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The Greater London Authority (GLA) is made up of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The Mayor of London sets the annual budget for the GLA and its four functional bodies which provide the following services:
These four organisations together with the GLA are known as the “GLA Group”. The GLA Group has responsibilities for transport, planning, economic development and regeneration, the environment, police, fire and emergency planning, housing, adult skills, waste, culture and sport (including the Museum of London for which additional funding will be received), health, energy and climate change.
The amount to be raised through the Council Tax precept for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games remains at 38p per week for a Band D household – the same as for each of the past two years.
To raise £625 million will require £20 at Band D for 7 more years and £9 in the final year, 2016–17.
The following table shows the gross expenditure, income and amount to be met by Council Tax payers for the GLA Group. The budget also includes a further planned increase of 1,000 police officers in 2008–09. Further details are provided in the subsequent tables.
How the budget is funded |
£ million |
|---|---|
| Gross Expenditure | 11,346 |
| Fares, charges and other income | -3,901 |
| Government grants for specific purposes | -3,661 |
| Government grants and redistributed business rates | -2,235 |
| Paid out of reserves Transport for London (TfL) | -613 |
| Paid out of reserves (other) | -22 |
| Surplus in the Council Tax collection fund | -6 |
| Amount to be met by Council Tax payers | 908 |
Changes in spending |
£ million |
|---|---|
| 2007-08 Budget requirements | 3,061.8 |
| Inflation | 222.3 |
| Efficiency and other savings | -270.3 |
| Existing services and new initiatives (net of grant increases) | 678.4 |
| 2008 Mayor and Assembly Elections (funded from reserves) | -11.1 |
| Changes to police and fire pensions and other financing adjustments | -532.5 |
| 2008-09 Budget requirement | 3,148.6 |
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