Housing Revenue Account expenditure

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Following receipt of your request for information on 20 November 2009, and
our acknowledgement of the 23 November, the City of London (CoL) responds
as follows.

1. What was the allocated Housing Revenue account budget for Resident
Participation for financial years 2006/7, 2007/8 & 2008/9? What was the
actual achieved expenditure for the same periods?

Year Budget Actual
2006/07 £90,900 £95,285
2007/08 £75,700 £98,492
2008/09 £49,000 £49,445

2. What cashable and non cashable savings were estimated and what
have been achieved in the financial years 2007/8 and 2008/9 as a result of
the Housing Department staff restructuring?

Estimated cashable savings £250,000
Savings achieved 2007/08 £ No apparent savings on
total staff costs
Savings achieved2008/09 £ No apparent savings on total
staff costs

3 What expenditure has been recharged to the Housing Revenue Account
from the Comptroller and City Solicitors Dept for financial years 2006/7,
2007/8 & 2008/9?

2006/07 £134,500
2006/07 £227,200
2007/08 £408,223

4. What has the total charge to the Housing Revenue Account for the
Inspace Repairs and Maintenance Service been for the following financial
years, 2006/7, 2007/8 & 2008/9? What expenditure has there been with the
same contractor for work on the `Decent Homes' programme for the same
periods?

Inspace charges
Year Repairs and Maintenance Decent Homes
2006/07 £1,947,545.94 £nil
2007/08 £2,031,775.79 £767,000
2008/09 £1,756,356.76 £600,000

Please note - in respect of the following enquiries financial records are
retained for six years. The information for the years available have been
detailed below.

5. What expenditure has been charged to the Housing Revenue Account
for works on the Avondale Square Community Centre in the following years,
2001/2, 2002/3, 2003/4, 2004/5, 2005/6, 2006/7. 2007/8. 2008/9 ?

2003/04 - £6,198.00
2004/05 - £8,890.93
2005/06 - £6,042.94
2006/07 - £15,112.91
2007/08 - £19,449.08
2008/09 - £(3,402.26)

6. Has the City of London Corporation awarded any grants, rent
holidays, or any other cashable, non- cashable benefit to the Avondale
Community Association Ltd in the following financial years? 1990/91,
1991/2, 1992/3, 1993/4, 1994/5, 1995/6, 1996/7, 1997/8, 1998/9, 1999/2000,
2001/2, 2002/3, 2003/4, 2004/5, 2005/6, 2006/7, 2007/8. 2008/9 ?

2005/06 - £324.04

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