Annual report

Budget summary

This is how your money was allocated in 2019-20 for every one pound we received:

76 pence went to Hertfordshire County Council

12 pence went to Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council

10 pence went to Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire

2 pence went to Parish and Town Councils

Capital spending 2018-19

What we spent:

 

£Million

Improving council housing stock, including major repairs and refurbishment

9.0

New council housing stock

18.5

Strategic Property Investment (such as business centres)

1.1

Housing adaptations for older or disabled people

1.1

Regeneration projects

3.4

Developing and improving the borough's sport, leisure and community facilities

1.0

Fleet replacement

3.3

Council premises, equipment, vehicles and IT systems

2.6

Total capital expenditure

40.0

 

We spent £52.0 million on our assets in 2018-19

What we spent:

£Million

 

Receipts from sale of land, buildings and council houses

6.8

Capital Reserves

14.3

Grants and other contributions

3.6

Contributions from revenue accounts

10.2

Borrowing

5.1

Total capital income

40.0

 

 

Revenue spending service costs

£Million

Services include

Resources, Environment & Cultural Services

6.2

Client Support Services (ICT, Revs and Bens), Finance, Building Services, Garages, Weltech Centre, Estates and Development, Parking Services, Waste & Recycling Services, Grounds Maintenance, Street Wardens, Policy & Communications, Leisure Facilities, Campus West, Mill Green Museum and Welwyn Roman Baths

Public Protection, Planning and Governance

7.1

Legal Services, Governance Services, Electoral services, Human Resources, Procurement, Environmental Health, Public Health, Licensing, Hackney Carriage, Risk & Resilience, Planning Policy, Development Management, Landscape & Ecology and Economic Development

Housing and Communities

2.4

Housing Strategy, Housing Needs (including homelessness), Private Sector Housing, Housing Development, Community Partnerships, and Community Grants

Housing Revenue Account

(6.1)

 

Managing the Council's housing stock

Budgets managed by the Corporate Management Team

0.1

 

Leadership, Strategic Direction, Policy advice, Partnerships and Operational Management

Total cost of services

9.7

 

 

Parish Precepts

1.7

 

Capital Financing and Investment Income and Expenditure

4.3

 

 

Taxation and Non-specific Grant Income and Expenditure

(14.7)

 

Includes income retained from Council Tax and Non Domestic Rates as well as government grants

 

Contribution from revenue reserves*

0.9

 

 

* We had a net reduction to our revenue reserves for the year. This is due to an additional contribution made from these reserves to support the financing of our capital expenditure.