Department for Communities and Local Government - Local Government Finance Settlement 2007/08

2007/08 Settlement
Table 4: Annotated Chapter 5 of the LGFR for Avon Fire Authority (R950)

Part A - Relative Needs Amount = Ł 7,247,269

From the total of ODPM Formula Grant which the Secretary of State proposes to pay to receiving authorities, which is Ł21,604,681,634 he proposes to pay 70.99% or Ł15,337,163,492 with respect to the relative needs of authorities.

The Relative Needs Amount is calculated as follows.


(g)   Fire and Rescue RNF (0.00059251942088)
      multiplied by 1,000,000 and 
      divided by PROJECTED POPULATION IN 2007 (   1,022,154)
      = 0.00057967725106;
(h)   The minimum for all authorities of the result of (g)
      = 0.00047037014295;
(i)	The result of (g) minus the result of (h)
      = 0.00010930710811

(p)   Capital Financing RNF (0.00001210723280)
      multiplied by 1,000,000 and 
      divided by PROJECTED POPULATION IN 2007 (   1,022,154)
      = 0.00001184482260;
(q)   The minimum for all authorities of the result of (p)
      = 0.00001048969723;
(r)   The result of (p) minus the result of (q)
      = 0.00000135512537;

(s)   The sum of:
      the result of (i) (0.00010930710811) plus
      the result of (r) (0.00000135512537)

      =  0.00011066223348

(t)   The result of (s) (0.00011066223348)
      divided by 1,000,000 and 
      multiplied by PROJECTED POPULATION IN 2007 (   1,022,154)

      = 0.00011311384460

(u)   The sum for all authorities of the result of (t)

      = 0.23937921826196

(v)   The result of (t) (0.00011311384460)
      divided by the result of (u) (0.23937921826196)
      multiplied by Ł15,337,163,492

      = Ł     7,247,269

Part B - Relative Resource Amount = Ł -2,359,674

From the total of ODPM Formula Grant which the Secretary of State proposes to pay to receiving authorities, he proposes to adjust the amount payable by -24.57% or -Ł5,308,270,277 with respect to the relative resources of authorities.

The Relative Resource Amount is calculated as follows.

	
(g)   Taxbase (     360,042)
      multiplied by Fire and Rescue Share of Taxbase (0.03432392)
      divided by PROJECTED POPULATION IN 2006 (   1,022,154)
      = 0.01209020060409;
(h)   The minimum for all authorities of the result of (g)
      = 0.01032855509111;
(i)   The result of (g) minus the result of (h)
      = 0.00176164551298


(m)   The sum of:
      the result of (i) (0.00176164551298) plus
      =  0.00176164551298

(n)   The result of (m) (0.00176164551298)
      multiplied by PROJECTED POPULATION (   1,022,154)
      = 1,800.6730076764

(o)   The sum for all authorities of the result of (n)
      = (4,050,753.316325);

(p)	The result of (n) (1,800.6730076764)
      divided by the result of (o) (4,050,753.316325)
      multiplied by  Ł5,308,270,277
      = Ł    -2,359,674

Part C - Central Allocation = Ł 17,814,715

From the total of ODPM Formula Grant which the Secretary of State proposes to pay to receiving authorities, he proposes to pay Ł11,575,788,419 with respect to the central allocation.

The Central Allocation is calculated as follows


(a)   The sum of:
  
         the result of (h) from paragraph 5.6 of this Report 
            (0.00047037014295) plus  
 
         the result of (q) from paragraph 5.6 of this Report 
            (0.00001048969723)

      = 0.00048085984018;	

(b)   The result of (a) (0.00048085984018)
      divided by the result of (u) from paragraph 5.6 of this Report 
         (0.23937921826196)
      multiplied by Ł15,337,163,492
      divided by 1,000,000

      = Ł30.8089651185922);
	
(c)   The sum of: 
    
         the result of (h) from paragraph 5.8 of this Report 
             (0.01032855509111) plus 
	
      =  0.01032855509111;


(d)   The result of (c) (0.01032855509111)
      divided by the result of (o) from paragraph 5.8 of this Report 
         (4,050,753.316325)
      multiplied by -Ł5,308,270,277

      = Ł-13.534954541303;
	
(e)   The sum of the results of (b) (Ł30.8089651185922)
      plus (d) (Ł-13.534954541303)

      = Ł17.2740105772897;	

(f)   The result of (e) (17.2740105772897)
      multiplied by PROJECTED POPULATION (   1,022,154)

      = Ł17,656,699.008; 
	
(g)   The sum for all authorities of the result of (f)

      = Ł11,305,136,484;	

(h)   The result of (f) (17,656,699.00762)
      divided by the result of (g) (11,305,136,483.9)
      multiplied by Ł11,595,117,419 

      = Ł    18,109,600; 
	
	
(j)   The result of (i) is adjusted to reflect the recouping of the Fire 
      Modernisation grant paid to authorities in 2004/05

      i.e. The result of (i) (18,109,600) minus
           the result of:
               the fire modernisation grant paid in 2004/05 (   583,000)
               divided by the sum of the fire modernisation grant paid in 
               2004/05 for all authorities (28,329,000)
               multiplied by Ł14,329,000
               = Ł    294885

      = Ł    17,814,715

Part D - Floor Damping = Ł 1,685,597

The results from the Part A, Part B and Part C when added together with Police Grant form Formula Grant before floor damping. In order to ensure that authorities receive at least a minimum grant increase (called the ‘floor’) we adjust the results.

The floor damping calculations are given below.

The final amount of Formula Grant for each authority for 2007/08 is calculated as follows:


(a)   which represents the previous year’s grant support 
      (Ł    23,746,744), is the sum of the following items:

         the First Secretary of State’s estimates of the authority’s share of the 
         Distributable Amount (Redistributed National Non-Domestic Rates) 
         calculated in accordance with section 6 of the Local Government Finance 
         Report 2006/2007 after adjusting for changes in the functions of 
         councils or the financing of particular services, plus

         the First Secretary of State’s estimate of the authority’s share of 
         Revenue Support Grant calculated in accordance with section 3 of the 
         Local Government Finance Report 2006/2007 after adjusting for changes 
         in the functions of councils or the financing of particular services, 
         plus

         the Secretary of State for the Home Department’s estimate of the amount 
         of any Police Grant payable to the authority for 2006/2007 calculated in 
         accordance with section 5 of the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 
         2006/2007, after adjusting for changes in the functions of councils or 
         the financing of particular services.

(b)   (a) (Ł      23746744)
      multiplied by      1.027

      = Ł      24387906

(c)   the sum of the following items:
         the Relative Needs Amount as defined in paragraph 5.6 of this Report
         (Ł       7247269); 
         plus the Relative Resource Amount as defined in paragraph 5.8 of this Report
         (Ł      -2359674; 
         plusthe Central Allocation as defined in paragraph 5.10 of this Report
         (Ł      17814715); 

      = Ł      22702309

(d)   the result of:
         (c) (Ł    22,702,309)
         minus (b) (Ł    24,387,906)
         = Ł    -1,685,597
      multiplied by 0.08891056; 
      plus the result of (b) (Ł    24,387,906)

      = Ł    24,238,039

(k)	either the result of (b) (Ł    24,387,906)
      or the result of (d), (Ł    24,238,039)
      whichever is the greater

      = Ł    24,387,906).

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2007/08 Settlement Table 4: Annotated Chapter 5 of the LGFR for Avon Fire Authority (R950)

Part A - Relative Needs Amount = Ł 7,247,269

Part B - Relative Resource Amount = Ł -2,359,674

Part C - Central Allocation = Ł 17,814,715

Part D - Floor Damping = Ł 1,685,597

2007/08 Settlement
Table 4: Annotated Chapter 5 of the LGFR for Avon Fire Authority (R950)