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 29% of the County Council's gross expenditure and 78% of its budget.

	2009/10	2009/10 adjusted for function changes etc	2010/11	Increase on 2009/10 adjusted
	£million	£million	£million	%
Gross expenditure	1,754	1,786	1,830	2.5
Fees and charges	-170	-170	-169	0.6
Specific grant	-857	-826	-866	-4.8
Area based grant	-45	-76	-74	2.6
Reserves and balances	-25	-57	-49	14.0
Budget	657	657	672	2.3
Formula Grant	145	145	147	1.4
Collection Fund	2	2	2	-
Council tax payer	510	510	523	2.5

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