One of the LCF reforms announced in Budget 2016 was to reduce the level of Environmental Body (EB) administration charges to 7.5 per cent of LCF expenditure. The Government advised that failure to achieve this reduction during 2016/2017 would result in further consideration of whether to make this a mandatory legislative cap.
In order to provide HM Revenue and Customs with an update on progress towards achieving this target, we are asking EBs who reported administration costs in their 2015/2016 Statutory Annual Return to provide data on their administration costs for the period 1 April 2016 to 31 December 2016. We will be asking these EBs to provide a forecast of their Landfill Operator (LO) contributions, admin costs and project expenditure for the 2016/2017 year. You can read the current ENTRUST guidance relating to running costs in section 3.9 of the 2016 Guidance Manual.
This information should be provided to ENTRUST by 14 January 2017:
| Actual Figures (1 April 2016 to 31 December 2016) | £ |
| Actual EB Administration costs: 1 April to 31 December 2016 | |
| Actual Project Expenditure (own projects): 1 April to 31 December 2016 | |
| Actual Project Expenditure (other EB projects): 1 April to 31 December 2016 | |
| Actual Transfers to other EBs: 1 April to 31 December 2016 | |
| Forecast Figures (1 January to 31 March 2017) | £ |
| Forecast EB Administration costs: 1 January to 31 March 2017 | |
| Forecast Project Expenditure (own projects): 1 January to 31 March 2017 | |
| Forecast Project Expenditure (other EB projects): 1 January to 31 March 2017 | |
| Forecast Transfers to other EBs: 1 January to 31 March 2017 | |
| All year Forecast figure | £ |
| Forecast of LO contributions for 2016/2017 |
Some larger EBs have already reported administration costs for the period 1 April 2016 to 31 August 2016. Those who have already reported will need to update the information they have previously provided. If you have any questions on the data to be reported, please contact Mike Holland, Compliance Manager by email.