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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

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Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what level of grant from all government sources Tamworth borough council has received in each year since 1996. [142625] Mr. Raynsford: Tabled are details of revenue grants received by Tamworth borough council as part of gross Aggregate External Finance (AEF) between 1996-97 to 2004-05. £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Revenue support grant National non-domestic rates Specific grants within AEF 1996-97 2,070 2,540 160 1997-98 2,298 2,292 162 1998-99 2,012 2,321 160 1999-2000 1,902 2,514 164 2000-01 1,765 2,813 160 2001-02 2,017 2,773 183 2002-03 1,824 3,100 211 2003-04 2,809 2,603 1653 2004-05 3,216 2,032 2-- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The increase in specific grants within AEF between 2002-03 and 2003-04 is due to large increases in Council Tax Benefit Administration and Housing Benefit Administration, plus the introduction of grants for Neighbourhood Wardens and Building Safer Communities. 2 Data not available until spring 2004 when it will be reported by local authorities on their RA and RA(SG) returns. Notes: 1. The grants are on an unadjusted basis and may not be comparable between years, because transfers of function may have taken place. 2. Information on specific grants up until 2002-03 is taken from local authority outturn returns. From 2003-04, where outturn information is not yet available this is based on local authority budget returns.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

142625; 415 c590W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Grants Government assistance Local government finance Tamworth Tamworth Borough Council

Contains statistics

Yes

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