County Council

Cllr Keith R Mitchell CBE
This page was last updated 20-12-2009

Membership

Services

Finances & Council Tax

The County Council consists of 74 members, elected every four years for Electoral Divisions.

There is one three-member Division; sixteen two-member Divisions and thirty nine single- member Divisions. A single member Division contains approx 6,500 electors; a two-member Division contains approx 13,000 electors and the three-member Division (Bicester) contains approx 19,500 electors.

The political balance of the County Council is:

Party	No
Conservative	52
Liberal-Democrat	10
Labour	9
Green	2
Independent	1
Total:	74

The Council's Administration is drawn from the majority Group.

The following is a list of the main services provided by the County Council:

Children, Young People & Families Child working in classroom

Nursery provision

Schools

School transport

Special needs

Child protection

Family centres

Social & Community Services

Domiciliary care

Residential care

Learning disability

Mental health

Adult education

Libraries, museums and archives

Environment & Economy

Highways maintenance

Transport policy

Public transport subsidy

Waste disposal

Minerals planning

Strategic planning

Economic development

Community Safety

Fire & rescue service

Emergency planning

Trading standards

Gypsies & travellers

Registration service

Liaison with Thames Valley Police

Corporate Core

Democratic services

Member support

Shared services

Lord Lieutenancy

In 2009/10, the County Council will spend £891m of your money

This is where it came from:

Source:	£m
Central government:
Specific grants	447
Revenue support grant	20
Business Rates	85
sub-total	552
Council tax:	274
Income and charges:	65
Total:	891

And this is how it is spent:

Service:	£m
Children & families	502
Social & community	223
Environment & economy	82
Community Safety	35
Corporate Core	11
Strategic Measures	38
Total:	891

In addition, there is a Capital Programme for 2009/10 of £102m of which £51m is for Children & Families (mainly spent on schools) and £42m is for Environment & Economy (of which £26m will be spent on roads).

Given the recent debate about MPs' expenses, you may be interested to know that:

the County Council has always published details of the allowances (a sort of salary, subject to tax and national insurance) paid to County Councillors and the expenses they are allowed to claim. These can be found on the County Council's Web Site, both for the financial year that has just ended and for previous years, at the following address:

http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/links/public/allowances

	the County Council will be publishing details of members' allowances and expenses paid on a monthly basis in future;
	I have uploaded my detailed expense claims onto this web site and you can see day-by-day what I have claimed for over the four years of the current council. All items claimed for have to be evidenced by receipts, train tickets, hotel bills etc - quite rightly.
	I have also set out what I am paid as a County Councillor, as a Cabinet Member and as Leader of the Council.

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