Local Government Finance Settlement 2015/16 initial analysis

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1 Local Government Finance Settlement 2015/16 initial analysis Standard Note: SN07079 Last updated: 6 January 2015 Author: Section Neil Johnston Social and General Statistics The provisional local government finance settlement statement for English local authorities for 2015/16 was made in an oral statement to the House of Commons on 18 December 2014 and is open for consultation until 15 January Settlement funding assessments for local authorities will decrease by 13.9% and the overall reduction in Spending power, a measure of the total funding available to local authorities (excluding the GLA), was confirmed as 1.8%. The Government will again be offering Council Tax Freeze Grant to those authorities that freeze their council tax in 2015/16. Local authorities raising their council tax by 2% or more will have to hold a local referendum on the proposal. This information is provided to Members of Parliament in support of their parliamentary duties and is not intended to address the specific circumstances of any particular individual. It should not be relied upon as being up to date; the law or policies may have changed since it was last updated; and it should not be relied upon as legal or professional advice or as a substitute for it. A suitably qualified professional should be consulted if specific advice or information is required. This information is provided subject to our general terms and conditions which are available online or may be provided on request in hard copy. Authors are available to discuss the content of this briefing with Members and their staff, but not with the general public.

2 Contents 1 Introduction 3 2 Key points 3 The Settlement 3 Figure 1 4 Percentage change in Spending Power 2015/16 for each billing authority 4 Local Welfare provision 5 Council tax referendums 5 Business Rates 6 Other key points 6 3 Analysis 7 Spending power 7 Settlement funding assessment 7 Central government provision 7 Class and Region 7 Deprivation 10 Appendix A 13 Appendix B 23 2

3 1 Introduction The provisional local government finance settlement statement for 2015/16 was made in an oral statement to the House of Commons on 18 December The Parliamentary Under- Secretary for State for Communities and Local Government, Kris Hopkins MP, updated the House on the illustrative settlement for 2015/16, which was announced with the final settlement for 2014/15 in February The accompanying documents are available online. 3 The settlement for 2015/16 is now open for consultation until 15 January The settlement excludes Police and Crime Commissioner funding, which was covered by a separate announcement from the Home Office on 17 December. 4 The announcement applies to English authorities only. In Scotland, the Finance Secretary, John Swinney, announced the settlement for Scottish councils on 11 December with a consultation period lasting until 7 January The provisional settlement in Wales was announced in October 2014, with the final allocations to Welsh local authorities confirmed on 10 December Key points The Settlement Settlement funding assessments (SFA) for local authorities will decrease by 13.9% in 2015/16. 7 This excludes ringfenced grants for frontline education but includes the New Homes Bonus and ringfenced Public Health Grant. SFA comprises locally retained business rates and Revenue Support Grant. The average reduction in spending power, the Government s preferred measure of funding available to local authorities (excluding the GLA), was confirmed as 1.8%, in line with the illustrative figures released earlier in Figure 1 below shows the percentage change in spending power for each billing authority. The darker shading represents a greater percentage reduction in spending power. The map shows both shire districts and single tier authorities. Shire districts have different functions and spending levels than single tier authorities so caution should be exercised when comparing two different authorities. 1 HC Deb 18 December 2014, 2 See the Final local government finance settlement: England, 2014 to 2015 for the illustrative settlement. 3 See the Provisional local government finance settlement: England, 2015 to 2016 pages on the gov.uk website 4 Written Statement was released by the Home Office following the permanent transfer of the DCLG element of police funding to the Home Office Police Grant. 5 Scottish Government, DFM outlines 10.85bn Local Government Settlement 6 Welsh Government, Local Government Revenue and Capital Settlement All billing authorities, shire councils and fire authorities. Figure is calculated on the adjusted figure for 2014/15 included in the 2015/16 settlement 3

4 Figure 1 Percentage change in Spending Power 2015/16 for each billing authority 4

5 Council Tax Freeze Grant, equivalent to a 1% rise in council tax, will again be offered to local authorities that freeze their level of council tax in 2015/16. Continuing compensation for previous years Council Tax Freeze Grant has been included in general SFA. Those councils that froze council tax in 2014/15 will have an allocation identified in their revenue support grant to ensure extra funding made available for freezing council tax in 2014/15 is continued. This will be combined with 2013/14 funding as a single element within revenue support grant 8. No local authority will see its spending power reduce by more than 6.4% In additional funding was made available to nine authorities to ensure their spending power did not fall by more than 6.9%. This was paid as Efficiency Support Grant. In 2015/16 it will be paid to 19 authorities. 9 The Efficiency Support Grant paid to those nine authorities in 2014/15 will be rolled into general grant for those authorities in 2015/ The Government is proposing an increase of the rural funding element of the settlement from 11.5 million in 2014/15 to 15.5 million for 2015/16 for qualifying authorities. Payments to these rural authorities help with the additional of costs associated with service delivery in rural areas. 11 Local Welfare provision Local welfare provision funding replaced the Crisis Loans and Community Care Grants elements of the Social Fund in April The Department of Work and Pensions provided funding to upper tier local authorities to provide local welfare schemes. The funding was not ringfenced. Local Welfare Provision funding of million nationally will be separately identified within the SFA for upper tier authorities to provide local welfare schemes, however this is not additional money and the money will not be ringfenced. The funding was due to cease in 2015 but following a judicial review the Government is consulting on separately identifying million nationally in to be paid to uppertier authorities as part of general revenue support grant. The money is not ringfenced and there will be no new monitoring requirements or duties associated with the money. The Local Government Association has criticised the proposal saying: "Instead of providing separate money for councils to help the vulnerable, government has instead suggested that councils will have to find this money from existing budgets, at a time when these are being cut by more than 2.5 billion. 12 Council tax referendums All major precepting authorities choosing to raise their council tax by 2% or more will be, as with 2014/15, subject to local referendums. 8 DCLG, Local government finance settlement 2015 to 2016, Section DCLG, Local government finance settlement 2015 to 2016, Section Ibid, Section Ibid, Section Ibid 5

6 The Local Government Association Chair, Cllr David Sparks, has responded to the announcement: The 40 per cent cut in funding from central government, combined with the cap on council tax increases and restrictions on raising income in other ways, has left local government with few options in dealing with the rapidly-rising cost of adult social care. Keeping the referendum threshold will place a further limit on those options. 13 Parish council precepts are currently exempt from the 2% referendum requirement but the Minister indicated in his Statement that the Department may consider including the highest spending parish/town councils within the scope of the referendum criteria. Business Rates In the 2014 Autumn Statement the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the continuation of the cap on the small business multiplier of non-domestic rates. This was first announced in the 2013 Autumn Statement. The capping of the multiplier at a 2% increase (instead of the September RPI rate) meant that local authorities baseline funding levels from the business rates retention scheme were reduced. This reduced SFA (which comprises revenue support grant and retained business rates) and the Government compensated local authorities through Section 31 grants. The Government is proposing to compensate local authorities for lost retained business rate revenue in 2015/16 on the same basis as in 2014/ Other key points Some authorities will see a reduction in funding allocations as a result of technical changes to Carbon Reduction Credits energy efficiency scheme relating to schools. Fire and rescue authorities will see a reduction in settlement figures as a result of an adjustment to Firefighters Pension Schemes employer contributions. This amount is equal to 2.1 million across England. The New Homes Bonus holdback, the amount the government holds back from funding allocations to fund the New Homes Bonus scheme is reduced by 50 million in 2015/16. The 50 million will be used to increase overall revenue support grant by the same amount. 13 LGA Press release, LGA response to the Local Government Finance Settlement, 18 December DCLG, Local government finance settlement 2015 to 2016, Section 6.2 6

7 3 Analysis The data released alongside the statement allows us to look at three different measures of local government finance. The measure that you choose to use will depend entirely on what you are trying to show. Spending power Spending power is a measure of the total finance available to local authorities. In 2015/16 spending power is defined as the sum of: council tax; SFA; New Homes Bonus; Public Health Grant; other specific grants and in 2015/16 it also includes funding from the Better Care Fund. The Better Care Fund is NHS money but is included in the spending power calculations because local authorities agree spending priorities with Clinical Commissiong Groups through Health and Wellbeing Boards. Settlement funding assessment (SFA) In 2013/14 SFA replaced formula grant as the central announcement in the settlement. The assessments are comprised of locally retained business rates and revenue support grant. Central government provision This is the financial support provided by central government to local authorities for running local services. It has been calculated by simply subtracting council tax requirement from spending power totals. Summary analysis is provided below by region and by deprivation. Class and Region Table 1 and Table 2 summarise settlement funding assessments and spending power for different classes of authority and for the regions. Equivalent data for individual local authorities shown in appendix A and appendix B. When figures are compared from one year to the next, the previous year s figures are adjusted to take into account of changes to the functions and responsibilities of the authority. Funding comparisons are only meaningful between authorities that provide similar services. For example, unitary authorities should not be compared to county councils in areas where there is a two tier structure. As each region is comprised of a mixture of authorities caution should used when comparing regional variations. For settlement funding assessment in 2015/15 Inner London boroughs will have a greater drop in settlement funding than outer London boroughs (15.6% compared to 14.7%). However, when GLA funding is included the London area settlement funding assessment falls 12.2%, a smaller fall than any other region. Outside London the Metropolitan districts will have the largest percentage reduction in settlement funding assessments (down 15.4%) Shire districts have a 15.3% reduction in settlement funding assessment and shire counties will see reductions of between 13% and 14% depending on whether or not they have fire authority functions. 7

8 SFA per dwelling remains highest in London and lowest in the South East. Spending power overall will fall 2.1%. The Government s headline figure of a 1.8% reduction excludes the Greater London Authority. Some individual boroughs will see their spending power increase in 2015/16. Spending power will fall the most in London, falling 4.3% overall. Excluding the GLA London boroughs spending power will fall by 3.4%. The decrease in inner London boroughs is 5.0%. However, spending power per dwelling remains highest in the Capital (excluding the Isles of Scilly). Metropolitan districts will see their spending power fall by more than London boroughs, decreasing by 3.8%. In the South East spending power will increase overall by 0.5%. This is mainly driven by increases in spending power to the shire counties and many districts will see their spending power drop. Table 1 Settlement Funding Assessment (SFA), 2014/15 and 2015/16 Authority type SFA Annual change from previous years's adjusted SFA m ( per dwelling) m % England 20, , % London area 4, , % Metropolitan areas 5, , % Shire areas 10, , % Isles of Scilly % Inner London boroughs incl. City 1, , % Outer London boroughs 1, % London boroughs 3, , % GLA - all functions 1, % Metropolitan districts 5, , % Metropolitan fire authorities % Shire unitaries with fire % Shire unitaries without fire 3, % Shire counties with fire 1, % Shire counties without fire 2, % Shire districts % Combined fire authorities % Regional Summary Eastern 1, % East Midlands 1, % London 4, , % North East 1, , % North West 3, % South East 2, % South West 1, % West Midlands 2, % Yorkshire and Humber 2, % Source: DCLG Local Government Finance Settlement, Provisional Revenue Spending Power,

9 Table 2 Spending Power 2015/16 Authority type Revenue Spending Power Annual change from previous years's m ( per dwelling) m % England 51, , , % London area 10, , % Metropolitan areas 11, , % Shire areas 29, , % All Fire Authorities 1, % Isles of Scilly 5.2 4, % Inner London boroughs incl. City 3, , % Outer London boroughs 4, , % London boroughs 7, , % GLA - all functions 2, % Metropolitan districts 10, , % Metropolitan fire authorities % Shire unitaries with fire , % Shire unitaries without fire 9, , % Shire counties with fire 6, , % Shire counties without fire 9, , % Shire districts 2, % Combined fire authorities % Regional Summary Eastern 5, , % East Midlands 3, , % London 10, , % North East 2, , % North West 6, , % South East 7, , % South West 4, , % West Midlands 5, , % Yorkshire and Humber 4, , % Source: DCLG Local Government Finance Settlement, Provisional Revenue Spending Power,

10 Deprivation Tables 3 and 4 show funding measures for billing authorities broken down by deprivation. As with last year s settlement the more deprived areas in both shire districts and in single tier areas, which are more dependent on central government funding, have seen the greatest falls in central government funding and overall spending power. Prior to the current system of local government finance, based on business rates retention (BRRS) and settlement funding assessment, the need and local circumstance of a local authority had an impact on the funding it received. 15 In the first year of the BRRS this link remained in the funding baselines that were established, and the settlement funding assessments that were allocated. The relationship between funding and need exists now to the extent that they are present in the original baselines. The English Indices of Deprivation (EID) 2010 is a useful way of comparing allocations and LA level deprivation. The EID 2010 provides information for all billing authorities - single-tier and shire district councils but not for county councils. Further information on the EID 2010 is available on the DCLG website. 16 The next update of these indices is due summer Because of the need to compare funding for authorities that provide similar services a separate analysis has been undertaken for the single tier and shire district authorities. Table 3 summarises the funding measures for single tier authorities. For each of the expenditure/funding measures the more deprived areas generally receive higher per dwelling allocations than the less deprived. Percentage reductions are generally larger for more deprived areas and smaller amongst less deprived areas. The most deprived single tier areas receive nearly three times the amount of SFA per dwelling than the least deprived. Table 4 summarises the funding measures for shire district authorities. As with single tier authorities: more deprived shire districts generally receive higher per dwelling allocations and will see larger % reductions. For shire authorities the most deprived authorities receive twice the amount of SFA per dwelling than the least deprived. 15 Prior to 2013/14 local authorities received formula grant at the Local Government Finance Settlement. The formulae used was built on a four block model which included its relative need. Further details can be found in the House of Commons Library research paper The Local Government Finance Settlement RP11/16, February

11 Table 3 Funding measures by deprivation of local authority, single tier authorities 2015/16 per dwelling Central government provision Settlement funding assessment Spending Deprivation Decile power 1 (most deprived) 2,533 2,114 1, ,386 2,030 1, ,219 1,639 1, ,188 1,611 1, ,020 1, ,979 1, ,989 1, ,957 1, ,867 1, (least deprived) 1, Percentage change 1 (most deprived) -5.3% -6.1% -15.7% 2-5.3% -6.0% -15.6% 3-4.2% -5.4% -15.4% 4-3.5% -4.5% -15.5% 5-2.9% -3.5% -15.2% 6-2.6% -3.1% -15.3% 7-2.4% -3.2% -15.1% 8-0.7% -0.6% -14.4% 9-0.4% -0.2% -14.2% 10 (least deprived) 1.4% 3.4% -12.9% Note: 1 Deprivation deciles are produced using the DCLG Indices of Deprivation and 2 Spending power less council tax requirement 3 % changes are for total allocations against the adjusted total of the previous Excludes the Isles of Scilly and City of London Source: DCLG Local Government Finance Settlement 2015/16 DCLG 2010 Indices of Deprivation 11

12 Table 4 Funding measures by deprivation of local authority, shire districts 2015/16 per dwelling Central government provision 2 Settlement funding assessment Deprivation Decile 1 Spending power 1 (most deprived) (least deprived) Percentage change 3 1 (most deprived) -5.7% -10.0% -14.8% 2-5.2% -8.0% -15.5% 3-4.4% -7.0% -15.5% 4-3.8% -6.8% -15.5% 5-2.7% -5.7% -15.2% 6-1.8% -3.8% -15.3% 7-2.4% -4.9% -15.3% 8-2.4% -4.3% -15.3% 9-1.1% -2.3% -15.3% 10 (least deprived) -0.5% -1.2% -15.0% Note: 1 Deprivation deciles are produced using the DCLG Indices of Deprivation and are produced separately for shire districts and single tie authorities 2 Spending power less council tax requirement (excluding parish precepts) 3 % changes are for total allocations against the adjusted total of the previous year - they do not refelect the % change in per dwelling allocation Source: DCLG Local Government Finance Settlement 2015/16 DCLG 2010 Indices of Deprivation 12

13 Appendix A Settlement Funding Assessment Authority GREATER LONDON SFA Change from previous year City of London , % Camden , % Greenw ich , % Hackney , % Hammersmith and Fulham , % Islington , % Kensington and Chelsea , % Lambeth , % Lew isham , % Southw ark , % Tow er Hamlets , % Wandsw orth % Westminster , % Barking and Dagenham , % Barnet % Bexley % Brent , % Bromley % Croydon % Ealing % Enfield , % Haringey , % Harrow % Havering % Hillingdon % Hounslow % Kingston upon Thames % Merton % New ham , % Redbridge % Richmond upon Thames % Sutton % Waltham Forest , % GLA - all functions 1, % 13

14 METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS SFA Change from previous year GREATER MANCHESTER Bolton % Bury % Manchester , % Oldham , % Rochdale , % Salford , % Stockport % Tameside % Trafford % Wigan % Greater Manchester Fire % MERSEYSIDE Know sley , % Liverpool , % Sefton % St Helens % Wirral % Merseyside Fire % WEST YORKSHIRE Barnsley % Doncaster % Rotherham % Sheffield , % South Yorkshire Fire % TYNE AND WEAR Gateshead , % New castle upon Tyne , % North Tyneside % South Tyneside , % Sunderland , % Tyne and Wear Fire % WEST MIDLANDS Birmingham , % Coventry % Dudley % Sandw ell , % Solihull % Walsall , % Wolverhampton , % West Midlands Fire % WEST YORKSHIRE Bradford , % Calderdale % Kirklees % Leeds % Wakefield % West Yorkshire Fire % 14

15 ALL PURPOSE AUTHORITIES SFA Change from previous year Bath & North East Somerset % Bedford % Blackburn w ith Darw en , % Blackpool , % Bournemouth % Bracknell Forest % Brighton & Hove % Bristol % Central Bedfordshire % Cheshire East % Cheshire West & Chester % Cornw all % Darlington % Derby % Durham % East Riding of Yorkshire % Halton , % Hartlepool , % Herefordshire % Isle of Wight Council % Kingston upon Hull , % Leicester , % Luton , % Medw ay % Middlesbrough , % Milton Keynes % North East Lincolnshire % North Lincolnshire % North Somerset % Northumberland % Nottingham , % Peterborough % Plymouth % Poole % Portsmouth % Reading % Redcar and Cleveland % Rutland % Shropshire % Slough % South Gloucestershire % Southampton % Southend-on-Sea % Stockton-on-Tees % Stoke-on-Trent , % Sw indon % Telford and the Wrekin % Thurrock % Torbay % Warrington % West Berkshire % Wiltshire % Windsor and Maidenhead % Wokingham % York % Isles of Scilly 3.3 2, % 15

16 SHIRE COUNTIES SFA Change from previous year Buckinghamshire % Cambridgeshire % Cumbria % Derbyshire % Devon % Dorset % East Sussex % Essex % Gloucestershire % Hampshire % Hertfordshire % Kent % Lancashire % Leicestershire % Lincolnshire % Norfolk % North Yorkshire % Northamptonshire % Nottinghamshire % Oxfordshire % Somerset % Staffordshire % Suffolk % Surrey % Warw ickshire % West Sussex % Worcestershire % 16

17 SHIRE DISTRICTS SFA Change from previous year BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Aylesbury Vale % Chiltern % South Bucks % Wycombe % CAMBRIDGESHIRE Cambridge % East Cambridgeshire % Fenland % Huntingdonshire % South Cambridgeshire % CUMBRIA Allerdale % Barrow -in-furness % Carlisle % Copeland % Eden % South Lakeland % DERBYSHIRE Amber Valley % Bolsover % Chesterfield % Derbyshire Dales % Erew ash % High Peak % North East Derbyshire % South Derbyshire % DEVON East Devon % Exeter % Mid Devon % North Devon % South Hams % Teignbridge % Torridge % West Devon % DORSET Christchurch % East Dorset % North Dorset % Purbeck % West Dorset % Weymouth and Portland % EAST SUSSEX Eastbourne % Hastings % Lew es % Rother % Wealden % 17

18 SFA Change from previous year ESSEX Basildon % Braintree % Brentw ood % Castle Point % Chelmsford % Colchester % Epping Forest % Harlow % Maldon % Rochford % Tendring % Uttlesford % GLOUCESTERSHIRE Cheltenham % Cotsw old % Forest of Dean % Gloucester % Stroud % Tew kesbury % HAMPSHIRE Basingstoke and Deane % East Hampshire % Eastleigh % Fareham % Gosport % Hart % Havant % New Forest % Rushmoor % Test Valley % Winchester % HERTFORDSHIRE Broxbourne % Dacorum % East Hertfordshire % Hertsmere % North Hertfordshire % St Albans % Stevenage % Three Rivers % Watford % Welw yn Hatfield % KENT Ashford % Canterbury % Dartford % Dover % Gravesham % Maidstone % Sevenoaks % Shepw ay % Sw ale % Thanet % Tonbridge and Malling % Tunbridge Wells % 18

19 SFA Change from previous year LANCASHIRE Burnley % Chorley % Fylde % Hyndburn % Lancaster % Pendle % Preston % Ribble Valley % Rossendale % South Ribble % West Lancashire % Wyre % LEICESTERSHIRE Blaby % Charnw ood % Harborough % Hinckley and Bosw orth % Melton % North West Leicestershire % Oadby and Wigston % LINCOLNSHIRE Boston % East Lindsey % Lincoln % North Kesteven % South Holland % South Kesteven % West Lindsey % NORFOLK Breckland % Broadland % Great Yarmouth % King's Lynn and West Norfolk % North Norfolk % Norw ich % South Norfolk % NORTH YORKSHIRE Craven % Hambleton % Harrogate % Richmondshire % Ryedale % Scarborough % Selby % 19

20 SFA Change from previous year NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Corby % Daventry % East Northamptonshire % Kettering % Northampton % South Northamptonshire % Wellingborough % NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Ashfield % Bassetlaw % Broxtow e % Gedling % Mansfield % New ark and Sherw ood % Rushcliffe % OXFORDSHIRE Cherw ell % Oxford % South Oxfordshire % Vale of White Horse % West Oxfordshire % SOMERSET Mendip % Sedgemoor % South Somerset % Taunton Deane % West Somerset % STAFFORDSHIRE Cannock Chase % East Staffordshire % Lichfield % New castle-under-lyme % South Staffordshire % Stafford % Staffordshire Moorlands % Tamw orth % SUFFOLK Babergh % Forest Heath % Ipsw ich % Mid Suffolk % St Edmundsbury % Suffolk Coastal % Waveney % 20

21 SFA Change from previous year SURREY Elmbridge % Epsom and Ew ell % Guildford % Mole Valley % Reigate and Banstead % Runnymede % Spelthorne % Surrey Heath % Tandridge % Waverley % Woking % WARWICKSHIRE North Warw ickshire % Nuneaton and Bedw orth % Rugby % Stratford-on-Avon % Warw ick % WEST SUSSEX Adur % Arun % Chichester % Craw ley % Horsham % Mid Sussex % Worthing % WORCESTERSHIRE Bromsgrove % Malvern Hills % Redditch % Worcester % Wychavon % Wyre Forest % 21

22 SFA Change from previous year Avon Fire % Bedfordshire Fire % Berkshire Fire Auhtority % Buckinghamshire Fire % Cambridgeshire Fire % Cheshire Fire % Cleveland Fire % Derbyshire Fire % Devon and Somerset Fire % Dorset Fire % Durham Fire % East Sussex Fire % Essex Fire Auhtority % Hampshire Fire % Hereford & Worcester Fire % Humberside Fire % Kent Fire % Lancashire Fire % Leicestershire Fire % North Yorkshire Fire % Nottinghamshire Fire % Shropshire Fire % Staffordshire Fire % Wiltshire Fire % 22

23 Appendix B Spending Power Authority GREATER LONDON Revenue Spending Pow er Change from previous year City of London , % Camden , % Greenw ich , % Hackney , % Hammersmith and Fulham , % Islington , % Kensington and Chelsea , % Lambeth , % Lew isham , % Southw ark , % Tow er Hamlets , % Wandsw orth , % Westminster , % Barking and Dagenham , % Barnet , % Bexley , % Brent , % Bromley , % Croydon , % Ealing , % Enfield , % Haringey , % Harrow , % Havering , % Hillingdon , % Hounslow , % Kingston upon Thames , % Merton , % New ham , % Redbridge , % Richmond upon Thames , % Sutton , % Waltham Forest , % GLA - all functions 2, % 23

24 METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS Revenue Spending Pow er Change from previous year GREATER MANCHESTER Bolton , % Bury , % Manchester , % Oldham , % Rochdale , % Salford , % Stockport , % Tameside , % Trafford , % Wigan , % Greater Manchester Fire % MERSEYSIDE Know sley , % Liverpool , % Sefton , % St Helens , % Wirral , % Merseyside Fire % WEST YORKSHIRE Barnsley , % Doncaster , % Rotherham , % Sheffield , % South Yorkshire Fire % TYNE AND WEAR Gateshead , % New castle upon Tyne , % North Tyneside , % South Tyneside , % Sunderland , % Tyne and Wear Fire % WEST MIDLANDS Birmingham 1, , % Coventry , % Dudley , % Sandw ell , % Solihull , % Walsall , % Wolverhampton , % West Midlands Fire % WEST YORKSHIRE Bradford , % Calderdale , % Kirklees , % Leeds , % Wakefield , % West Yorkshire Fire % 24

25 ALL PURPOSE AUTHORITIES Revenue Spending Pow er Change from previous year Bath & North East Somerset , % Bedford , % Blackburn w ith Darw en , % Blackpool , % Bournemouth , % Bracknell Forest , % Brighton & Hove , % Bristol , % Central Bedfordshire , % Cheshire East , % Cheshire West & Chester , % Cornw all , % Darlington , % Derby , % Durham , % East Riding of Yorkshire , % Halton , % Hartlepool , % Herefordshire , % Isle of Wight Council , % Kingston upon Hull , % Leicester , % Luton , % Medw ay , % Middlesbrough , % Milton Keynes , % North East Lincolnshire , % North Lincolnshire , % North Somerset , % Northumberland , % Nottingham , % Peterborough , % Plymouth , % Poole , % Portsmouth , % Reading , % Redcar and Cleveland , % Rutland , % Shropshire , % Slough , % South Gloucestershire , % Southampton , % Southend-on-Sea , % Stockton-on-Tees , % Stoke-on-Trent , % Sw indon , % Telford and the Wrekin , % Thurrock , % Torbay , % Warrington , % West Berkshire , % Wiltshire , % Windsor and Maidenhead , % Wokingham , % York , % Isles of Scilly 5.2 4, % 25

26 SHIRE COUNTIES Revenue Spending Pow er Change from previous year Buckinghamshire , % Cambridgeshire , % Cumbria , % Derbyshire , % Devon , % Dorset , % East Sussex , % Essex 1, , % Gloucestershire , % Hampshire , % Hertfordshire , % Kent 1, , % Lancashire , % Leicestershire , % Lincolnshire , % Norfolk , % North Yorkshire , % Northamptonshire , % Nottinghamshire , % Oxfordshire , % Somerset , % Staffordshire , % Suffolk , % Surrey , % Warw ickshire , % West Sussex , % Worcestershire , % 26

27 SHIRE DISTRICTS Revenue Spending Pow er Change from previous year BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Aylesbury Vale % Chiltern % South Bucks % Wycombe % CAMBRIDGESHIRE Cambridge % East Cambridgeshire % Fenland % Huntingdonshire % South Cambridgeshire % CUMBRIA Allerdale % Barrow -in-furness % Carlisle % Copeland % Eden % South Lakeland % DERBYSHIRE Amber Valley % Bolsover % Chesterfield % Derbyshire Dales % Erew ash % High Peak % North East Derbyshire % South Derbyshire % DEVON East Devon % Exeter % Mid Devon % North Devon % South Hams % Teignbridge % Torridge % West Devon % DORSET Christchurch % East Dorset % North Dorset % Purbeck % West Dorset % Weymouth and Portland % EAST SUSSEX Eastbourne % Hastings % Lew es % Rother % Wealden % 27

28 Revenue Spending Pow er Change from previous year ESSEX Basildon % Braintree % Brentw ood % Castle Point % Chelmsford % Colchester % Epping Forest % Harlow % Maldon % Rochford % Tendring % Uttlesford % GLOUCESTERSHIRE Cheltenham % Cotsw old % Forest of Dean % Gloucester % Stroud % Tew kesbury % HAMPSHIRE Basingstoke and Deane % East Hampshire % Eastleigh % Fareham % Gosport % Hart % Havant % New Forest % Rushmoor % Test Valley % Winchester % HERTFORDSHIRE Broxbourne % Dacorum % East Hertfordshire % Hertsmere % North Hertfordshire % St Albans % Stevenage % Three Rivers % Watford % Welw yn Hatfield % KENT Ashford % Canterbury % Dartford % Dover % Gravesham % Maidstone % Sevenoaks % Shepw ay % Sw ale % Thanet % Tonbridge and Malling % Tunbridge Wells % 28

29 Revenue Spending Pow er Change from previous year LANCASHIRE Burnley % Chorley % Fylde % Hyndburn % Lancaster % Pendle % Preston % Ribble Valley % Rossendale % South Ribble % West Lancashire % Wyre % LEICESTERSHIRE Blaby % Charnw ood % Harborough % Hinckley and Bosw orth % Melton % North West Leicestershire % Oadby and Wigston % LINCOLNSHIRE Boston % East Lindsey % Lincoln % North Kesteven % South Holland % South Kesteven % West Lindsey % NORFOLK Breckland % Broadland % Great Yarmouth % King's Lynn and West Norfolk % North Norfolk % Norw ich % South Norfolk % NORTH YORKSHIRE Craven % Hambleton % Harrogate % Richmondshire % Ryedale % Scarborough % Selby % 29

30 Revenue Spending Pow er Change from previous year NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Corby % Daventry % East Northamptonshire % Kettering % Northampton % South Northamptonshire % Wellingborough % NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Ashfield % Bassetlaw % Broxtow e % Gedling % Mansfield % New ark and Sherw ood % Rushcliffe % OXFORDSHIRE Cherw ell % Oxford % South Oxfordshire % Vale of White Horse % West Oxfordshire % SOMERSET Mendip % Sedgemoor % South Somerset % Taunton Deane % West Somerset % STAFFORDSHIRE Cannock Chase % East Staffordshire % Lichfield % New castle-under-lyme % South Staffordshire % Stafford % Staffordshire Moorlands % Tamw orth % SUFFOLK Babergh % Forest Heath % Ipsw ich % Mid Suffolk % St Edmundsbury % Suffolk Coastal % Waveney % 30

31 Revenue Spending Pow er Change from previous year SURREY Elmbridge % Epsom and Ew ell % Guildford % Mole Valley % Reigate and Banstead % Runnymede % Spelthorne % Surrey Heath % Tandridge % Waverley % Woking % WARWICKSHIRE North Warw ickshire % Nuneaton and Bedw orth % Rugby % Stratford-on-Avon % Warw ick % WEST SUSSEX Adur % Arun % Chichester % Craw ley % Horsham % Mid Sussex % Worthing % WORCESTERSHIRE Bromsgrove % Malvern Hills % Redditch % Worcester % Wychavon % Wyre Forest % 31

32 Revenue Spending Pow er Change from previous year Avon Fire % Bedfordshire Fire % Berkshire Fire Auhtority % Buckinghamshire Fire % Cambridgeshire Fire % Cheshire Fire % Cleveland Fire % Derbyshire Fire % Devon and Somerset Fire % Dorset Fire % Durham Fire % East Sussex Fire % Essex Fire Auhtority % Hampshire Fire % Hereford & Worcester Fire % Humberside Fire % Kent Fire % Lancashire Fire % Leicestershire Fire % North Yorkshire Fire % Nottinghamshire Fire % Shropshire Fire % Staffordshire Fire % Wiltshire Fire % 32