Local Government Finance

Robert Neill
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Peterborough (Mr. Jackson) of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 391W, what data the Office of National Statistics’ uses to make comparisons between spending levels of local authorities.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry
I have been asked to reply.

Information from local authorities are recorded on annual revenue outturn (RO) and budget (RA) forms.