Did You Know That?...

Did you know that?...

Harrow's population is 212,000.

Taking all government grants together Harrow receives an average of £145 per head less than its nearest neighbours and £572 per head less than the London average. That is £30m and £120m respectively.

For the main formula grant Harrow will receive £284 per head in government grant for 07-08 compared to the England average of £506 and the Outer London average of £360. That is a shortfall of £47m and £16m respectively.

Harrow has the lowest reserves for outer London boroughs at only £1.5m, compared with the average of £11m. The next lowest is Croydon at £4.4m.

Harrow's formula grant increase is the lowest in London, for the second year running.

Harrow was the 4th lowest spending authority per head in London in 05-06, reflecting Harrow's low grants levels.

Harrow is the 4th most ethnically diverse and the most religiously diverse local authority in England and Wales - little allowance is made for this in Harrow's grants.

Harrow PCT has a huge deficit at over £21m, and has just received the second lowest grant increase in London for 07/08.

Because of under funding in the health service, the London borough of Harrow will incur an additional £3.5m of care costs in 2007/2008, through costs shunted to the Council by the Harrow PCT.