Revenues and benefits statistics
Dear Dacorum Borough Council,
Please can you provide the following information in relation to your revenues and benefits service for the years 2013/14 through to 2018/19:
Benefits - Number of benefits (Housing, rent etc) at 31 March
Benefits - Number of new claims processed in the year
Benefits - Number of change of circumstances processed in the year
Benefits - Number of FTEs in establishment
Benefits - Budgeted employee/agency costs for the year
Benefits - Actual employee/agency costs for the year
Benefits - Benefits administration grant/subsidy received (£)
Council tax - Number of residential properies as 31 March
Council tax - Number of new properties in the year
Council tax - Number of council tax support claimaints as 31 March
Council tax - Number of new council tax support claims processed in the year
Council tax - Number of change of circumstances processed in the yar for council tax support
Council tax - Number of FTEs in establishment
Council Tax - Budgeted employee/agency costs for the year
Council Tax - Actual employee/agency costs for the year
Council tax - Value of annual council tax support administration grant (£)
Business rates - Number of business properties at 31 March
Business rates - Number of FTEs in establishment
Business rates - Budgeted employee/agency costs for the year
Business rates - Actual employee/agency costs for the year
Yours faithfully,
Tim
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Dear Tim,
Thank you for your request dated 21st May 2019 for information under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.
You have requested the information set out in your email below. The
Council’s response is:
Benefits - Number of benefits (Housing, rent etc) at 31 March caseload
2013/14 - 9193
2014/15 - 9010
2015/16 - 8892
2016/17 - 8763
2017/18 - 8540
2018/19 - 8003
Benefits - Number of new claims processed in the year
2013/14 - 2948
2014/15 - 2398
2015/16 - 2400
2016/17 - 2193
2017/18 - 2099
2018/19 - 1936
Benefits - Number of change of circumstances processed in the year
2013/14 - 29012
2014/15 - 32196
2015/16 - 35020
2016/17 - 34977
2017/18 - 35258
2018/19 - 36410
For:
Benefits - Number of FTEs in establishment
Council tax - Number of FTEs in establishment
Business rates - Number of FTEs in establishment
We don’t keep a record of this and Information not held for prior years so
we don’t know. However, I can tell you that we currently have 46FTE across
revenues and Benefits.
This is a combined value because we teams that provide support to all
three areas, and so cannot provide an accurate split.
Benefits - Budgeted employee/agency costs for the year
Information not held at service level. Link below give details of staff
costs at directorate level
https://www.dacorum.gov.uk/home/council-...
Benefits - Actual employee/agency costs for the year
Information not held at service level. Link below give details of staff
costs at directorate level
https://www.dacorum.gov.uk/home/council-...
Benefits - Benefits administration grant/subsidy received (£) Subsidy
received
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk...
Administration grant
2013/14 - 799,636
2014/15 - 627,302
2015/16 - 595,208
2016/17 - 505,785
2017/18 - 467,960
2018/19 - 443,418
Council tax - Number of residential properties as 31 March
2013/14 - 61774
2014/15 - 62193
2015/16 - 62878
2016/17 - 63404
2017/18 - 64049
2018/19 - 64563
Council tax - Number of new properties in the year
2013/14 - 400
2014/15 - 496
2015/16 - 732
2016/17 - 689
2017/18 - 620
2018/19 - 568
Council tax - Number of council tax support claimants as 31 March
2013/14 - 9221
2014/15 - 8855
2015/16 - 8683
2016/17 - 8500
2017/18 - 8395
2018/19 - 8219
Council tax - Number of new council tax support claims processed in the
year
2013/14 - 2730
2014/15 - 2368
2015/16 - 2478
2016/17 - 2354
2017/18 - 2306
2018/19 - 2153
Council tax - Number of change of circumstances processed in the year for
council tax support
2013/14 - Information not held
2014/15 - Information not held
2015/16 - Information not held
2016/17 - Information not held
2017/18 - Information not held
2018/19 - Information not held
Council Tax - Budgeted employee/agency costs for the year
Information not held at service level. Link below give details of staff
costs at directorate level
https://www.dacorum.gov.uk/home/council-...
Council Tax - Actual employee/agency costs for the year
Information not held at service level. Link below give details of staff
costs at directorate level
https://www.dacorum.gov.uk/home/council-...
Council tax - Value of annual council tax support administration grant (£)
2013/14 - Information not held
2014/15 - £158,954
2015/16 - £142,923
2016/17 - £160,596
2017/18 - £158,930
2018/19 - £153,800
Business rates - Number of business properties at 31 March
2013/14 - 4,523
2014/15 - 4,578
2015/16 - 4,507
2016/17 - 4,500
2017/18 - 4,537
2018/19 - 4,534
Business rates - Budgeted employee/agency costs for the year
Information not held at service level. Link below give details of staff
costs at directorate level
https://www.dacorum.gov.uk/home/council-...
Business rates - Actual employee/agency costs for the year
Information not held at service level. Link below give details of staff
costs at directorate level
https://www.dacorum.gov.uk/home/council-...
Regards
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partnership) business rates account information will not be disclosed as
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Data Protection Act 2018. Personal information is exempt from disclosure
under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, unless one of
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Regulation is met. We are satisfied that none of these conditions are met
in this case, and we are unable to release this information.
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Yours sincerely
Jake Seabourne | Systems Development and Finance Lead Officer | Dacorum
Borough Council | The Forum | Marlowes | Hemel Hempstead | HP1 1DN
Telephone: 01442 228260 | Website: [1]www.dacorum.gov.uk
Dear Jake Seabourne,
Many thanks for your response.
I am happy to accept that the staff are not apportioned in detail between the three services. However, I would ask that you provide budget and actuals for staffing and agency the services (even if not apportioned between the three services). The information you have directed me to only providess information at directorate level, and from your budget reports I am aware that budgets and spend are set at service level, so will be held and should be provided.
Yours sincerely,
Tim
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