Local Authority Budget Planning |
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The class is asked to imagine that they are the budget planning committee (ways and means committee?) of their local council and they have a budget crisis. They need to balance the spending budget. Give each member of the class the following table of items and costs. Ask the group to balance their budget by defining priorities. Their budget is only £7 million. You could ask them to consider what they would do if it were further reduced (e.g. 5 million, 3 million) if there were time.
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Category |
Item of expenditure |
Cost (£ millions) |
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A |
Travelling Library Service |
1 |
|
B |
Home help service for the ill and eldery at home. |
1.5 |
|
C |
Financial support for youth activities (swimming pools, football pitches etc.) |
0.5 |
|
D |
Subsidy of leisure services |
1.25 |
|
E |
A park and ride scheme to help reduce traffic congestion |
2 |
|
F |
Pedestrianisation of ther main shopping streets to revitalise a town centre |
2.5 |
|
G |
Conversion of a local park into a tourist attraction to create 100 new jobs |
3.5 |
|
H |
Street lighting and a pedestrian crossing in front of a local primary school |
0.5 |
|
I |
Support for a battered wives hostel and two old peoples homes |
1 |
|
J |
Provision of more convenient city centre parking for council employees |
0.5 |