§ Jane GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, local Government and the Regions what
Revenue expenditure1 Government grant2 Non-domestic rates3 Council tax4 £ billion £ billion Per cent. £ billion Per cent. £billion Per cent. 1997–98 47.256 23.840 50 12.034 25 11.241 24 1998–99 50.189 25.291 50 12.531 25 12.332 24 1999–2000 53.651 26.421 49 13.619 25 13.278 25 2000–01 57.324 27.784 48 15.406 27 14.200 25 2001–025 61.270 30.341 50 15.144 25 15.245 25 1 "Revenue expenditure to compare with TSS" i.e. expenditure financed from Revenue Support Grant, specific and special grants within AEF, non-domestic rates, council taxes and balances. Also includes spending met by SSA Reduction Grant, Police Grant, Central Support Protection Grant (1999–2000 onwards) and General Greater London Authority Grant (2000–01 onwards). This column is not the total of the others. The difference is due to funding by balances and other adjustments. 2 'Includes Revenue Support Grant, specific and special grants within AEF, SSA Reduction Grant, Police Grant, Central Support Protection Grant (1999–2000 onwards) and General GLA Grant (2000–01 onwards). 3 Distributable amount from non-domestic rate pool. This is not exactly equal to the payments from businesses in any year, but adjustments are made to the distributable amount in future years to ensure that, over time, all rates received are redistributed to receiving authorities. Includes City Offset. 4 Gross of council tax benefit and council tax transitional reduction scheme. 5 Budgets.