County Treasurer's

Where the money comes from

The County Council's expenditure is funded by income from fees and charges, Government grant for specific services, general Government grant (including redistributed business rates) and council tax.

The budget is that part of the County Council's expenditure funded by general Government grant and council tax. Income from council tax funds 30% of the County Council's gross expenditure and 78% of its budget.

If you have any questions about the content of any of these pages please contact the County Treasurer's Department

2007/08

2007/08
adjusted for
function
changes etc

2008/09

Increase
on 2007/08
adjusted

£ million

£ million

£ million

%

Gross expenditure

1,570

1,570

1,655

5.4

Fees and charges

-148

-149

-152

2.2

Specific grant

-809

-763

-814

6.6

Area based grant

-

-29

-33

16.0

Reserves and balances

-15

-15

-13

-5.2

Budget

598

615

643

4.4

Formula Grant

123

140

143

2.0

Collection Fund

4

4

3

-29.0

Council taxpayer

471

471

497

5.5