Written Question

Local Government Finance: Wirral

Monday 29th January 2018

Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the core spending power of Wirral Council was in each financial year since 2010-11.

Answered by Rishi Sunak - Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union

Prior to the 2016-17 settlement, the definition of spending power changed every year to reflect the changing finance and function of local government. Information on spending power for Wirral Council is published at the following links:

2011-12

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505110052/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1112/spfull1s.xls

2012-13

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505110056/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1112/spfull2s3.xls

2013-14

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505104701/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1314/1314SPsuppinfos.xls

2014-15

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/277395/Spending_Power_2014-15_supporting_information_final_settlement.xls

2015-16

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/400630/Spending_Power_2015-16_Supporting_Information_FINAL.xlsx

2015-16 to 2019-20

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/669557/Core_Spending_Power_Supporting_Information.xlsx

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