Response to the Mayor’s Draft Consultation Budget 2020/21

The Budget and Performance Committee has examined the Mayor's Draft Consultation Budget 2020/21 and published its response.



The Committee heard from the Mayor and functional bodies to understand how the Mayor is using his resources to address London’s challenges.



The Mayor’s Budget comes amid uncertainty over the funding of the additional police officers promised by the Government, and delays to financial settlements from Whitehall.



The report makes a number of recommendations including:

• The Mayor and TfL need to be much clearer about what TfL capital projects are potentially at risk over the next four years. It is important that they signal to the Government and the public projects that are of a high priority.
• The London Fire Brigade (LFB) should provide in its 2020-21 Budget sufficient resources to fund the start of its transformation.
• The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) needs to make a realistic assumption of additional Government funding and prepare a sustainable plan (revenue and capital) based around this increase, with a clear position on the police estate, before the start of 2020-21. This will allow MOPAC to focus on any underlying funding gap.
• The Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) should publish the Housing Infrastructure Fund bid and conditions before the 2020-21 Budget is approved and refocuses quickly in plans for regeneration.

The Mayor responded to the Committee's report on 28 January 2020. Read the response here.