Updated local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2008-09 budget

Published	30 October 2008
Type(s)	Statistics
Site	Corporate
ISBN	9781409807063
Price	Free

Summary

Updated national statistics on the budget estimates of local authority revenue expenditure and financing for 2008-09 were issued on 30 October 2008 under arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. The release and tables below replace the version published on 5 June 2008 (which can be viewed below).

The key points from the latest release are:

Budgeted total net current expenditure by local authorities in England totals £112.1 billion in 2008-09, compared with £106.3 billion in 2007-08, an increase of 5 per cent.
37 per cent of budgeted total net current expenditure in 2008-09 is on education, 17 per cent on social care, 12 per cent on housing benefits and 11 per cent on police.
25 per cent of budgeted revenue expenditure (on a non-Financial Reporting Standard 17 basis in 2008-09) is estimated to be funded through council tax, 28 per cent through formula grant and 46 per cent through specific grants inside Aggregate External Finance and Area Based Grant.

The full statistical release and accompanying tables are available via the link below.

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