BUDGET 2013/2014 to 2016/2017 Ref. FN

Comprehensive Spending Review (20th October 2010) 25% reduction in the Fire Service formula grant over the next four years (2011/12 to 2014/15). ‘Back-loaded’ onto the last two years of the four year period.

Cumulative Grant Cuts Years 1 and 2 Staffordshire Hereford & Worcester Total England West Yorkshire Greater Manchester ShropshireMerseysideTyne & WearSouth YorkshireWest Midlands

Grant Reductions (1) 2011/122012/132013/142014/15 £’m £’m £’m £’m ? ?

Grant Reductions (2) Latest indicative national fire reductions: Year 39% Year 45.5% + 2% Indicative public sector reductions: Year 58% Year 66% Year 7 ??

2013/14 FIRE AUTHORITY PERCENTAGE GRANT REDUCTIONS

Provisional Finance Settlement 19/12/12 Grant reductions: £m 2013/14 (Year 3) /15 (Year 4)4.6

4 Year CSR Settlement £m 2010/ / / / /

Council Tax Freeze Grant 2013/2014 Announced 8 October 2012 Equivalent to a 1% increase in Council Tax, payable for 2 years Council Tax increases above 2% require a referendum

Referendum Exception Shire Districts, Police and Crime Commissioners and Fire and Rescue Authorities whose Council Tax was in the lower quarter of their category of Authority.

FRAs in Lower Quarter Band D Equivalent £ Dorset60.39 Cambridgeshire59.31 Buckinghamshire59.13 Berkshire55.66 Leicestershire53.38 Greater Manchester52.65 West Yorkshire52.41 West Midlands47.83

Referendum Limits Council Tax increase above 2% OR £5 per Band D property Whichever is higher

2013/2014 Council Tax Freeze Grant v £5 Increase

Capital Grant BidPopulationTotal Allocation £m£m£m 2013/ /

BUDGET 2013/2014 to 2016/2017