Public Sector Spending
Each year in Camden there is significant investment and spending by locally, regionally, and nationally funded public services.
The LSP recognises the importance of public services working together so that we deliver the best value for taxpayers’ money. We are therefore building a picture of total public sector spending in the borough. The table below sets out some of the key areas of expenditure in the borough. The figures represent spend within the borough of Camden.
Many of these services provide benefits not just to Camden residents but also to many non-Camden residents who work, study and visit here.
| Indicative 2005/06 spend figures in Camden | |
|---|---|
| Council | |
| London Borough of Camden 1 | £897,300,000 |
| Community safety | |
| Metropolitan Police (Borough Operational Command Unit budget) | £40,100,000 |
| Metropolitan Police (estimate of additional spend)* | £54,000,000 |
| Crown Prosecution Service* | £5,800,000 |
| Fire and emergency planning | |
| London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority* | £13,000,000 |
| National Health Service | |
| Primary Care Trust 2 | £470,890,000 |
| Transport | |
| Transport for London (included in Council's budget) | £9,095,000 |
| Transport for London (estimate of additional spend)* | £125,000,000 |
| Further education | |
| Learning and Skills Council 3 | £42,500,000 |
| Other regional | |
| London Development Agency* | £11,200,000 |
| Greater London Authority* | £2,100,000 |
| Department for Work and Pensions and HM Revenue and Customs | |
| Benefits, allowances, tax credits and pensions 4 | £323,000,000 |
The voluntary and community sector also make a significant contribution to the work of the LSP in the borough by generating and re-investing income, levering in funding from other sources and through the value of volunteers’ time.
References
1 Camden Statement of Accounts 2005-06.
Council expenditure covers a wide range of services from funding of schools through to provision of adult social care & housing/council tax benefits.
2 Camden PCT annual report 2005-06. PCTs control 80 per cent of the total NHS budget.
3 Figure is an estimate based on detailed local data.
* Figures are estimates based on regional accounts (London Level) divided by the number of London boroughs. The Greater London Authority budget is given separately from its four functional bodies: Police, Fire, TfL and the LDA
4 Based on statistics from DWP and HMRC. Includes Disability Living Allowance, Incapacity Benefit / Severe Disablement Allowance, Income Support, Jobseekers Allowance, Pension Credit, State Pension, Attendance Allowance, Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Child Benefit.
