How good are you on your key stats?

The public lives in blissful ignorance about how councils are funded and where their money goes. So the latest figures from the DCLG ought to provide some illumination In fact some of these stats ought to be issued in every council's annual report.
The DCLG issues its Local Government Statistics for England every year and this is the 22nd . They include figures from the previous year, in this case 2009/10 and projections for the next one. So here are some questions to test your knowledge of the sector:
A: What proportion of council funding comes from central government?
B: What percentage of total spending goes on education and social services?
C: What was the total local government spend for 2009/10?
D: What percentage of total public spending goes on local government?
E: How much does local government cost each taxpayer after taking out non-grant funding?
F: By how much has Band D council tax increased since it started in 1993?
Did you get them right?
Here are the answers: A: Two thirds. B: 54%. C: £168bn. D: a quarter. E: £2,490. F: 2.3 times the rate of inflation.
For these and other fascinating facts and figures just go to our Intelligence section on the website for a summary and link to the full report at http://www.info4local.gov.uk/documents/publications/1912292