This page is design to provide useful links to support engagement with Norfolk County Council’s budget setting process for 2016/17 and wider re-imagining work.
The County Council Plan communicates the Council’s core objectives and challenges to members of the public, stakeholders and staff. It identified four priorities
Norfolk County Council has recognised that after a number waves of spending reductions, and more on the way, it needed to radically change the way it runs services for Norfolk people. This programme is known as re-imagining Norfolk.
In order to achieve this re-imagining, Norfolk County Council has identified three priorities that will enable it to make the changes needed:
More information about re-imagining can be found here
Norfolk County Council’s current forecasts identify that a further £111m in savings is needed in order to balance it’s budget for the next three years. More information on setting the councils budget can be found here.
In July 2015 Norfolk County Council agreed to ask departments to investigate potential models of ‘services for the future’, and to prepare options for what these services could look like in three years’ time, with 75% of addressable spend e.g. identifying 25% savings proposals, higher than those required in order to provide some genuine options for discussion .
Norfolk County Council’s total budget for 2015-16 is £1.413 billion.
Committee Papers can be found here
2016-17 Budget and Service Planning | Activity/Milestone Time frame |
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Service Committees consider initial savings proposals and undertake service planning in the context of 75% of addressable budgets Policy and Resources Committee receive feedback on initial service and financial planning and review the latest forecast financial position for 2016-17 to 2018-19 |
September 2015 |
Member review of any further financial updates or information from expected Government consultations affecting funding settlement Service Committees consider further proposals for savings to close budget gap, and agree proposals requiring public consultation |
October 2015 |
Policy and Resources Committee considers budget proposals in the round | 26 October 2015 |
Consultation on new Planning Proposals and Council Tax 2016-17 to 2018-19 | November 2015 to early January 2016 |
Spending Review 2015 | 25 November 2015 |
Assess implications of Spending Review 2015 | Late November and December 2015 |
Service reporting to Members of service and budget planning – review of progress against three year plan and planning options and early feedback from statutory consultation and engagement activity | November 2015 |
Chancellor’s Autumn Statement and Provisional Finance Settlement | Late December 2015 |
Consultation closes | 14 January 2016 midnight |
Committees consider outcomes of public consultation and local government settlement, and agree revenue budget and capital programme recommendations to County Council | Late January 2016 |
Policy and Resources consider consolidated budget position to recommend budget proposals to County Council | 8 February 2016 |
County Council agree Medium Term Financial Strategy, revenue budget, capital programme and level of Council Tax | 22 February 2016 |