Commonwealth Assistance to the States Since 1976 (Background Paper No 5 1997-98) Appendix B Table B5. Commonwealth Assistance to All States and Territories, 1976-77 to 1997-98 (Est.) ($ million and as a per cent of total assistance)

Table B5. Commonwealth Assistance to All States and Territories, 1976-77 to 1997-98 (Est.)
($ million and as a per cent of total assistance)

Year	*Total General Purpose Assistance*	Specific Purpose Payments to the States	Specific Purpose Payments through the States	*Total Specific Purpose Assistance*	Total Assistance (Gross)	General Purpose Assistance/ Total Assistance	SPPs to the States/ Total Assistance	SPPs through the States/ Total Assistance	Total SPPs/ Total Assistance
1976-77	5 078.6	2 705.8	1 362.7	4 068.5	9 147.1	55.5%	29.6%	14.9%	44.5%
1977-78	5 828.0	2 968.2	1 481.0	4 449.2	10 277.2	56.7%	28.9%	14.4%	43.3%
1978-79	6 514.5	2 909.8	1 585.2	4 495.1	11 009.5	59.2%	26.4%	14.4%	40.8%
1979-80	7 009.6	3 066.6	1 744.2	4 810.8	11 820.4	59.3%	25.9%	14.8%	40.7%
1980-81	7 735.2	3 479.7	2 001.0	5 480.7	13 215.9	58.5%	26.3%	15.1%	41.5%
1981-82	9 671.4	2 386.6	2 309.7	4 696.3	14 367.7	67.3%	16.6%	16.1%	32.7%
1982-83	10 715.4	3 359.4	2 657.7	6 017.1	16 732.5	64.0%	20.1%	15.9%	36.0%
1983-84	11 960.2	4 253.0	2 904.0	7 157.0	19 117.2	62.6%	22.2%	15.2%	37.4%
1984-85	12 680.8	4 962.6	3 114.3	8 076.9	20 757.7	61.1%	23.9%	15.0%	38.9%
1985-86	13 649.4	4 928.5	3 469.9	8 398.4	22 047.9	61.9%	22.4%	15.7%	38.1%
1986-87	14 551.9	5 153.5	3 664.4	8 817.9	23 369.8	62.3%	22.1%	15.7%	37.7%
1987-88	14 869.2	5 361.8	4 007.9	9 369.7	24 238.9	61.3%	22.1%	16.5%	38.7%
1988-89	13 676.9	7 459.8	4 055.5	11 515.3	25 192.2	54.3%	29.6%	16.1%	45.7%
1989-90	13 650.1	8 357.8	4 350.6	12 708.4	26 358.6	51.8%	31.7%	16.5%	48.2%
1990-91	13 931.6	9 711.0	4 818.9	14 529.9	28 461.5	48.9%	34.1%	16.9%	51.1%
1991-92	14 075.7	9 870.8	5 457.2	15 328.1	29 403.8	47.9%	33.6%	18.6%	52.1%
1992-93	14 585.0	11 294.3	5 870.4	17 164.7	31 749.8	45.9%	35.6%	18.5%	54.1%
1993-94	14 898.1	10 439.7	6 241.1	16 680.8	31 579.0	47.2%	33.1%	19.8%	52.8%
1994-95	15 290.0	10 231.8	6 731.4	16 963.2	32 253.2	47.4%	31.7%	20.9%	52.6%
1995-96	15 917.6	10 791.4	6 986.5	17 777.9	33 695.5	47.2%	32.0%	20.7%	52.8%
1996-97	15 871.7	11 565.7	7 149.4	18 715.1	34 586.8	45.9%	33.4%	20.7%	54.1%
1997-98 Est.	16 346.0	10 730.5	7 202.3	17 932.8	34 278.8	47.7%	31.3%	21.0%	52.3%

Note: Figures for 1996-97 are adjusted for the payment of fiscal contributions. Figures for 1997-98 are similarly adjusted on the assumption that the States will adopt the same means of paying fiscal contributions as they did in 1996-97.

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