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»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp latest national statistics on the budget estimates of local authority revenue expenditure and financing for 2010-11 were released on 17 February 2011, under arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappse statistics have been revised since their original release on 30 June 2010. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp release provides data from revenue accounts budget returns and the changes over the previously published figures are generally small.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp key points from the latest release are:

• Budgeted total net current expenditure by local authorities in England totals £122.0 billion in 2010-11, compared with £115.0 billion in 2009-10, an increase of 6 per cent.
• »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp definition of total net current expenditure has changed for this year to include revenue expenditure funded from capital by statute (RECS). Removing RECS, the 2010-11 net current expenditure figure is £121.1 billion. If compared to the 2009-10 figure of £115.0 billion, this is an increase of 5 per cent.
• 38 per cent of budgeted total net current expenditure in 2010-11 is on education, 17 per cent on social care, 14 per cent on housing benefits and 10 per cent on police.
• 25 per cent of budgeted revenue expenditure on a non-International Standard 19 basis in 2010-11 is estimated to be funded through council tax, 27 per cent through formula grant and 48 per cent through specific grants inside Aggregate External Finance and Area Based Grant.