2019/20 Council Tax Information

WHAT YOUR MONEY IS SPENT ON

This is how we will be dividing up our £125m budget this year:

(excluding spend of £86m on schools which is funded by a government grant)

Adult social care and wellbeing 41%

Children’s social care and safeguarding 22%

Environmental services (including waste & recycling and grass cutting) 14%

Highways and transport (including highways maintenance) 4%

Corporate and democratic care 2%

Other frontline services (including libraries and community development) 14%

Note: Debt charges and investment income: 3% Visit www.wokingham.gov.uk (search ‘medium term financial plan’ for a full breakdown)

EXECUTIVE VIEW

Cllr Anthony Pollock, Executive Member for Finance, HR and Corporate Resources

“We have set a budget this year that focusses on providing the services people want from us. We are proud to maintain weekly bin collections when so many councils have abandoned them and to be improving libraries rather than cutting them as others have done. We are investing in the future as we must, and I believe this budget is affordable, prudent and sustainable.”

WHAT DO WE SPEND OUR MONEY ON?

Did you know the majority of our money is spent on statutory services? We have growing costs year-on-year because of more residents and increased demand on services.

BUDGET 2019/20 - £125 MILLION

Non-statutory services e.g. leisure, parks and open spaces, and bus subsidies 19%

Statutory services e.g. adult social care, children’s services, waste collection and disposal, and highways 81%