
172,590 |
801 |
|
|
Less |
|
|
|
12,880 |
Revenue Support Grant |
12,087 |
56 |
|
76,748 |
Business Rates |
86,825 |
403 |
|
884 |
Surplus on Collection Fund |
763 |
4 |
|
22 |
Mossley Parish Precept Levied Separately |
23 |
0 |
|
70,747 |
|
72,892 |
338 |
|
|
Add Outside Bodies |
|
|
|
7,568 |
Police Precept |
8,185 |
38 |
|
3,127 |
Fire Precept |
3,255 |
15 |
|
81,442 |
Total Tax Income Required |
84,332 |
391 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
65,136.6 |
Tameside Council Tax Base |
65,527.9 |
|
|
£1,250.33 |
Tameside Council Tax Band D |
1,286.96 |
|
|
3,244.3 |
Mossley Council Tax Base |
3,240.3 |
|
|
£1,257.11 |
Mossley Council Tax Band D |
1,294.06 |
|
Tameside Council's Net Expenditure 2008/2009

The Council pays separate levies for waste disposal and for public transport. Further details can be found in separate leaflets for these levies.
Reason for the Increase
| £'000 | |
|---|---|
|
2007/2008 Net Expenditure |
161,281 |
|
Inflation |
6,284 |
|
Net growth of services |
17,568 |
|
Savings after increased services demand |
(12,543) |
|
2008/2009 Net Expenditure |
172,590 |
How the total Council Tax Is made up
| 2007/2008 £ |
2008/2009 £ |
Increase % |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Tameside Services |
1,086.14 |
1,112.38 |
2.42 |
|
* Police |
116.19 |
124.90 |
7.50 |
|
* Fire and Civil Defence |
48.00 |
49.68 |
3.50 |
|
Tameside Band D |
1,250.33 |
1,286.96 |
2.93 |
|
Mossley Parish Council |
6.78 |
7.10 |
4.72 |
|
Mossley Band D |
1,257.11 |
1,294.06 |
2.94 |
* % Increase of fire and police relates to increase in precepts only and does not relate to overall increase in the council tax for which the Council is responsible.
Flood Defence Levy
| 2007/2008 | 2008/2009 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gross Expenditure |
97,729 |
99,598 |
Sources of Income

This revenue budget includes day to day running costs of the services provided across the borough and is net of income received through fees, charges and grants for services.
Valuation Bands
| Valuation Band | Tameside | Mossley |
|---|---|---|
|
A (Up to and including £40,000) |
£857.98 |
£862.71 |
|
B (£40,001 - £52,000) |
£1,000.96 |
£1,006.48 |
|
C (£52,001 - £68,000) |
£1,143.96 |
£1,150.27 |
|
D (£68,001 - £88,000) |
£1,286.96 |
£1,294.06 |
|
E (£88,001 - £120,000) |
£1,572.96 |
£1,581.64 |
|
F (£120,001 - £160,000) |
£1,858.94 |
£1,869.20 |
|
G (£160,001 - £320,000) |
£2,144.94 |
£2,156.77 |
|
H (More than £320,000) |
£2,573.92 |
£2,588.12 |
Planned Capital Expenditure 2008/2009
| £'000 | |
|---|---|
|
Services for Children & Young People |
23,471 |
|
Property Services |
11,976 |
|
Cultural and Customer Services |
9,590 |
|
Engineering Services |
7,318 |
|
Housing & Community Regeneration |
3,932 |
|
Planning & Economic Development |
3,614 |
|
District Assemblies |
1,107 |
|
Adult Services |
960 |
|
Environmental Health |
779 |
|
Executive Support |
489 |
|
IT and Transformational Services |
407 |
|
Exchequer |
80 |
|
Total Planned Capital Expenditure |
63,723 |
People Employed by Tameside Council (Full Time Equivalent Numbers)
| Type | Jan 2007 | Jan 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Teachers |
1,846 |
1,831 |
| Other Staff |
5,560 |
5,601 |
| Total |
7,406 |
7,432 |
External Borrowing
At 31st March 2007 the Council had borrowings of £178 million, raised to finance capital spending.

