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Table 8: Annotated Annex J of the LGFR for Ashford (R157)


Calculation of Adjusted Formula Grant for 2007/08 (£ 7,894,184)

The adjusted formula grant is created to enable like-for-like comparisons between the amount of formula grant an authority would have received in 2007/08, had formula grant in that year covered the same functions for each authority as it does for 2008/09. The adjusted formula grant is used in calculating the floor damping amount for each authority. These calculations do not affect an authority's grant entitlement in 2007/08.

Adjustments (b) to (h) are to take account of functions which were funded through specific grants in 2007/08 but which will be included in the functions funded through formula grant from 2008/09 onwards.

Adjustments (i) to (p) are to take account of changes in the functions exercised by local authorities.

The Secretary of State has estimated the amount of adjusted formula grant for each authority as (q) in the table below, as follows:


      (a) the sum of the following items:

                  the share of the Distributable Amount calculated in accordance with
                  section 7 of the Local Government Finance Report 2007/2008
                  (£   6,710,934), plus

                  the share of Revenue Support Grant calculated in accordance with 
                  section 6 of the Local Government Finance Report 2007/2008
                  (£   1,126,233), plus

                  the amount of Police Grant calculated in accordance with section 5 of 
                  the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2007/2008 plus the amount 
                  specified in paragraph 4.4 of that Report, where appropriate
                  (£           -)


      (b) An adjustment for Delayed Discharges, being the 2007/08 allocations of the 
          Delayed Discharges Grant described in the Local Authority Social Services 
          Letter (2006)1 issued on 28th November 2006 by the Department of Health 
          (#           -).

      (c) An adjustment for Access and Systems Capacity, being the 2007/08 allocations 
          of the Access and Systems Capacity Grant for each authority as described in 
          the Local Authority Social Services Letter (2006)1 issued on 28th November 
          2006 by the Department of Health 
          (#           -).

      (d) An adjustment for Waste Performance and Efficiency, being the 2007/08 
          revenue element of the Waste Performance and Efficiency Grant awards 
          allocated for each authority, except London, as described in annex A of the 
          letter to Local Authorities in December 2005 by the Department for
          Environment Food and Rural Affairs
          (#      46,368)

      (e) An adjustment for Children’s Services, being the 2007/08 allocations of 
          Children’s Services Grants for each authority as allocated by the Department
          for Education and Skills and paid in the 2007 Local Area Agreement Grant
          Determinations by the Department for Communities and Local Government
          (#           -)

      (f) An adjustment for the enforcement of S107A and S198A of the Copyright,
          Patents and Designs Act (Gowers Review), being the 2007/08 allocations for
          each authority as described in Grant Determination (2007): No 31/568 by the
          Department for Trade and Industry
          (#           -)

      (g) An adjustment for Food Hygiene, being the 2007/08 allocations of the funding 
          to enforce EU food hygiene legislation on farms for each authority as  
          described in the letter from Food Standards Agency to Directors of Trading 
          Standards (England) on 17 August 2007, Reference: ENF/E/07/050 
          (#           -)

      (h) An adjustment for Contaminated Land, being the intended 2007/08 allocations 
          of the funding for contaminated land - radioactivity, as at 29th November 2007 
          for each authority
          (#         989)

      (i) An adjustment for Animal Feed, being the result of:

                 the 2007/08 county-level Environmental, Protective and Cultural 
                 Services Relative Needs Formulae for each authority calculated in 
                 accordance with paragraph 4.42 of section 4 of the Local Government 
                 Finance Report 2007/2008 (               -), divided by

                 the control total for the county-level Environmental, Protective and 
                 Cultural Services Relative Needs Formulae given in Annex E of the 
                 Local Government Finance Report 2007/2008 
                 (0.06457621333112), multiplied by

                 £1,400,000 deflated by the GDP deflator (2.75%) i.e. £1,362,530 

      (j) An adjustment for the Local Government New Conduct Regime for Upper tier 
          authorities, being the result of:

                 the 2007/08 county-level Environmental, Protective and Cultural 
                 Services Relative Needs Formulae for each authority calculated in 
                 accordance with paragraph 4.42 of section 4 of the Local Government 
                 Finance Report 2007/2008 (               -), divided by

                 the control total for the county-level Environmental, Protective and 
                 Cultural Services Relative Needs Formulae given in Annex E of the 
                 Local Government Finance Report 2007/2008 
                 (0.06457621333112), multiplied by

                 £777,000 deflated by the GDP deflator (2.75%) i.e. £756,204 

      (k) An adjustment for the Service Directive, being the result of:

                 the 2007/08 county-level Environmental, Protective and Cultural 
                 Services Relative Needs Formulae for each authority calculated in 
                 accordance with paragraph 4.42 of section 4 of the Local Government 
                 Finance Report 2007/2008 (               -), divided by

                 the control total for the county-level Environmental, Protective and 
                 Cultural Services Relative Needs Formulae given in Annex E of the 
                 Local Government Finance Report 2007/2008 
                 (0.06457621333112), multiplied by

                 £51,000 deflated by the GDP deflator (2.75%) i.e. £49,635 

      (l) An adjustment for the Local Government New Conduct Regime for Lower tier 
          authorities, being the result of:

                the 2007/08 district-level Environmental, Protective and Cultural 
                Services Relative Needs Formulae for each authority calculated in 
                accordance with paragraph 4.39 of section 4 of the Local Government 
                Finance Report 2007/2008 (0.00024039774277), divided by

                the control total for the district-level Environmental, Protective and 
                Cultural Services Relative Needs Formulae given in Annex E of the 
                Local Government Finance Report 2007/2008 
                (0.12649516079280), multiplied by

                £1,523,000 deflated by the GDP deflator (2.75%) i.e. £1,482,238

      (m) An adjustment for Stray Dog Control, being the result of:

                the 2007/08 district-level Environmental, Protective and Cultural 
                Services Relative Needs Formulae for each authority calculated in 
                accordance with paragraph 4.39 of section 4 of the Local Government 
                Finance Report 2007/2008 (0.00024039774277), divided by

                the control total for the district-level Environmental, Protective and 
                Cultural Services Relative Needs Formulae given in Annex E of the 
                Local Government Finance Report 2007/2008 
                (0.12649516079280), multiplied by

                £3,700,000 deflated by the GDP deflator (2.75%) i.e. £3,600,973 

      (n) An adjustment for Student Finances, being the result of:

                the 2007/08 Local Authority Central Education Functions Relative 
                Needs Formulae for each authority calculated in accordance with 
                paragraph 4.10 of section 4 of the Local Government Finance Report 
                2007/2008 (               -), divided by

                the control total for the Local Authority Central Education Functions 
                given in Annex E of the Local Government Finance Report 2007/2008 
                (0.04286460694670), multiplied by

                £5,400,000 deflated by the GDP deflator (2.75%) i.e. £5,255,474 
                million

      (o) An adjustment for Stray Dog Control, being the result of:

                the 2007/08 Police Grant for each authority calculated in accordance 
                with section 5 of the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2007/2008 
                (#           -), divided by

                £3836326519.0 being the total Police Grant paid to English police 
                authorities in accordance with section 5 of the Police Grant Report 
                (England and Wales) 2007/2008 , multiplied by

                £3,700,000 deflated by the GDP deflator (2.75%) i.e. £3,600,973 

      (p) An adjustment for the Public Law Family Fees increase, being the result of:

                the 2007/08 Children's Social Care Relative Needs Formulae for each
                authority calculated in accordance with paragraph 4.12 of section 4 of
                the Local Government Finance Report 2007/2008
                (               -), divided by

                the control total for the Children's Social Care Relative Needs
                Formulae given in Annex E of the Local Government Finance Report 
                2007/2008 (0.07596181809857), multiplied by

                £37,651,500 deflated by the GDP deflator (2.75%) i.e. £36,643,796

      (p) the sum of the following items:

                  (a) as defined above (£   7,837,167) plus

                  (b) as defined above (£           -) plus

                  (c) as defined above (£           -) plus

                  (d) as defined above (£      46,368) plus

                  (e) as defined above (£           -) plus

                  (f) as defined above (£           -) plus

                  (g) as defined above (£           -) plus

                  (h) as defined above (£         989) plus

                  (i) as defined above (£           -) plus

                  (j) as defined above (£           -) plus

                  (k) as defined above (£           -) plus

                  (l) as defined above (£       2,817) plus

                  (m) as defined above (£       6,843) minus

                  (n) as defined above (£           -) minus

                  (o) as defined above (£           -) plus

                  (p) as defined above (£           -). 

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