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Local Government Finance: Tamworth

Volume 472: debated on Thursday 21 February 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much cash was held in reserve by Tamworth borough council in each of the last 10 years. (187761)

The amount of revenue reserves held by Tamworth borough council in each of the last 10 years is shown in the following table. Information for England has been published in Statistical Releases and editions of Local Government Financial Statistics.

Level of revenue reserves

£000

Earmarked

Unallocated

At 1 April

1997

10,156

1,446

1998

8,972

2,718

1999

7,142

2,718

2000

7,305

1,914

2001

5,593

1,342

2002

4,772

503

2003

4,989

503

2004

5,018

503

2005

5,375

1,159

2006

5,433

3,179

At 31 March

2007

6,106

3,659

Notes:

1. Figures are as supplied by the local authority to Communities and Local Government.

2. Comparisons across years may not be valid due to changing local authority responsibilities.

Source:

Communities and Local Government Revenue Outturn (RO) returns