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Written question asked by Michael John Foster (Labour) on Monday, 31 January 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 February 2005. It was answered by Nick Raynsford (Labour) on Monday, 28 February 2005 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Question
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the annual revenue grant increase was for Worcester City Council in each year from 1992-93 to 2004-05 in (a) real and (b) cash terms. - Including table and figures.
Answer

Mr. Michael Foster: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the annual revenue grant increase was for Worcester city council in each year from 1992-93 to 2004-05 in (a) real and (b) cash terms. [213456] Mr. Raynsford: The changes in revenue grant for Worcester city council in each year from 1993-94 to 2004-05 in (a) real and (b) cash terms are tabled as follows. Changes in revenue grant for Worcester city council _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Cash £000 Real terms at 2004-05 Cash % change Real term % change prices 1993-94 5,710 7,484 -- -- 1994-95 6,285 8,120 10.1 8.5 1995-96 6,271 7,873 -0.2 -3.0 1996-97 6,329 7,688 0.9 -2.3 1997-98 6,186 7,327 -2.3 -4.7 1998-99 6,595 7,592 6.6 3.6 1999-2000 6,686 7,533 1.4 -0.8 2000-01 6,920 7,707 3.5 2.3 2001-02 7,130 7,744 3.0 0.5 2002-03 7,281 7,646 2.1 -1.3 2003-04 7,387 7,545 1.5 -1.3 2004-05 8,222 8,222 11.3 9.0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The cash figures have been deflated using the GDP deflator. Changes between years are not directly comparable because they do not take account of changes in function or funding. The data are as supplied by the local authority and for 2003-04 and 2004-05 are budget data what the authority anticipate they will be receiving. Data for 1992-93 are not available. The budget data for 2004-05 includes a large amount for "Planning developments", which will be funded by "special and specific grants inside Aggregate External Finance". Revenue grants include special and specific grants inside Aggregate External Finance, SSA reduction grant, Revenue Support grant, Central Support Protection grant and Redistributed Non-domestic rates.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
213456; 431 c989-90W;431 c985-6W
Session
2004-05
Subjects
Finance Increases Grants Local government finance Worcester Worcester City Council
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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