Wandsworth

HC Deb 10 May 2001 vol 368 cc262-3W

Mr. Linton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what percentage of Wandsworth's expenditure was met by(a) Government grant, (b) business rates and (c) council tax in the financial years 1979 to 2001. [160876]

Ms Beverley Hughes

The information requested for Wandsworth is as follows. Information prior to 1993–94 is not currently available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

	Total grant	Business rates	Council tax
	£000	Percentage	£000	Percentage	£000	Percentage
1993–941	173,675	75	55,053	23.8	28,282	12.2
1994–951	175,235	61.5	52,063	18.3	18,290	6.4
1995–961	164,728	69.2	55,286	23.2	37,084	15.6
1996–971	150,455	59.4	62,062	24.5	37,098	14.6
1997–981	151,638	66.6	57,873	25.4	33,989	14.9
1998–991	147,486	61.5	60,590	25.3	22,238	9.3
1999–20001	153,096	62.2	65,496	26.6	27,222	11.1
2000–012	151,704	58.6	73,719	28.5	28,425	11.0
2001–022	164,243	59.7	72,732	26.5	33,476	12.2
1Outturn
2Budget

Notes:

1. Council tax is gross of Council Tax Benefit Grant and Council Tax Transitional Relief Grant.

2. Percentages do not add up to 100 per cent. due to use of reserves etc.

3. Comparison between years may be affected by changing responsibilities, in particular creation of GLA in 2000–01.