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PARISH GRANT SUPPORT COMPARISON 2013/14 TO 2014/15

Total Grant Grant Precept TaxBase Band D TaxBase Precept Funding Requirement Gov CDC Raised Charge Raised Gap

89,560 4,586 via Ctax via Ctax RequiringGrant

2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2013/14 2014/15 2014/15 2014/15Parish Airton 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 98.06 0.00 94.71 0.00 0.00Appletreewick 0.00 0.00 108.45 0.00 115.26 0.00 0.00Arncliffe 0.00 0.00 38.83 0.00 42.85 0.00 0.00Austwick 3,500.00 43.06 2.24 3,454.70 251.80 13.72 246.50 3,381.98 -118.02Bank Newton 0.00 0.00 29.18 0.00 29.56 0.00 0.00Barden 0.00 0.00 32.44 0.00 32.23 0.00 0.00Beamsley 0.00 0.00 75.76 0.00 76.50 0.00 0.00Bentham 107,403.30 7,037.03 366.27 100,000.00 1,168.56 85.58 1,184.53 101,366.64 -6,036.66Bolton Abbey 0.00 0.00 42.76 0.00 43.58 0.00 0.00Bradleys Both 14,832.38 832.38 0.00 14,000.00 471.76 29.68 475.05 14,097.63 -734.75Broughton 0.00 0.00 33.89 0.00 39.75 0.00 0.00Buckden 2,250.00 0.00 0.00 2,250.00 113.10 19.89 112.47 2,237.47 -12.53Burnsall 2,000.00 0.00 0.00 2,000.00 61.49 32.53 62.61 2,036.43 0.00Burton in Lonsdale 13,438.94 417.22 21.72 13,000.00 256.82 50.62 261.17 13,220.19 -218.75Calton 0.00 0.00 29.18 0.00 30.17 0.00 0.00Carleton in Craven 14,150.00 994.27 51.75 13,103.98 422.55 31.01 424.62 13,168.17 -981.83Clapham 7,504.33 175.21 9.12 7,320.00 295.14 24.80 295.75 7,335.13 -169.20Coniston Cold 300.00 10.43 0.54 289.03 90.32 3.20 92.51 296.04 -3.96Conistone w Kilnsey 1,000.00 128.76 0.00 871.24 63.29 13.77 61.85 851.42 -148.58Cononley 20,000.00 833.67 43.39 19,122.94 435.78 43.88 444.72 19,515.25 -484.75Cowling 36,667.60 2,485.61 129.37 34,052.62 818.01 41.63 820.78 34,167.93 -832.07Cracoe 0.00 0.00 89.53 0.00 90.63 0.00 0.00Draughton 4,831.25 208.40 10.85 4,612.00 121.82 37.86 120.41 4,558.62 -272.63Elslack 0.00 0.00 26.22 0.00 25.72 0.00 0.00Embsay w Eastby 15,809.00 706.38 36.77 15,065.85 769.79 19.57 785.09 15,365.29 -443.71Eshton 0.00 0.00 44.85 0.00 43.75 0.00 0.00Farnhill 13,731.07 481.07 0.00 13,250.00 208.82 63.45 207.05 13,137.69 -593.38Flasby w Winterburn 0.00 0.00 50.92 0.00 52.60 0.00 0.00Gargrave 44,000.00 2,447.92 127.41 41,424.67 716.64 57.80 725.67 41,946.64 -2,053.36Giggleswick 22,000.00 239.09 12.44 21,748.47 526.98 41.27 529.51 21,852.88 -147.12Glusburn 72,450.00 6,513.54 339.03 65,597.43 1,276.82 51.38 1,270.95 65,295.86 -7,154.14Grassington 24,597.42 1,138.18 59.24 23,400.00 546.12 42.85 540.23 23,147.63 -1,449.79Halton East 975.00 0.00 975.00 49.21 19.81 48.15 954.00 -21.00Halton Gill 0.00 0.00 25.20 0.00 28.23 0.00 0.00Hartlington 0.00 0.00 34.98 0.00 36.44 0.00 0.00Hawkswick 0.00 0.00 34.94 0.00 40.38 0.00 0.00Hazlewood w Storiths 0.00 0.00 39.93 0.00 38.01 0.00 0.00Hebden 0.00 0.00 121.93 0.00 120.82 0.00 0.00Hellifield 27,000.00 1,070.07 55.70 25,874.23 511.30 50.60 518.98 26,262.87 -737.13Hetton cum Bordley 0.00 0.00 81.96 0.00 82.25 0.00 0.00Horton in Ribblesdale 8,800.00 214.86 11.18 8,573.96 195.04 43.96 201.89 8,875.09 0.00Ingleton 80,000.00 4,259.25 221.69 75,519.06 826.90 91.33 807.62 73,758.26 -6,241.74Kettlewell w Starbotton 5,100.00 56.64 2.95 5,040.41 209.51 24.06 215.09 5,174.65 0.00Kildwick 1,120.00 41.75 2.17 1,076.08 94.31 11.41 99.00 1,129.59 0.00Kirkby Malhamdale 4,000.00 97.38 5.07 3,897.55 151.42 25.74 163.11 4,198.45 0.00Langcliffe 6,662.25 458.39 23.86 6,180.00 160.50 38.50 167.39 6,445.30 -216.95Lawkland 0.00 0.00 113.54 0.00 129.92 0.00 0.00Linton 4,500.00 0.00 0.00 4,500.00 90.20 49.89 84.79 4,230.10 -269.90Litton 0.00 0.00 38.73 0.00 41.40 0.00 0.00Long Preston 19,000.00 795.94 41.43 18,162.63 312.12 58.19 308.35 17,943.25 -1,056.75Lothersdale 14,558.69 851.73 44.33 13,662.63 222.14 61.50 251.07 15,441.96 0.00Martons Both 2,500.00 123.84 6.45 2,369.71 124.46 19.04 128.66 2,449.68 -50.32Nappa 0.00 0.00 5.26 0.00 4.81 0.00 0.00Otterburn 0.00 0.00 20.28 0.00 22.47 0.00 0.00Ribble Banks 7,000.00 5.61 0.00 6,994.39 301.34 23.21 298.95 6,938.92 -61.08Rylstone 0.00 0.00 70.19 0.00 69.33 0.00 0.00Scosthrop 620.00 0.00 620.00 38.03 16.30 37.39 609.57 -10.43Settle 63,381.43 4,402.29 229.14 58,750.00 965.10 60.87 983.53 59,871.92 -3,509.51Skipton 411,503.61 45,058.35 2,345.26 364,100.00 4,502.85 80.86 4,559.07 368,645.94 -42,857.67Stainforth 5,684.41 422.42 21.99 5,240.00 105.98 49.44 106.71 5,276.09 -408.32Stirton w Thorlby 0.00 0.00 100.30 0.00 101.18 0.00 0.00Sutton in Craven 82,242.48 6,582.34 342.61 75,317.53 1,139.11 66.12 1,323.53 87,511.31 0.00Swinden 0.00 0.00 9.68 0.00 9.30 0.00 0.00Thornton in Craven 11,322.00 162.51 8.46 11,151.03 198.92 56.06 203.77 11,422.91 0.00Thornton in Lonsdale 0.00 0.00 143.15 0.00 147.16 0.00 0.00Thorpe 0.00 0.00 20.66 0.00 20.78 0.00 0.00Threshfield 6,778.17 264.41 13.76 6,500.00 393.04 16.54 401.64 6,642.22 -135.95

1,183,213.33 89,560.00 4,586.19 1,089,067.14 20,767.89 21,179.95 1,110,760.97 (77,431.98)

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From: DAVID ANSBROTo: Nicola ChickCc: James AndersonSubject: Parish Precepts 2014/15 and Parish Grant 2014/15Date: 23 November 2013 05:13:26

Dear Nicola Thank you for your letter of 11 November re the above. I will let you have a formal response in due course but, as a matter of courtesy for your informationat this stage, I think it is highly unlikely that the Airton PM will be raising a precept foe 2014/15. There is a meeting of the Parish on Thursday, December 5 when the anticipated position is likely tobe confirmed. I will write to you again thereafter. May I also refer to your letter of 8 November re Parish Grant. I may be missing the point but Airtondidnt raise a precept for 2013/14 so Im not sure if your questions apply to us? Could you kindlyclarify the position for me please? I am copying this e-mail to James Anderson. Kind regards David A Chairman, Airton Parish Meeting

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From: Anne LangleyTo: James AndersonSubject: Parish GrantDate: 17 December 2013 10:23:06

Dear James,As Parish Clerk of Appletreewick Parish Council I received a letter from your office withregards to the grant for 2014/15 seeking views from our council as to how we couldmanage were our grant reduced. We currently receive no grant and have no intention ofrequesting one for 2014/15, we manage our expenses by using our Parish reserve andmostly by fund raising. I will be confirming this in writing by 17th January after our nextfull Parish Council meeting.

Best Regards

Anne Langley

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BENTHAM TOWN COUNCIL www.benthamtowncouncil.co.uk

Town Clerk : Jo Burton BSc. MSc

Wynn-Stay, Springfield, Bentham Lancaster LA2 7BE

Tel/Fax: 015242 62587 Email: townclerk@benthamtowncouncil.co.uk

Ms N Chick Craven District Council 1 Belle Vue Square Broughton Road Skipton BD23 1FJ

4 December 2013

Dear Ms Chick,

Thank you for you letter of 8 November which was considered by the Council at its meeting on Monday 2 December 2013.

The Council was very disappointed to hear that Craven District Council was considering withholding all or part of the parishes portion of the Council Tax Benefit Support Grant as awarded by Government for 2014/15.

CLG Minister, Brandon Lewis MP, made it clear at the Despatch Box on Monday 25 November that the Government expects all billing authorities to pass the grant on, and has informed NALC that he will approach directly any authority withholding it.

In response to your question regarding the potential halving of the grant by Craven, due to the uncertainties concerning the future availability of the grant and the potential capping of the precept, this Council took the decision to set a precept to cover all its expenditure in 2013/14. This led to a 6% increase in precept payments on residents that pay Council Tax but ensured that the Councils ability to cover the cost of its services was protected ongoing. The grant payment received last year will be used to offset any possible increases in spending required in the coming year. Likewise any available grant for the coming year will be used for the same purpose.

The uncertainty over the grant payment at this time of year is extremely unhelpful, particularly when budgets are tight and parishes are attempting to pick up the tab for services no longer provided by the District and County Councils like public toilets, some grass cutting and other general maintenance.

The Council would hope that the grant will be passed on in full, as is the expectation of the DCLG and would urge Craven District Council to comply.

Yours sincerely,

Jo Burton (Mrs)

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From: Calton Parish CouncilTo: Nicola ChickCc: James AndersonSubject: Calton Parish PreceptsDate: 12 November 2013 17:19:52

Thank you very much for your detailed correspondence regarding parish precepts. Things areunchanged here in Calton, in Malhamdale, we have no income or expenditure, ie. no precepts.

Kind regards,

Mike Holden, (Calton parish Meeting Chairman).

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From: Philip SmithTo: James AndersonSubject: PARISH GRANT 2014/15Date: 20 December 2013 09:53:58

Dear Mr Anderson

CONISTONE-WITH-KILNSEY PARISH MEETING

Although no figures are available the Parish Meeting's view at the present time is that,referring to your department's letter of 8th November, it would use reserves to cover anyshortfall.

Philip Smith(Hon Treasurer}

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From: Jane MarkhamTo: James AndersonSubject: Parish Grant 2014/15Date: 19 December 2013 12:20:53

Dear James

I am writing with the comments of Draughton Parish Council on proposals for the parishgrant 2014/15 (your letter dated 8 November refers).

If the District Council is to halve or withhold altogether the government grant intendedto be passed on to parishes to mitigate the effects of the Localisation of Council Tax,Draughton Parish Council will set a parish precept which will raise sufficient funds forbudgeted expenditure. Although the impact of a decision not to pass on grant moniesis, for us, fairly minimal, as we are a relatively small council, we would like to registerour concerns about the possible impact on other (larger) local councils in the area.

I understand that the District Council has yet to take a decision on whether to pass ongrant funding, and I hope our comments will be useful to them in the decision-makingprocess.

Kind regardsJane MarkhamClerk to Draughton Parish Council

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From: Embsay Parish CouncilTo: James AndersonSubject: Managing Reduction in Localisation of Council Tax Support GrantDate: 15 November 2013 11:12:49

Dear James Anderson,

1. Further to correspondence received from Nicola Chick, dated 8 November2014, Embsay with Eastby Parish Council would manage any reduction in futureLocalisation of Council Tax Support by increasing the parish precept.

2. Thank you for drawing this information to the attention of the CDC PolicyCommittee.

ROBERT KANDT

Parish Clerk

Embsay with Eastby Parish Council

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From: Farnhill Parish CouncilTo: James AndersonSubject: Parish Grant 2014/2015Date: 11 December 2013 22:27:42

Dear Mr Anderson

In response to your question on Parish Grants the answer is as follows

Question 1Answer c. By reducing services. Lighting provision, general maintenance of Parish Council land.

If in future years the grant was removed completely may have to consider raising the parishprecept.

Susan Harding-HillClerk of Farnhill Parish Council

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From: marijke hillTo: James AndersonSubject: response parish grant 2014/15Date: 17 November 2013 16:52:09

Dear Mr Anderson,

Your letter with regards to the Parish Grant 2014 - 2015 of 8 November 2013 wasreceived and discussed at Giggleswick Parish Council Meeting on 12 November 2013.The Council decided to use reserves to cover the shortfall if CDC halved the grant madeto Giggleswick Parish Council in 2014 - 2015 and then removed it in 2015 - 2016. This isoption b in question 1.The Council did not propose any alternate methodology (question 2).

Kind regards,Marijke HillClerk to Giggleswick Parish Council

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Hellifield Parish Council Mr B Hugill The Old Smithy Main Rd., Hellifield Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 4HT Tel: (01729) 851000 Email: bhugill@hellifieldparishcouncil.org.uk

14th December 2013.

Dear Mrs Chick

Parish Grant 2014/15

This grant was discussed at the Parish Council meeting held on the 5th December 2013.

Councillors consider that the full allocated grant should be paid to Hellifield Parish Council as intended by the government and would object to it been halved or withdrawn

We trust that these views will be included in your report to the full council meeting.

Yours sincerely

Brian Hugill, Chairman

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From: ahack1@hotmail.co.uk on behalf of Alison HackTo: Nicola ChickSubject: Parish Grant 2014/15Date: 11 December 2013 10:57:33

Many thanks for your letter of 8 November which was discussed at our finance meetinglast Monday night. The issue was discussed at length, as you might expect, and theresult was that the members intend to increase the precept to cover the shortfall. Wehave a very small reserve, which is needed for cash flow, and the members are notwilling to reduce the services they provide. They will seriously be considering chargingfor the public toilets near the Community Centre to help offset their maintenance cost,but of course this will involve initial outlay. It would help a lot if we did not have topay business rates for both sets of public toilets.

Regards

Alison HackParish Clerk for Ingleton

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From: James AndersonTo: HELEN MORANCc: Nicola ChickSubject: RE: Kildwick Precept / Grant for 2014/15Date: 09 December 2013 14:59:15

Dear Helen,

Thank you for your response.

Unfortunately we are currently unable to confirm CDCs position with regards the grants for2014-15. We had been under the impression that the grant we received last year (and passedon in full to parishes) was for one year only. However it seems like this may not actually be thecase, but we have not received a definitive answer as yet, so we are unable to advise you.

We will obviously let you know as soon as we are in a position to do so and apologise for anyinconvenience this may cause. What we can say is that it is unlikely that the CDC element ofthe grant would be paid over this year (as a result of the ever increasing budgetary pressurethat CDC is facing).

Again, apologies for not being able to provide a definitive answer and we will be in touch withParishes as soon as we can .

Regards

James

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From: HELEN MORAN [mailto:moran333@btinternet.com] Sent: 06 December 2013 16:22To: James AndersonCc: Nicola ChickSubject: Kildwick Precept / Grant for 2014/15

Dear James

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Regarding Nicola's letter of the 8th Nov regarding the precept for2014/15 please can you confirm the position regarding the Central Govtgrant element for 2014/15 - is this definitely withdrawn ? (This was41.75 for 13/14.)

Does the grant element being considered by Craven district for 2014/15include any shortfall to cover the loss of the govt grant or does it relatesolely to 50 % of the 2.17 element ?

Also, when will CDC make its decision ?

In reply to her letter dated 11 Nov 2013 I can confirm that our responseto question 1 on how we would deal with any withdrawal of CDC grantis b: using reserves to cover the shortfall.

Kind regards

Helen MoranClerk, Kildwick Parish Meeting01535 633462

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Settle Parish CouncilJames Andersonjulian.smith.mp@parliament.ukParish Precept response to withholding govt grant 2014-15 09 December 2013 15:30:29

Dear JamesSettle Town Council are extremely disappointed that Craven District Council are asking the Towncouncil to provide options in the event that the government grant is partly withheld for 2014-15.They do not agree with the grant beeing withheld from central government.Settle Town Council have been prudent in the past and feel that they are being penalised forthis.They will probably consider increasing the precept to cover the withheld funds.Yours sincerely

Rebecca HillTown Clerk - Settle Town CouncilTown HallMarket Place, SettleNorth YorkshireBD24 9EJTel: 01729 823617

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Nicola Chick Interim Finance Manager Craven District Council 1 Belle Vue Square SKIPTON BD23 1FJ

12th December 2013

Dear Ms Chick,

Re: PARISH GRANT 2014-2015 RESPONSE TO CONSULTATION

With reference to the above, Skipton Town Council has a number of serious concerns regarding the proposals set out in your consultation document and in your report submitted to CDC Policy Committee on 3rd December and, subsequently, Full Council on 10th December.

Firstly, whilst we are aware of the latest resolution of Council to hold over any decision until full details of the financial position surrounding the Grant are known, this Council remains extremely concerned that the potential existed for decisions to be made by Craven District Council before the deadline date for this consultation exercise.

Indeed it was clear from the two meetings that, contrary to what was detailed in your report, the views of the Parishes had not and indeed could not have been fed back to Members before they were asked to make a decision.

Whilst we are disappointed at the lack of co-ordination between the consultation exercise, the timing of your report and the associated meetings, we do acknowledge that the opportunity to comment is now available and we would ask that the views of Skipton Town Council are brought to the attention of Members before any decision is made.

General Comments

Before responding to the specific questions set out in your consultation letter, Skipton Town Council would like to make the following more general comments on the proposals set out in your report to CDC Policy Committee on 3rd December:

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Whatever the final settlement figure is, the Government has made it clear that Billing Authorities are expected to pass on any element of the grant intended for Town & Parish Councils.

To keep the funding allocated would be, in effect, holding onto money not intended for CDC.

Para 4.8 of your report indicates that it is prepared on the basis of the significant financial challenges the Council faces in its Medium Term Financial Strategy. The financial position of CDC should not be a factor in determining whether or not it passes on grant funding received on behalf of other public bodies.

Central Government Position

Craven District Council is not alone in considering holding onto funding intended for Town and Parish Councils. The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) has been co-ordinating concerns raised nationally - and has met with DCLG Minister Brandon Lewis MP to discuss the matter.

At the meeting, Mr Lewis made it clear that he will be doing whatever he can to ensure that the grant is passed on to the Councils it was intended for.

Mr Lewis also made an undertaking to approach directly any billing authority where the grant might be withheld.

Additionally, Mr Lewis made a statement in the House of Commons on Monday 25th November (Hansard: 25 Nov 13: Column 10) where, in response to a question from the MP representing Hexham highlighting a proposal from a billing authority in the north-east to retain Parish grant funding, he said: I thank my hon. Friend for raising that important point. We made it clear this year that councils should pass the money down to parish councils, and my hon. Friend is right to put pressure on councils that do not do what they are supposed to do.

The Governments position on this matter seems clear enough.

Last Years Grant

As indicated in your report it is true that, last year, Skipton Town Council decided to retain approximately 20,000 of the central government grant, in reserves, for use in subsequent years.

This was done on the basis of the likelihood that there would be no grant funding available this year . Even by doing this, the Town Council would be facing a budget shortfall in 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18 directly as a result of the impact of the Council Tax Benefit changes.

The decision to spread the use of the grant funding allocated last year is an internal budgeting matter for the Town Council and is not a valid reason for CDC withholding payment of any funding made available this year.

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Consultation Letter Specific Questions

Both of the specific questions in your consultation letter are hypothetical. The Town Council has already identified potential shortfalls in funding for the next three financial years directly as a result of the changes implemented last year.

Any grant received this year (or in any subsequent years) would be used to reduce the ongoing impact of those changes and to protect the services provided by Skipton Town Council. In the event that grant funding is not passed over, the Council would have little option but to consider raising the precept by an amount equal to the funding withheld an action which, in itself, could increase the likelihood of legislation restricting any future increase on a similar basis.

The Town Council is not minded to propose any alternate methodology reflecting a desire by Craven District Council to generate a saving in the grant payable.

We believe this is a very simple situation: The Government has allocated grant funding for use by Town & Parish Councils.

The Government has given this funding to Billing Authorities on the understanding that it should be passed on.

Senior Government Ministers have confirmed this via meetings with organisations representing local councils across the country and via direct comment at the despatch box in the Commons.

Any grant allocated is not CDCs to retain and it should be passed on in full.

Yours sincerely,

Dave Parker Chief Officer On behalf of Skipton Town Council

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