Consolidated Fund - Find a freedom of information request

Could you please provide answers to the following general questions about Lincolnshire County Council’s financial transactions with the various Exchequer Accounts that HM Treasury and the Government Banking Service hold at the Bank of England:

1. When Lincolnshire County Council receives funds drawn down from the Exchequer, what is the name given to the account from which these funds are received?

2. Does Lincolnshire County Council surrender any receipts to the Consolidated Fund?

3. If Lincolnshire County Council does surrender receipts to the Consolidated Fund, what type of receipts in general terms does it surrender?

4. Do surrendered receipts get transferred directly to the Consolidated Fund or do they first get transferred to intermediate accounts, such as a Paymaster General cash account, before final transfer to the Consolidated Fund?

1. Government Funding is received from each individual Government Department separately. The Government uses a Government Banking Branch of NatWest. Each different Government Department uses its own bank account number assigned to this Sort Code to send grant funding.

2. No Lincolnshire County Council is not a precepting or a collecting Authority.

3. N/A

4. N/A