Recommendations
The Leaders’ Committee is asked to approve the following borough subscription and charges:
• The proposed Joint Committee subscription for boroughs of £161,958 per borough for 2018/19, no change on the charge of £161,958 for 2017/18 (paragraph 12);
• The proposed Joint Committee subscription for the MOPAC and the LFEPA of £15,410 for 2018/19, no change on the charge of £15,410 for 2017/18 (paragraph 13);
• An overall level of expenditure of £8.668 million for the Grants Scheme in 2018/19 (inclusive of £2 million gross ESF programme), the same level as for 2017/18; and
• That taking into account the application of £1 million ESF grant and £1 million from earmarked Grants Committee reserves, net borough contributions for 2018/19 should be £6.668 million, compared to £7.668 million for 2017/18 (paragraphs 14-17).
The Leaders’ Committee is also asked to endorse the following subscription and charges for 2018/19 for TEC, which were considered by the TEC Executive Sub-Committee on 16 November, and which will be presented to the main meeting of TEC on 7 December for final approval:
• The Parking Core Administration charge of £1,500 per borough and for TfL (2017/18 - £1,500) (paragraph 18);
• The Parking Enforcement Service charge of £0.4226 per PCN, which will be distributed to boroughs and TfL in accordance with the number of PCNs issued in 2016/17 (2017/18 - £0.4915 per PCN; paragraphs 25-26);
• No charge to boroughs in respect of the Freedom Pass Administration Charge, which is covered by replacement Freedom Pass income (2017/18 – no charge) (paragraph 20);
• The net Taxicard Administration charge to boroughs of £338,182 in total (2017/18 - £338,182); (paragraph 21);
• No charge to boroughs and TfL in respect of the Lorry Control Administration Charge, which is fully covered by estimated PCN income (2017/18 – no charge) (paragraph 22);
• Road User Charging Appeals (RUCA) – to be recovered on a full cost recovery basis, as for 2017/18, under the new contract arrangement with the GLA (paragraph 29);
• Environmental and Traffic Appeals (ETA) charge of £30.63 per appeal or £27.02 per appeal where electronic evidence is provided by the enforcing authority (2017/18 - £32.00/£28.50 per appeal). For hearing Statutory Declarations, a charge of £25.21 for hard copy submissions and £24.49 for electronic submissions (2017/18 - £26.74/£26.06 per SD) (paragraphs 27-28);
• The TRACE (Electronic) Charge of £7.53 per transaction (2017/18 - £7.31) (paragraphs 30-34);
• The TRACE (Fax/Email) Charge of £7.70 per transaction, which from 1 April 2018 would be levied, in addition to the electronic charge of £7.53 per transaction, making a total of £15.23 (paragraphs 30-34);
• The PEC Charge of £0.175 per transaction (2017/18 - £0.17) (paragraphs 30-34); and
• A unit charge of £12 for the replacement of a lost or damaged Freedom Pass (2017/18 - £10; paragraph 45).
On the basis of the above proposed level of subscriptions and charges, the Leaders’ Committee is asked to approve:
• The provisional consolidated revenue expenditure budget for 2018/19 for London Councils of £386.609 million, as per Table 4 at paragraph 35 and Appendix A of this report;
• The provisional consolidated revenue income budget for 2018/19 for London Councils of £384.313 million, also as per Table 4 at paragraph 35 and Appendix B; and
• Within the total income requirement, the use of London Council reserves of £2.296 million in 2018/19, as detailed in Table 12 at paragraph 55.
The Leaders’ Committee is also asked to note:
• The position in respect of forecast uncommitted London Council reserves as at 31 March 2018, as detailed at paragraphs 53-59; and
• The positive statement on the adequacy of the residual London Councils reserves issued by the Director of Corporate Resources, as detailed in paragraphs 60-61.