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Summary

Updated national statistics on the budget estimates of local authority revenue expenditure and financing for 2008-09 were issued on 30 October 2008 under arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. The release and tables below replace the version published on 5 June 2008 (which can be viewed below).

The key points from the latest release are:

• Budgeted total net current expenditure by local authorities in England totals £112.1 billion in 2008-09, compared with £106.3 billion in 2007-08, an increase of 5 per cent.
• 37 per cent of budgeted total net current expenditure in 2008-09 is on education, 17 per cent on social care, 12 per cent on housing benefits and 11 per cent on police.
• 25 per cent of budgeted revenue expenditure (on a non-Financial Reporting Standard 17 basis in 2008-09) is estimated to be funded through council tax, 28 per cent through formula grant and 46 per cent through specific grants inside Aggregate External Finance and Area Based Grant.

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• Updated local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2008-09 budget
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• Table 1: Budgeted net current expenditure by service 2008-09
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• Table 2: Budgeted revenue expenditure and financing on a FRS17 and non-FRS17 basis 2008-09
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• Table 3: Financing of revenue expenditure since 2002-03
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• Table 4: Top Five incomes from specific grants budget 2008-09
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• Annex A: RA08 General Fund Revenue Accounts Budget Estimate 2008-09
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• Annex B: Summary of revisions 2008-09
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• Annex C: RA(SG08) Income from specific grants budget 2008/09
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• Annex D: Derivation of service lines used in Tables 1 and 2
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• Budgeted net current expenditure by service on a FRS17 and non-FRS17 basis 2008-09
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Related publications

• Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2008-09 Budget - 5 June 2008 (Original)

  • Published: 5 June 2008
  • Site: Corporate