Somerset County Council

HC Deb 15 January 2004 vol 416 cc861-2W

Mr. Liddell-Grainger

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much funding was provided to Somerset County Council in(a) 2001–02, (b) 2002–03 and (c) 2003–04. [145764]

Mr. Raynsford

The table gives details of revenue grants received by Somerset County Council as part of gross Aggregate External Finance (AEF) between 2001–02 to 2003–04.

	£000
	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04
Revenue Support Grant	117,071	112,197	140,412
National Non-Domestic Rates	120,178	131,815	133,669
Specific Grants within AEF1	48,090	45,981	64,472
Total Central Government Support	285,339	289,993	338,553
1 Information on specific grants up until 2002–03 is taken from local authority outturn returns. For 2003–04, where outturn information is not yet available this is based on local authority budget returns.

Note:

The grants are on an unadjusted basis and may not be comparable between years, because transfers of function may have taken place.