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 2019/20, no change on the charge of £161,958 for 2018/19 (paragraph 14);
• The proposed Joint Committee subscription for the MOPAC and the LFC of £15,410 for 2019/20, no change on the charge of £15,410 for 2018/19 (paragraph 15);
• An overall level of expenditure of £6.909 million for the Grants Scheme in 2019/20 (inclusive of £241,000 gross ESF programme), a reduction of £1.759 million on the total budget of £8.668 million for 2018/19; and
• That taking into account the application of £58,000 ESF grant and £183,000 from earmarked Grants Committee reserves, net borough contributions for 2019/20 should be £6.668 million, the same level as for 2018/19 (paragraphs 16-19).
The Leaders’ Committee is also asked to endorse the following subscription and charges for 2019/20 for TEC, which were considered by the TEC Executive Sub-Committee on 15 November, and which will be presented to the main meeting of TEC on 6 December for final approval:
• The Parking Core Administration Charge of £1,500 per borough and for TfL (2018/19 - £1,500) (paragraph 20);
• No charge to boroughs in respect of the Freedom Pass Administration Charge, which is covered by replacement Freedom Pass income (2018/19 – no charge) (paragraph 22);
• The net Taxicard Administration Charge to boroughs of £338,182 in total (2018/19 - £338,182); (paragraph 23);
• No charge to boroughs and TfL in respect of the Lorry Control Administration Charge, which is fully covered by estimated PCN income (2018/19 – no charge) (paragraph 24);
• The Parking Enforcement Service Charge of £0.3760 per PCN, which will be distributed to boroughs and TfL in accordance with the number of PCNs issued in 2017/18 (2018/19 - £0.4226 per PCN; paragraphs 27-28);
• The Parking and Traffic Appeals Charge of £28.75 per appeal or £25.08 per appeal where electronic evidence is provided by the enforcing authority (2018/19 - £30.63/£27.02 per appeal). For hearing Statutory Declarations, a charge of £23.23 for hard copy submissions and £22.50 for electronic submissions (2018/19 - £25.21/£24.49 per SD) (paragraphs 29-30);
• Congestion Charging Appeals – to be recovered on a full cost recovery basis, as for 2018/19, under the new contract arrangement with the GLA (paragraph 31);
• The TRACE (Electronic) Charge of £7.53 per transaction (2018/19 - £7.53) (paragraphs 32-34);
• The TRACE (Fax/Email) Charge of £7.70 per transaction, which is levied in addition to the electronic charge of £7.53 per transaction, making a total of £15.23 (2018/19 - £15.23) (paragraphs 32-34);
• The TEC Charge of £0.175 per transaction (2018/19 - £0.175) (paragraphs 32-34); and
• To approve a transfer of £410,000 from the general reserve to the specific reserves to be used for future project work to be determined by TEC.
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 2019/20 for London Councils of £382.765 million, as per Table 4 at paragraph 35 and Appendix A of this report;
• The provisional consolidated revenue income budget for 2019/20 for London Councils of £381.401 million, also as per Table 4 at paragraph 35 and Appendix B;
• Within the total income requirement, the use of London Councils reserves of £1.724 million in 2019/20, as detailed in Table 12 at paragraph 55.
The Leaders’ Committee is also asked to note:
• The position in respect of forecast uncommitted London Councils reserves as at 31 March 2019, as detailed at paragraphs 53-58; and
• The positive statement on the adequacy of the residual London Councils reserves issued by the Director of Corporate Resources, as detailed in paragraphs 59-60.