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.

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