Local Government Finance

Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 7 May 2009.

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Photo of Stewart Jackson Stewart Jackson Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government)

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what measure of council tax the Office for National Statistics uses to make comparisons between the tax and spending levels of local authorities.

Photo of John Healey John Healey Minister of State (Department of Communities and Local Government) (Local Government)

Information on council tax and local authority revenue expenditure is given in table 5 of the statistical release, "Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2007-08 Final Outturn" available at:

http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/stats/ro0708fin.pdf

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