Table 2.2 – Sources <strong>of</strong> <strong>Local</strong> Authority Revenue Income 2010 County Councils City Councils Borough Councils Town Councils (1) Miscellaneous Bodies (2) Total 2010 Budget Budget 2009 (3) € € € € € € € Total Expenditure 3,151,395,664 1,189,054,437 74,157,067 232,788,185 8,294,222 4,655,689,575 5,036,518,053 Expenditure Financed by <strong>Government</strong> Grants/Subsidies 854,444,888 226,898,815 6,669,880 17,399,274 0 1,105,412,857 1,255,207,212 General Purpose Grant 597,205,473 109,355,491 13,245,423 54,105,946 0 773,912,333 937,328,704 Pension Related Deductions 51,871,333 23,135,793 1,112,312 2,755,371 0 78,874,809 - Goods/Services 804,936,494 393,153,838 30,823,713 89,519,255 6,351,711 1,324,785,011 1,429,784,341 Commercial Rates 763,063,872 426,770,948 37,281,654 129,644,291 1,942,511 1,358,703,275 1,404,332,809 Sub-total 3,071,522,060 1,179,314,885 89,132,982 293,424,137 8,294,222 4,641,688,285 5,026,653,066 Provision for Debit/ Credit Balances (4) -3,536,758 -9,739,552 -900,000 1,376 0 -14,174,934 8,611,771 County Charge (5) 76,336,847 0 -15,875,915 -60,634,575 0 -173,643 1,253,216 Total Income 3,151,395,664 1,189,054,437 74,157,067 232,788,185 8,294,222 4,655,689,575 5,036,518,053 (1) Comprises rating Town Councils (Formerly Urban District Councils) (2) Includes non rating Town Councils (Formerly Town Commissioners), Joint Drainage Boards, and o<strong>the</strong>r miscellaneous bodies. (3) Pension related deductions introduced after adoption <strong>of</strong> 2009 budgets. (4) In preparing <strong>the</strong>ir annual budgets, local authorities may provide for debit/credit balances. In 2010, local authorities provided for a credit balance <strong>of</strong> some €14 million. Debit Balances are shown as plus values and credit balances are shown as minus values. (5) Where a county council provides a service or carries out a function on behalf <strong>of</strong> a town/ borough council it levies a charge on that town/ borough council. In <strong>the</strong>ir adopted budgets, this is shown as an income to a county council and an expenditure item <strong>of</strong> a town/ borough council. Source: <strong>Local</strong> Authority Budgets, 2010 (Note: rounding may affect totals)
Figure 2.4 –Sources <strong>of</strong> <strong>Local</strong> Authority Income 2010 by <strong>Local</strong> Authority Type COUNTY COUNCILS CITY COUNCILS BOROUGH COUNCILS TOWN COUNCILS % % % % <strong>Government</strong> Grants/Subsidies 27.8% 19.2% 7.5% 5.9% Goods/Services 26.2% 33.3% 34.6% 30.5% Commercial Rates 24.8% 36.2% 41.8% 44.2% General Purpose Grant 19.5% 9.3% 14.9% 18.5% Pension Related Deductions 1.7% 2.0% 1.2% 0.9% Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% * Excluding non-rating authorities 25
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