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Discover LudwigThe phrase "authorities on average" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the general consensus or typical findings from various authorities or experts in a particular field.
Example: "According to several studies, authorities on average agree that climate change is accelerating at an alarming rate."
Alternatives: "experts on average" or "specialists on average".
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Local authorities on average will only receive a reduction in their overall spending power of 4.4% this year, and we have taken steps to cap the maximum reduction for any individual council at 8.9% to protect those dependent on government grants.
The call came after the FSB published a study which suggested Scottish authorities on average spent less on their budget with local firms than councils in many other parts of the UK.
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More than 100 local authorities will see gains under the new formula – with the 10 lowest-funded local authorities gaining on average 3.6% – while almost 50 will see cuts to their funding.
At present these self-funders spend between £40 and £140 a week more than the £500 a week that local authorities pay on average for residential care and "hotel costs" – essentially food and accommodation.
Although troubled interactions between minorities and police garner most of the headlines, there are neighborhoods in American cities where working-class and middle-class black and Hispanic residents – including youths – have better relationships with the authorities than on average, as I found in a study of Washington DC neighborhoods.
"This year's formula grant – the main general grant from government to local authorities – was on average £300 per head more in the north-east than the south-east with Newcastle receiving £653 per head, compared for example to £150 per head in Windsor and Maidenhead.
Junior staff in local authorities were, on average, productive only 32% of the time during working hours, said management consultancy Knox D'Arcy.
The authors of the research add that "the anticipation of new transport links also affects prices", and that "on average, prices within a 10 or 15 minute walk from Crossrail stations have already outperformed prices in the wider local authorities … [On average] the outperformance is around 5%".
Deprivation was related to lung cancer incidence (correlation coefficient: 0.80), and patients resident in the most deprived health authority were, on average, less likely to receive any active treatment, chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
The table suggests that where Labour controls billing authorities, households pay on average £207 less per year under a Labour-run council than a Conservative one.
Yet according to the research from the National Housing Federation, responses from 98 local authorities showed that on average 29 per cent of disabled residents had their requests for a DHP grant turned down.
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