Finance
Director:Mr. J. TurnbullCPFA
Waltham Forest Town Hall, Forest Road, Walthamstow, E17 4JF
Mr M. ThomasBy e-mail / Ask for: / Mrs Linda Burton
Our Ref: / FOI 2015–01083
Your Ref:
Email: /
Direct line: / 020 8496 4392
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Date: / 1October 2015
Dear Mr Thomas
RE: FOI 2015 - 01083
I am writing in response to your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (‘FOIA’), which we received on 17 September 2015.
The wording of your request was as follows:
Please provide the following information
· Total local authority spend in the financial year 2014-15
· Total local authority financial reserves at the end of financial year 2014-15
· Total spend on adult social care in the financial year 2014-15
· Anticipated reduction in local authority budget in 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18
· Anticipated reduction in adult social care in 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18
In response to thisrequest, I can confirm that the Council holds the following information:
Total local authority spend in the financial year 2014-15 = £226,179,000
Total local authority financial reserves at the end of financial year 2014-15 = £76,397,000 (excluding school and HRA reserves)
Total spend on adult social care in the financial year 2014-15 = £73,090,000
Anticipated reduction in local authority budget in 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18
Financial Year / £’000 / Reduction £’000 / Reduction %Original Budget 14/15 / 404,766
Original Budget 15/16 / 389,941 / 14,825 / 3.66
Projected Budget 16/17 / 377,292 / 12,649 / 3.24
Projected Budget 17/18 / 360,135 / 17,157 / 4.55
Per the Medium Term Financial Strategy published in February 2015. Please note that the above reductions are the change in Council Budgets – they are not the change in Government funding. The Medium Term Financial Strategy will be refreshed in December 2015 following the Government’s Spending Review to be announced at the end of November 2015.
Anticipated reduction in adult social care in 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18
Financial Year / £’000 / Reduction £’000 / Reduction %Original Budget 14/15 / 72,742
Original Budget 15/16 / 65,158 / 7,584 / 10.4
Projected Budget 16/17 / n/a
Projected Budget 17/18 / n/a
The projected budget for future years is not modelled on individual services so any change in the budget for Adult Social Care is not currently available.
I trust that the above satisfies your enquiry. If you have any queries about this letter, please contact as below. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications:
Lin Burton
Corporate Accountancy
London Borough of Waltham Forest
Town Hall,
Room 202,
Forest Road,
Walthamstow,
E17 4JF
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, you have the right to complain about the Council’s response to your request for information. If you wish to pursue such a complaint, please do so within 28 days from the date of this letter and ask for a review of the Council’s decision. Please write to: The Information Officer, Learning from Complaints Team, Room 104, Waltham Forest Town Hall, Walthamstow E17 4JF, or email . Please mark your request clearly as “Request for Review”.
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Yours sincerely
Lin Burton
Head of Corporate Accountancy