Recommendations
The Executive-Sub Committee is asked to recommend that the main Committee approve at their meeting on 5 December:
• The proposed individual levies and charges for 2020/21 as follows:
The Parking Core Administration Charge of £1,500 per borough and for TfL (2019/20 - £1,500; paragraph 38);
The Parking Enforcement Service Charge of £0.3708 per PCN which will be distributed to boroughs and TfL in accordance with PCNs issued in 2018/19 (2019/20 - £0.3760 per PCN; paragraphs 36-37);
No charge to boroughs in respect of the Freedom Pass Administration Charge, which is covered by replacement Freedom Pass income (2019/20 – nil charge; paragraph 15);
The Taxicard Administration Charge to boroughs of £338,182 in total (2019/20 - £338,182; paragraphs 17-18).
No charge to boroughs in respect of the Lorry Control Administration Charge, which is fully covered by estimated PCN income (2020/21 – nil charge; paragraphs 19-20);
Environment and Traffic Adjudicators (ETA) - charge of £27.35 per appeal or £23.63 per appeal where electronic evidence is provided by the enforcing authority (2019/20 - £28.75/£25.08 per appeal). For hearing Statutory Declarations, a charge of £21.78 for hard copy submissions and £21.04 for electronic submissions (2019/20 - £23.23/£22.50 per SD) (paragraphs 26-27);
Road User Charging Adjudicators (RUCA) – to be recovered on a full cost recovery basis under the contract arrangements with the GLA (paragraph 28);
A unit charge of £12 for the replacement of a lost or damaged Freedom Pass (2019/20 - £12; paragraph 10);
The TRACE (Electronic) Charge of £7.53 per transaction (2019/20 - £7.53; paragraphs 29-35);
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 (2019/20 - £15.23; paragraphs 29-35);
The TEC Charge of £0.175 per transaction (2019/20 - £0.175; paragraphs 29-35).
• The provisional gross revenue expenditure of £367.434 million for 2020/21, as detailed in Appendix A;
• On the basis of the agreement of all the above proposed charges as outlined in this report, the provisional gross revenue income budget of £366.855 million for 2020/21, with a recommended transfer of £579,000 from uncommitted Committee reserves to produce a balanced budget, as shown in Appendix B; and
• To consider the current position on reserves, as set out in paragraphs 52-56 and Table 8 of this report.
• The proposed individual levies and charges for 2020/21 as follows:
The Parking Core Administration Charge of £1,500 per borough and for TfL (2019/20 - £1,500; paragraph 38);
The Parking Enforcement Service Charge of £0.3708 per PCN which will be distributed to boroughs and TfL in accordance with PCNs issued in 2018/19 (2019/20 - £0.3760 per PCN; paragraphs 36-37);
No charge to boroughs in respect of the Freedom Pass Administration Charge, which is covered by replacement Freedom Pass income (2019/20 – nil charge; paragraph 15);
The Taxicard Administration Charge to boroughs of £338,182 in total (2019/20 - £338,182; paragraphs 17-18).
No charge to boroughs in respect of the Lorry Control Administration Charge, which is fully covered by estimated PCN income (2020/21 – nil charge; paragraphs 19-20);
Environment and Traffic Adjudicators (ETA) - charge of £27.35 per appeal or £23.63 per appeal where electronic evidence is provided by the enforcing authority (2019/20 - £28.75/£25.08 per appeal). For hearing Statutory Declarations, a charge of £21.78 for hard copy submissions and £21.04 for electronic submissions (2019/20 - £23.23/£22.50 per SD) (paragraphs 26-27);
Road User Charging Adjudicators (RUCA) – to be recovered on a full cost recovery basis under the contract arrangements with the GLA (paragraph 28);
A unit charge of £12 for the replacement of a lost or damaged Freedom Pass (2019/20 - £12; paragraph 10);
The TRACE (Electronic) Charge of £7.53 per transaction (2019/20 - £7.53; paragraphs 29-35);
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 (2019/20 - £15.23; paragraphs 29-35);
The TEC Charge of £0.175 per transaction (2019/20 - £0.175; paragraphs 29-35).
• The provisional gross revenue expenditure of £367.434 million for 2020/21, as detailed in Appendix A;
• On the basis of the agreement of all the above proposed charges as outlined in this report, the provisional gross revenue income budget of £366.855 million for 2020/21, with a recommended transfer of £579,000 from uncommitted Committee reserves to produce a balanced budget, as shown in Appendix B; and
• To consider the current position on reserves, as set out in paragraphs 52-56 and Table 8 of this report.
The Executive-Sub Committee is also asked to note:
• the indicative total charges to individual boroughs for 2020/21, dependent upon volumes generated through the various parking systems, as set out in Appendix C.1.
• the indicative total charges to individual boroughs for 2020/21, dependent upon volumes generated through the various parking systems, as set out in Appendix C.1.