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Part A - Isles of Scilly

From the total of DCLG Formula Grant which the Secretary of State proposes to pay to receiving authorities, which is £23,353,766,634 she proposes to pay £ 2,151,000 with respect to the Isles of Scilly

Part B - Relative Needs Amount = £ 27,811,992

From the remaining total of DCLG Formula Grant which the Secretary of State proposes to pay to receiving authorities, after paying the Isles of Scilly, which is £23,351,615,634 she proposes to pay 73.0% or £17,046,679,413 with respect to the relative needs of authorities.

The Relative Needs Amount is calculated as follows.

	
(d)   Police RNF (0.00221387093335)
      multiplied by 1,000,000 and 
      divided by PROJECTED POPULATION IN 2008 (   1,584,184)
      = 0.00139748345732;
(e)   The minimum for all authorities of the result of (d)
      = 0.00113697071917;
(f)   The result of (d) minus the result of (e) 
      = 0.00026051273815

(p)   Capital Financing RNF (0.00004037730577)
      multiplied by 1,000,000 and 
      divided by PROJECTED POPULATION IN 2008 (   1,584,184)
      = 0.00002548776264;
(q)   The minimum for all authorities of the result of (p)
      = 0.00000844509053;
(r)   The result of (p) minus the result of (q)
      = 0.00001704267210;

(s)   The sum of:
      the result of (f) (0.00026051273815) plus
      the result of (r) (0.00001704267210)

      =  0.00027755541025

(t)   The result of (s) (0.00027755541025)
      divided by 1,000,000 and 
      multiplied by PROJECTED POPULATION IN 2008 (   1,584,184)

      = 0.00043969884004

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

      = 0.26950263382549

(v)   The result of (t) (0.00043969884004)
      divided by the result of (u) (0.26950263382549)
      multiplied by £17,046,679,413

      = £    27,811,992

Part C - Relative Resource Amount = £ -11,567,252

From the remaining total of DCLG Formula Grant which the Secretary of State proposes to pay to receiving authorities, after paying the Isles of Scilly, she proposes to adjust the amount payable by -26.6% or £-6,211,529,759 with respect to the relative resources of authorities.

The Relative Resource Amount is calculated as follows.

	
(d)   Taxbase (     560,053)
      multiplied by Police Share of Taxbase (0.09404450)
      divided by PROJECTED POPULATION IN 2008 (   1,584,184)
      = 0.03324733727414;
(e)   The minimum for all authorities of the result of (d)
      = 0.02823039397296;
(f)   The result of (d) minus the result of (e)
      = 0.00501694330118


(m)   The sum of:
      the result of (f) (0.00501694330118) plus
      =  0.00501694330118

(n)   The result of (m) (0.00501694330118)
      multiplied by PROJECTED POPULATION (   1,584,184)
      = 7,947.7613066341

(o)   The sum for all authorities of the result of (n)
      = (4,267,889.725783);

(p)	The result of (n) (7,947.7613066341)
      divided by the result of (o) (4,267,889.725783)
      multiplied by  £-6,211,529,759
      = £   -11,567,252

Part D - Central Allocation = £ 65,069,363

From the remaining total of DCLG Formula Grant which the Secretary of State proposes to pay to receiving authorities, she proposes to pay £12,516,465,980 with respect to the central allocation.

The Central Allocation is calculated as follows

.

(a)   The sum of:
  
         the result of (e) from paragraph 5.7 of this Report 
            (0.00113697071917) plus 
 
         the result of (q) from paragraph 5.7 of this Report 
            (0.00000844509053)

      = 0.00114541580970;	

(b)   The result of (a) (0.00114541580970)
      divided by the result of (u) from paragraph 5.7 of this Report 
         (0.26950263382549)
      multiplied by £17,046,679,413

      = £72.4502607838905);
	
(c)   The sum of: 
  
         the result of (e) from paragraph 5.9 of this Report 
            (0.02823039397296) plus
	
      =  0.02823039397296;


(d)   The result of (c) (0.02823039397296)
      divided by the result of (o) from paragraph 5.8 of this Report 
         (4,267,889.725783)
      multiplied by £-6,211,529,759

      = £-41.086800160736;
	
(e)   The sum of the results of (b) (£72.4502607838905)
      plus (d) (£-41.086800160736)

      = £31.3634606231546;	

(f)   The result of (e) (31.3634606231546)
      multiplied by PROJECTED POPULATION (   1,584,184)

      = £49,685,492.504; 
	
(g)   The sum for all authorities of the result of (f)

      = £ 9,561,108,009;	

(h)   The result of (f) (49,685,492.50383)
      divided by the result of (g) (9,561,108,008.88)
      multiplied by £12,521,465,983 

      = £    65,069,363; 
	

      = £    65,069,363

Part E - Floor Damping = £ -12,298,056

The results from the Part B, Part C and Part D 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 2008/09 is calculated as follows:

(a)   which represents the previous year’s grant support 
      (£   167,788,147), is the Secretary of State's estimate of adjusted formula
      grant for 2007/08

(b)   (a) (£   167,788,147)
      multiplied by      1.025

      = £   171,982,851

(c)   the sum of the following items:
         the Relative Needs Amount as defined in paragraph 5.7 of this Report
         (£    27,811,992); 
         plus the Relative Resource Amount as defined in paragraph 5.9 of this Report
         (£   -11,567,252; 
         plus the Central Allocation as defined in paragraph 5.11 of this Report
         (£    65,069,363); 
  
         plus the Principal Formula Police Grant as shown in column (a) of the table contained 
         in paragraph 3.1 of the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2008/2009
         (£   104,648,915 


      = £   185,963,018

(d)   the result of:
         (c) (£   185,963,018)
         minus (b) (£   171,982,851)
         = £    13,980,167
      multiplied by 0.12032127; 
      plus the result of (b) (£   171,982,851)

      = £   173,664,962

(k)	either the result of (b) (£   171,982,851)
      or the result of (d), (£   173,664,962)
      whichever is the greater

      = £   173,664,962).

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