Local Government Expenditure

HC Deb 25 January 1983 vol 35 cc398-9W

Mr. Cartwright

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his most recent estimate of the proportion of local government expenditure in (a) England and Wales and (b) Greater London which is met by (i) central Government grants, (ii) domestic ratepayers, (iii) commercial and industrial ratepayers, (iv) other ratepayers and (v) rents and charges.

Mr. Giles Shaw

Following are estimates of the financing of local government gross revenue expenditure—rate fund, housing and trading accounts—in 1980–81, the latest year for which complete outturn information is available:

	(a)	(b)
	England and Wales per cent.	Greater London per cent.
(i) Central Government Grants*	48	43
(ii) Domestic ratepayers	11	10
(iii) Commercial and Industrial ratepayers	11	16
(iv) Other ratepayers†	5	5
(v) Rents and charges	13	13
(vi) Sales and other income‡	12	13

^* RSG, rate rebate grants, specific service grants, and government subsidies and grants in the housing and trading revenue accounts.

† Includes public utilities.

‡ Excluding external interest receipts.