To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to right hon. Friend the Member for Tonbridge and Malling of 18 December 2008, Official Report, columns 1045-6W, on council tax: pensions, what the (a) monetary value and (b) proportion was of local authority revenue expenditure that comprised employer’s contributions to pension funds and other retirement benefits in each year since 1996-97. (251887)

Information on employers’ contributions to pension funds and other retirement benefits for local authorities in England for 2007-08 can be obtained from the Local Authority Revenue Expenditure and Financing England 2007-08 Final Outturn statistical release published on CLG's website at:

http://www.local.communities.gov.Uk/finance/stats/natstats.htm#rev

Data for earlier years, where available, can be obtained from annual editions of Local Government Financial Statistics England.