Where our money came from

Non-ring fenced government grants mainly comprise:

• Revenue support grant: general funding from the Government for core council services. It is based on the Government’s assessment of the Council’s spending need, its receipt from national business rates and its ability to generate income from council tax.
• Area based grant: a general grant allocated by the government directly to local authorities as additional revenue funding. Local authorities are free to use the grant to support the delivery of local, regional and national priorities.

National business rates are charges collected by district councils from non-domestic properties, at a national rate in the pound set by Government.The proceeds are pooled nationally and redistributed to areas based on the Government’s assessment of spending need and local resources.

As we get a low amount of Government grant per head of population, most services in Hampshire are funded by your council tax.