§ Harry CohenTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what information he collects on the percentage of annual local authority staffing costs spent on training. [1620881]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe information requested is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Funding of revenue expenditure Revenue expenditure1 Government grant2 Non-domestic rates3 Council tax4 £ billion £ billion Percentage £ billion Percentage £ billion Percentage 1993–94 41.506 21.685 52 11.584 28 8.912 21 1994–95 43.602 23.679 54 10.692 25 9.239 21 1995–96 44.827 23.335 52 11.361 25 9.777 22 1996–97 46.532 23.003 49 12.743 27 10.461 22 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 25 1999–00 53.651 26.421 49 13.619 25 13.278 25 2000–01 57.329 27.809 49 15.407 27 14.200 25 2001–02 61.952 31.469 50 15.144 24 15.246 25 2002–03 65.919 32.648 50 16.632 25 16.648 25 2003–045 72.473 37.517 52 15.618 22 18.946 26 1 Expenditure financed from revenue support grant, specific grants within AEF, special grants, non-domestic rates, council taxes and balances. Also includes SSA reduction grant (1994–95 onwards), police grant (1995–96 onwards), Central Support Protection Grant (1990–2000 to 2001–02) 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 Revenue support grants, specific and special grants within AEF, SSA reduction grant (1994–95 onwards), police grant (1995–96 onwards), Central Support Protection grant (1999–2000 to 2001–02) and General GLA grant (2000–01 onwards). 3 includes City offset. 4 Gross of council tax benefit and council tax transitional reduction scheme. 5 Budget estimates