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Written question asked by Peter Luff (Conservative) on Tuesday, 20 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 January 2006. It was answered by Phil Woolas (Labour) on Monday, 9 January 2006 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Local Government Finance

Question
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the average percentage change was in formula grant for (a) each West Midland metropolitan district council and (b) the city councils of (i) Birmingham, (ii) Coventry and (iii) Wolverhampton in each of the 10 years to 2007–08.
Answer

The following table shows the average percentage increase in formula grant on a like-for-like basis over the period 1997–98 to 2007–08 for all West Midland metropolitan district councils and the cities of Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton.

Percentage
West Midlands district councils Birmingham Coventry Wolverhampton
1998–99 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.8
1999–2000 4.7 3.6 4.6 5.4
2000–01 3.3 3.5 2.9 3.3
2001–02 3.7 3.5 3.2 4.1
2002–03 5.1 5.3 4.4 5.1
2003–04 8.1 8.1 8.4 8.2
2004–05 7.0 7.3 6.6 6.7
2005–06 6.6 6.7 6.3 6.3
2006–07 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.1
2007–08 4.2 4.7 3.8 2.7

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
441 c269-70W; 40269
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Birmingham Increases Local government finance Wolverhampton West Midlands Coventry Formula grant
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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