Budget 2023-24

Council Tax Precept Notice 2023-24

The Commissioner is required to determine the budget for 2023-24 and then set the council tax precept following consultation with the Police and Crime Panel. The greater part of the budget will be allocated for to Gwent Police for operational purposes, but an element needs to be retained to cover the cost of the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner and commissioning of services from organisations other than Gwent Police.

Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner Budget 2023-24

In determining the Budget Requirement for 2023-24 the Commissioner has had regard to the Police and Crime Plan 2021-25; the Policing Visions 2025; the Strategic Policing Requirement; the Chief Constable’s view of the financial resources required to deliver the operational requirements of the Plan; the level of resources to be allocated for commissioning other than from the Chief Constable and the cost of running the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner.

The Commissioner has approved, in consultation with the Police and Crime Panel:

  1. A budget requirement for 2023/24 of £161,586,891;
  2. The planned efficiency savings in 2023/24 of £1.142m and further
    planned efficiency savings of £2.762m (totalling £3.904m) detailed in
    Appendix 5b of the Annexe to this submission;
  3. A further proposed utilisation of Reserves and Committed Funds of
    £3.457m to balance the 2023/24 budget (Appendix 7);
  4. The initial Capital Programme as described in Appendices 8a and 8b;
    and
  5. The 2023/24 proposed Council Tax Precept to be levied in respect of
    general expenses of £72,998,181. This reflects an annual increase in
    Band D of 6.82% or £20.72 on the 2022/23 Council Tax Precept level,
    thereby proposing a 2023/24 Band D Council Tax Precept of £324.52.
    This overall Council Tax Precept sum will be apportioned to each
    City/County/County Borough Council according to the following table:
Unitary Authorities £ Tax Base Band D
Equivalent
Blaenau Gwent
Caerphilly
Monmouthshire
Newport
Torfaen
6,752,190
19,839,572
15,504,946
19,787,776
11,113,697
20,806.70
61,135.13
47,778.09
60,975.52
34,246.57
Total 72,998,181 224,942.01


The Council Tax Precept shown in the above table generates the following amounts of Council Tax Precept for the various bands:

Council Tax Band £
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
216.35
252.40
288.46
324.52
396.64
468.75
540.87
649.04
757.21

Reports

Budget report
Annex 
Appendices 
Police and Crime Panel report