HC Deb 30 January 2004 vol 417 cc610-1W
Mr. Djanogly

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what definition he uses of(a) raw grant and (b) adjusted grant in spreadsheets published by his Department on http://www.local.odpm.gov.uk/finance/0405/fandc2/index.htm. [151585]

Mr. Raynsford

2004–05 raw grant is the sum of the following itemsThe authority's share of the Distributable/Amount (Redistributed National Non-domestic Rates) calculated in accordance with section 6 of the draft Local Government Finance Report (England) 2004/05, plus The amount of any police grant payable to the authority calculated in accordance with section 5 of the draft Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2004–05, plus Revenue Support Grant (RSG) before floors and ceilings for 2004–05.

RSG before floors and ceilings for each authority may be calculated as follows: Total FSS in 2004–05 calculated in accordance with section 4 of the draft Local Government Finance Report 2004–05,minus redistributed business minus the result of: Taxbase as described Annex D of the draft Local Government Finance Report 2004/05, multiplied by ANCT as given in paragraph 3.4 of the draft Local Government Finance Report 2004/05, multiplied by the share of ANCT for the appropriate class of authority as given in Annex B of the draft Local Government Finance Report (England) 2004–05.

2003–04 adjusted grant is the sum of the following items: My right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister's estimate of the authority's share of the Distributable Amount (Redistributed National Non-domestic Rates) calculated in accordance with section 6 of the Local Government Finance Report 2003–04, after adjusting for changes in the functions of councils or the financing of particular services, plus My right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister's estimates of the authority's share of Revenue Support Grant calculated in accordance with section 3 of the Local Government Finance Report 2003–04, after adjusting for changes in the functions of councils or the financing of particular services, plus My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary's estimate of the amount of any Police Grant payable to the authority for 2003–04 calculated in accordance with section 5 of the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2003–04, after adjusting for changes in the functions of councils or the financing of particular services.

Further information on how the 2003–04 adjusted grants are calculated may be found at http://www. local. odpm.gov.uk/finance/0405/adjpap.pdf