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Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2012 to 2013 budget

The latest national statistics on the budget estimates of local authority revenue expenditure and financing for 2012-13 were released on 12 …

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Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2012-13 Budget

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Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2012-13 Budget

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Table 1: Budgeted net current expenditure by service 2011-12 and 2012-13

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Table 2: Budgeted revenue expenditure and financing on a non-IAS19 basis 2011-12 and 2012-13

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Table 3: Financing of revenue expenditure since 2006-07

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Table 4: Financing of revenue expenditure in 2012-13 by local authority classification

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Table 5: Top five incomes from specific grants budget 2012-13

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Table 6: Revenue spending per capita by region and local authority classification

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Table 7: Comparison of service expenditure and net current expenditure

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Annex A: RA12 General Fund Revenue Accounts Budget Estimates 2012-13

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Annex B: RA(SG12) Income from specific grants budget 2012-13

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Annex C1: Derivation of service lines used in Table 1

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Annex C2: Derivation of service lines used in Table 2

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Annex D: Distribution of local authorities by region and classification

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Pre-release Access list: Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: Budget

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Details

The latest national statistics on the budget estimates of local authority revenue expenditure and financing for 2012-13 were released on 12 July 2011 under arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

The key points from the latest release are:

  • Revenue Expenditure is budgeted to be £98.4 billion in England in 2012-13, a decrease from £101.9 billion in 2011-12.
  • 27.1 per cent of budgeted revenue expenditure in 2012-13 is estimated to be funded through council tax, 28.4 per cent through formula grant and 44.4 per cent through specific grants inside Aggregate External Finance and Local Services Support Grant.
  • In 2012-13 local authorities are budgeting to draw down £21 million from their reserves to finance their revenue expenditure. However, this includes figures for Greater London Authority, who are budgeted to add £481 million to their reserves. Excluding the Greater London Authority, authorities are budgeting to draw down £501 million from their reserves.
  • Local Authorities are budgeting total net current expenditure of £39.2 billion on education services in 2012-13, £21.2 billion on social care, £19.6 billion on mandatory housing benefits and £11.6 billion on police services.

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Published 12 July 2012

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