Department for Communities and Local Government Local Government Finance (England) The Local Government Finance Report (England) 2017/2018 HC 985 Department for Communities and Local Government Local Government Finance (England) The Local Government Finance Report (England) 2017/2018 Presented to the House of Commons pursuant to paragraph 5 of Schedule 7B to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 HC 985 © Crown copyright 2017 This publication is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. To view this licence, visit nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3 or write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email:
[email protected]. Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. This publication is available at www.gov.uk/government/publications Any enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us at Department for Communities and Local Government Fry building, 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF Telephone: 030 3444 0000 Print ISBN 9781474140270 Web ISBN 9781474140287 ID P002858400 02/17 Printed on paper containing 75% recycled fibre content minimum Printed in the UK by the Williams Lea Group on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office Contents 1 Introduction 4 2 Central and local share 5 3 Revenue Support Grant 7 4 Distribution of Revenue Support Grant 8 5 Distribution of Baseline Funding Level 13 6 Tariff and top-up amounts 20 7 Credit to the Levy Account 26 8 Pooling 27 9 Conclusion 35 Annex A 36 Services Included within Each Tier 36 Annex B 38 Calculation of the Service Tier Scaling Factors 38 1 Introduction 1.1.