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To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what revenue contribution the Government has made to Sefton Council for the support of services in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what revenue contribution the Government has made to Sefton Council for the support of services in each of the last five years.
This information for the years 2011-12 to 2014-15 is already publicly available as part of Sefton Council’s annual Statement of Accounts, published on their website: https://www.sefton.gov.uk/your-council/open-data,-transparency-and-foi/council-budget-and-spending.aspx
For 2015-16, the Local Government Finance Settlement for England was agreed by Parliament on 10 February 2015. Further details can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/final-local-government-finance-settlement-england-2015-to-2016
My Department does not hold a list of all grant allocations to local authorities over the current financial year, many of which are provided by other Departments. Sefton Council will release this information as part of their Statement of Accounts for 2015/16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the difference is between the amount that will be received from central Government by Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council under the (a) provisional and (b) final 2015-16 local authority settlement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the difference is between the amount that will be received from central Government by Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council under the (a) provisional and (b) final 2015-16 local authority settlement.
The final local government finance settlement for Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council for 2015-16, which was announced on 3 February 2015, included an additional £485,000 compared to the provisional settlement. This was Sefton’s share of the additional £74 million provided to upper tier local authorities. This is to assist with continuing pressures on health and social care and in providing local welfare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the level of Sefton Council's (a) allocated and (b) unallocated reserves.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the level of Sefton Council's (a) allocated and (b) unallocated reserves.
As at 31 March 2014, Sefton held £67.7 million in revenue reserves, of which £17.8 million was schools reserves and £49.9 million was non-ringfenced reserves. Of the non-ringfenced reserves, £39.7 million were earmarked reserves, and £10.2 million were unallocated reserves.
These figures are taken from the Revenue Outturn form which has been completed by all local authorities in England and published at the following link;
We have encouraged councils to make creative use of reserves, such as "invest to save" projects to reduce long-term costs.