Local Government Finance Settlement 2014/15 & 2015/16 - Technical Consultation

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1 Andrew Lock Department for Communities and Local Government Zone 5/D2, Eland House Bressenden Place London SW1E 5DU Your ref: My ref: AH/CR Date: 19 th September 2013 Dear Mr Lock Local Government Finance Settlement 2014/15 & 2015/16 - Technical Consultation Cornwall Council welcomes the opportunity to respond to this consultation but is disappointed at the lack of detail provided by the Government in relation to Local Government spending totals; the sector still await a breakdown of the 2014/15 and 2015/16 Local Government Departmental Expenditure Limit which was promised shortly after the publication of the 2013 spending round. The funding cuts, as outlined in this consultation, far exceed the reductions indicated by the Chancellor in the 2013 Spending Round and it remains unclear how other funding announcements (for example, the 3.8bn pooled budget with NHS) will be distributed and impact on Cornwall Council. In the absence of such clarity, it is difficult for us to respond with certainty to the specific questions outlined in this consultation and plan with assurance to provide to manage the increased funding reductions. Additionally, although all authorities across the country are, to some extent, feeling the pain of funding cuts we believe that the needs of rural authorities continue to require specific focus. We are very disappointed that this issue still doesn t appear to have been recognised in the settlement even though recent reviews have highlighted the additional needs within rural areas. The cost of providing services in rural areas has not previously been sufficiently recognised. The residents of many rural areas often pay more in Council Tax than in urban areas but do not benefit from a larger taxbase which could offset some of the required cuts. In addition authorities, such as Cornwall Council, that are located in rural, sparsely populated areas are less likely to benefit from significant property construction or growth in business rates compared to urban areas. We believe that the 2014/15 and 2015/16 settlement announcements should start to address these issues and, at the very least, would like to see the Efficiency Support in

2 Sparse Areas grant, that was introduced in 2013/14, extended and increased to recognise the issues that have been highlighted. Cornwall Council is also disappointed that once again a key consultation relating to the majority of local government funding takes place during the holiday period when it is more difficult to engage with the Department. Cornwall Council welcomes the announcement that DCLG will publish illustrative 2015/16 figures alongside the 2014/15 settlement and would hope that this is released at the provisional settlement to provide time to manage our response effectively. Furthermore there have been several conflicting statements regarding the timing of the provisional 2014/15 settlement around whether it will be published before or after Christmas; greater clarity from the Department on these timings would be very much appreciated and we, again, advise that the announcement should be made as early as possible. Question 1: Do you agree with the Government s proposal on how to implement the 1% reduction to the Local Government Expenditure Limit (LG DEL)? We recognise that, for stability, it is preferential to absorb the additional 1% within the Revenue Support Grant rather than to make an adjustment to the fixed local share within Business Rate Retention. This should not be taken in any way as support for the further reduction in LG DEL with Council services already at breaking point. Local Government has been the hardest hit of the public sector and, having absorbed cuts of over 30% since the last Spending Review, this additional cut will lead to a further significant reduction to local services on which people rely. We are also disappointed that figures provided in January, on which authorities based their medium term financial plans, were amended as soon thereafter as the March 2013 Budget. Question 2: Do you agree with the proposal for reducing the funding available for capitalisation for by 50m and using this revenue to reduce the amount required to be held back from Revenue Support Grant to fund the safety net? Yes, if there is to be a hold back to fund the safety net. However, our concern is that to increase the safety net (and RSG holdback) is premature at this stage (comments referred in question 3 also relate) Question 3: Do you agree with the way the Government proposes to hold back the funding that is necessary for New Homes Bonus and safety net support, and to return any surplus to authorities? New Homes Bonus (NHB)

3 We believe that the DCLG forecasts are overly cautious and the proposed 1.1bn NHB topslice for 2015/16 is too high, especially considering the 250m contribution from the DCLG budget. This significantly exceeds the National Audit Office estimate of NHB requirement for 2015/16 (and quoted in the DCLG s NHB technical consultation) Safety Net We believe that the safety net requirement is overestimated, and may in particular be influenced by Councils that have submitted overly prudent assessments of their business rate income and losses on appeal and/or have chosen not to take advantage of the flexibility to charge backdated appeal costs to revenue over 5 years. Safety net payments should only be made if Councils still fall below the 7.5% threshold having taken advantage of that flexibility. In view of the uncertainty, there should be no upfront safety net hold back, but rather an adjustment in future years once costs are known. At best, this is a clear indication that the increased risk placed on Councils as a consequence of Business Rate Retention is far greater than the Government s initial consideration. At worst it suggests the system is fundamentally flawed and open to manipulation. Though any unused held back funds will be returned to local authorities, it is too late for budget planning purposes. We therefore request that any surplus funds are returned as soon as possible. Question 4: Do you agree with the proposed methodology for calculating control totals for each of the elements within the Settlement Funding Assessment? With the exception of the Council Tax Freeze Compensation element, it would be simpler and fairer to apply an even distribution of the funding reduction. This will avoid adding unnecessary complication to what is supposedly a simpler system of funding. This should not be taken in any way as support for the reduction in, nor for the amount of the Settlement Funding Assessment, and we are disappointed that this consultation does not give any opportunity to comment on those matters. Indeed what is essentially a political decision has been hidden within something that purports to be a purely technical consultation. To that end, we now re-iterate our support for a review of local government funding distributions and, in particular, for a fairer distribution to rural councils. For Local Government to continue to suffer a disproportionate share of the deficit reduction is unsustainable, and the sector has yet to receive an explanation of the chancellor s assertion in the 2013 Spending Review that Local Government funding would reduce by 10% in real terms between 2014/15 and 2015/16 when the true figure is, for Cornwall Council, more like 15%.

4 If you cannot provide such an explanation, please advise who can. Question 5a: Do you agree with the revised proposed methodology for transferring in the Council Tax Freeze Compensation? Yes. We also seek confirmation that this funding is permanent such that whatever happens to future control totals, Councils (like Cornwall) who have previously frozen Council Tax and delivered additional savings will continue to receive, within their relative base funding, more funding than if they did not.

5 Question 6: Do you agree with the proposed methodology for adjusting the settlement to take account of the loss of tax revenue due to the Exchequer from the local authorities who are too small to participate in the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme? This would seem to be a reasonable approach and the Council would expect that any approved methodology to be confined to those relevant authorities affected. If you have any queries with regards this submission, please contact Anthony Humphreys on or ahumphreys@cornwall.gov.uk, in the first instance. Yours sincerely Cath Robinson Head of Finance Finance Service Cornwall Council crobinson@cornwall.gov.uk

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