Ward Allocation Scheme

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Dear Ms Vogel,

Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations
2004 Information request

We have now considered your information request as set out below. 

You asked:

1.       For every year since the Ward Allocation Scheme began, please
provide, in an Excel table, by year awarded, and for every project put
forward:

ward (and if multi-ward, the wards)

the bidder

if the bidder is not a councillor, the name(s) of the supporting
councillor(s) name of project description of project amount of money bid
for if successful if successful and only partial finding given, the amount
given If not successful the reason

2.       Please also provide:

the total funds available for each year the total amount awarded in each
year explain what has been done with any shortfall in each year.

3.       Please also explain:

who decides on Ward Allocation Scheme bids how the spending of grants is
monitored

Our answer:

1.  Please see details as per your point 1 attached.  The bidder can only
be the ward councillors for the Ward Allocation Scheme funding that the
application relates.

2.  Summary breakdown of the ward allocation scheme funding by ward as at
16/11/2021 as follows.  Note that the scheme rules stipulate that each
Ward have been awarded a budget of £15k and 3 years to spend it, ending
31/3/2022.  So for instance if a ward hadn’t committed its full £15k by
the end of year 1 then they would still have the following 2 years to
spend it.

Ward Budget Bids Spend Spend Spend Pending No. of Total Available
Received FY FY FY (Priced Unpriced
19-20 20-21 21-22 Projects) Projects
Abbey £15,000 Y £0 £0 £1,760 £1,760 £13,240
Cannon Hill £15,000 Y £0 £0 £5,000 £5,000 £10,000
Colliers
Wood £15,000 Y £0 £3,759 £2,193 £5,500 £11,452 £3,548
Cricket
Green £15,000 Y £0 £0 1 £0 £15,000
Dundonald £15,000 Y £0 £0 £15,000 £15,000 £0
Figges Marsh £15,000 N £0 £0 £0 £15,000
Graveney £15,000 N £0 £0 £0 £15,000
Hillside £15,000 Y £0 £0 £15,000 £15,000 £0
Lavender
Fields £15,000 N £0 £0 £0 £15,000
Longthornton £15,000 N £0 £0 £0 £15,000
Lower Morden £15,000 Y £3,036 £11,712 £1,500 £16,248 -£1,248
Merton Park £15,000 Y £441 £1,025 £2,120 £11,993 £15,579 -£579
Pollards
Hill £15,000 Y £0 £0 £1,384 £3,524 £4,908 £10,092
Ravensbury £15,000 Y £2,883 £0 £11,300 £14,183 £817
Raynes Park £15,000 N £0 £0 £0 £15,000
St Helier £15,000 N £0 £0 £0 £15,000
Trinity £15,000 Y £0 £0 £5,000 £5,000 £10,000
Village £15,000 Y £0 £0 £15,000 £15,000 £0
West Barnes £15,000 Y £0 £0 £125 £125 £14,875
Wimbledon
Park £15,000 Y £1,900 £0 £1,900 £13,100
£298,100 £8,260 £16,496 £10,697 £85,702 £121,155 £178,845

3.  The monitoring of spend is carried out by is monitored through the
standard financial monitoring procedures.

 For a general overview of the Ward Allocation Scheme please navigate to
council’s [1]spending CIL webpage (here)

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Yours sincerely

Tim Catley, Planning Contributions Manager, Future Merton

dd. 020 8545 3449

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