- Respondents agree with the current spending allocation for ‘community safety and environment’ and ‘traffic and transportation’ portfolios
- The largest positive difference in allocation is in the ‘housing and preventing homelessness’ portfolio which respondents think should be allocated more of the controllable budget by an 8 percentage point increase
- The largest negative difference is in the ‘health, wellbeing and social care’ portfolio with a difference of -10 percentage points, taking the spending in this area from one third of the total controllable spend down to under one quarter (23%)
Budget allocation
Summary
‘If you had £100 as your total budget and you had to fund the following areas, how would you divide it up?’
This table shows that:
‘Children, Families and Education’ comprises 26% of the council’s current budget breakdown, is allocated an average of 21% of the controllable budget by respondents, and therefore has a negative difference in allocation of -5%
‘Climate Change and the Green Recovery’ comprises 8% of the council’s current budget breakdown, is allocated an average of 9% of the controllable budget by respondents, and therefore has a positive difference in allocation of 1%
‘Culture, Leisure and Economic Development’ comprises 5% of the council’s current budget breakdown, is allocated an average of 8% of the controllable budget by respondents, and therefore has a positive difference in allocation of 3%
‘Community Safety and Environment’ comprises 1% of the council’s current budget breakdown, is allocated an average of 1% of the controllable budget by respondents, and therefore has a difference in allocation of 0
‘Health, Wellbeing and Social Care’ comprises 33% of the council’s current budget breakdown, is allocated an average of 23% of the controllable budget by respondents, and therefore has a negative difference in allocation of -10%
‘Housing and Preventing Homelessness’ comprises 3% of the council’s current budget breakdown, is allocated an average of 11% of the controllable budget by respondents, and therefore has a positive difference in allocation of 8%
‘Planning Policy and City Development’ comprises 1% of the council’s current budget breakdown, is allocated an average of 6% of the controllable budget by respondents, and therefore has a positive difference in allocation of 5%
‘Communities and Central Services’ comprises 13% of the council’s current budget breakdown, is allocated an average of 10% of the controllable budget by respondents, and therefore has a negative difference in allocation of -3%
‘Traffic and Transportation’ comprises 10% of the council’s current budget breakdown, is allocated an average of 10% of the controllable budget by respondents, and therefore has a difference in allocation of 0
| wdt_ID | Areas for funding | Current budget breakdown (%) | Respondent average (%) | Difference (percentage points) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children, Families and Education | 26 | 21 | -5 |
| 2 | Climate Change and the Green Recovery | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| 3 | Culture, Leisure and Economic Development | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 4 | Community Safety and Environment | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Health, Wellbeing and Social Care | 33 | 23 | -10 |
| 6 | Housing and Preventing Homelessness | 3 | 11 | 8 |
| 7 | Planning Policy and City Development | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| 8 | Communities and Central Services | 13 | 10 | -3 |
| 9 | Traffic and Transportation | 10 | 10 | 0 |
