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 28% of the County Council's gross expenditure and 74% of its budget.

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	2010/11	2010/11 adjusted for function changes etc	2011/12	Increase on 2010/11 adjusted
	£ million	£ million	£ million	%
Gross expenditure	1,832	1,884	1,913	1.5
Fees and charges	-171	-171	-169	1.2
Specific and Area Based grant	-940	-922	-934	-1.3
Reserves and balances	-49	-49	-94	-91.8
Budget	672	742	716	-3.5
Formula Grant	147	217	186	-14.3
Collection Fund	2	2	4	100.0
Council tax payer	523	523	526	0.6