The grants made to Westminster city council in each year since 1997-98 by this Department, as recorded by the council in the Communities and Local Government Revenue returns, are as follows.
Grants £000 1997-98 Asylum seekers: various grants 7,166 1998-99 Asylum seekers: various grants 10,403 1999-2000 Asylum seekers 12,912 2000-01 Asylum seekers 15,394 2001-02 Asylum seekers 12,987 2002-03 Asylum seekers 12,454 2003-04 Asylum seekers 8,948 2004-05 Asylum seekers 5,697 2005-06 Asylum seekers 3,698 Young People Substance Misuse Partnership 527 2006-07 Asylum seekers 1,373 Young People Substance Misuse Partnership 458
This table sets out the specific grants inside aggregate external finance (AEF) (i.e. revenue grants paid for councils' core services) paid to Westminster and excludes grants outside AEF such as capital grants, funding for local authorities' housing management responsibilities, European funding; or where authorities are simply one of the recipients of funding paid towards an area. Revenue support grant and other elements of formula grant (such as redistributed business rates and police grant) have also been excluded.
Revenue outturn data have been used from 1997-98 to 2005-06 (the last year available) and revenue account data have been used for 2006-07.