Council budgets and spending

The information on these pages will provide answers to any financial questions that you might have and keep you informed about council finances.

The Council's Cabinet is responsible for setting and monitoring our revenue and capital budgets.

Full Council set our budget for 2009/10 at its meeting on the 26 February 2009. The budget comprises of the following elements:

General fund revenue budget

This is our main day-to-day budget, where income and expenditure is charged. This budget is partly funded through council tax and revenue support grant from the government.

Housing revenue account

This account relates specifically to day-to-day income and expenditure on managing and maintaining council housing. This is primarily funded through council house rents.

Special expenses

This account is maintained in relation to services provided to the unparished part of the district for those services which would usually be provided by a Parish Council.

Capital programme

We operate a four year capital programme totalling £31.651 million which is rolled forward each year.