§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the total of grant-related expenditure, by service and in total, at rate support grant settlement and at estimated outturn in each year from 1981–82 to 1988–89, by class.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe Welsh rate support grant formulae do not form a basis for calculating a national allocation of grant-related expenditure for any particular service. Totals of grant-related expenditure for each class of local authority are as follows:
Total grant related expenditure Rate support grant settlement Outturn £ million £ million Districts 1981–82 188.5 193.7 1982–83 208.6 200.7 1983–84 224.3 215.8 1984–85 215.1 219.4 1985–86 233.2 231.6 1986–87 1223.7 2247.1 1987–88 250.8 2251.1 1988–89 267.0 n/a Counties 1981–82 897.0 898.9 1982–83 973.9 969.0 1983–84 1,025.4 1,024.3 1984–85 1,064.9 1,064.7 1985–86 1,116.4 1,111.9 1986–87 11,055.1 21,178.3 1987–88 1,270.1 21,300.3 1988–89 1,402.7 n/a 1 For the 1986–87 rate support grant settlement only, total grant related expenditure was set at a level equal to 90 per cent. of total expenditure provision to effect certain changes in the distribution of block grant without affecting the amount of grant available. In all other reports, total grant related expenditure is equal to total expenditure provision and comparable figures for the 1987–88 rate support grant settlement are £248.5 million and £1,172.4 million for districts and counties respectively. 2 Estimates.
§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list, on a ranked and class basis, the percentage change in the grant-related expenditure of each local authority between 1987–88 and 1988–89.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe information requested is as follows:
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Percentage change in Grant Related Expenditure between 1987–88 and 1988–891 Per cent. Local Authority Counties Dyfed 8.8 Gwynedd 8.7 Mid Glamorgan 8.6 South Glamorgan 8.5 Powys 7.3 Gwent 7.2 West Glamorgan 7.1 Clwyd 6.6
Per cent. Districts Rhuddlan 14.1 Taff-Ely 11.1 Colwyn 10.6 Rhondda 9.4 Cynon Valley 9.2 Ceredigion 8.9 Brecknock 8.1 Montgomeryshire 8.0 Torfaen 7.7 Dwyfor 7.6 Monmouth 7.6 Meirionnydd 7.4 Vale of Glamorgan 7.4 Aberconwy 7.3 Llanelli 7.2 Blaenau Gwent 7.0 Rhymney Valley 7.0 Radnor 6.9 Merthyr Tydfil 6.9 Arfon 6.9 Lliw Valley 6.8 Cardiff 6.8 Islwyn 6.7 Ynys Mon-Isle of Anglesey 6.5 Glyndwr 6.3
£ million 1981–82 Settlement 1981–82 Budget 1981–82 Outturn 1982–83 Settlement 1982–83 Budget 1982–83 Outturn Aggregate Exchequer Grant 871.0 881.0 873.1 943.0 933.2 926.6 Aggregate Amount of Rate Support Grants 744.6 753.2 745.3 814.7 804.4 797.8 Block Grant 696.7 705.4 697.5 790.0 779.7 773.1 Domestic Rate Relief 47.8 47.8 47.8 24.7 24.7 24.7 Relevant Expenditure 1,187.0 1,246.7 1,233.4 1,300.8 1,318.9 1,327.5 Total Expenditure (for Block Grant purposes) 1,070.5 1,133.1 1,117.1 1,182.5 1,208.9 1,207.2 Current Expenditure (R&G purposes) 1,031.8 1,085.2 1,078.6 1,126.0 1,163.1 1,154.5
£ million 1983–84 Settlement 1983–84 Budget 1983–84 Outturn 1984–85 Settlement 1984–85 Budget 1984–85 Outturn Aggregate Exchequer Grant 975.00 962.4 962.9 996.0 983.0 992.5 Aggregate Amount of Rate Support Grants 827.5 814.9 812.0 824.3 811.3 815.4 Block Grant 802.5 789.9 787.0 799.0 786.0 790.1 Domestic Rate Relief 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.3 25.3 25.3 Relevant Expenditure 1,385.2 1,401.3 1,406.2 1,440.0 1,453.1 1,468.8 Total Expenditure (for Block Grant purposes) 1,249.7 1,272.2 1,267.3 1,280.0 1,299.7 1,304.0 Current Expenditure (R&G purposes) 1,205.0 1,231.0 1,233.5 1,253.0 1,274.2 1,288.2 26W
£ million 1985–86 settlement 1985–86 Budget 1985–86 outturn 1986–87 settlement 1986–87 Budget 1986–87 revised estimate Aggregate exchequer grant 1,014.2 1,013.0 1,022.7 1,067.0 1,073.6 1,081.3 Aggregate amount of rate support grants 836.7 831.2 837.0 875.8 877.1 882.1 Block grant 811.2 805.7 811.5 850.0 851.3 856.3 Domestic rate relief 25.5 25.5 25.5 25.8 25.8 25.8 Relevant expenditure 1,514.21 1,521.8 1,529.6 1,597.1 1,634.6 1,640.6 Total expenditure (for Block Grant purposes) 1,349.6 1,363.7 1,352.8 1,420.9 1,453.3 1,466.3 Current expenditure (RSG purposes) 1,309.0 1,323.0 1,336.4 1,368.1 1,427.7 1,437.8
Per cent. Neath 6.2 Preseli Pembrokeshire 6.2 Ogwr 6.0 Alyn and Deeside 5.2 Dinefwr 4.9 Carmarthen 4.1 Wrexham Maelor 3.4 South Pembrokeshire 3.4 Swansea 3.1 Newport 1.9 Port Talbot 1.3 Delyn 0.2 1 Data are from the Welsh Rate Support Grant Report 1988–89 and the Supplementary Report 1987–88.
§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the aggregate Exchequer grant, rate support grant, block grant, domestic rate relief grant, relevant expenditure, total expenditure and current expenditure at rate support grant settlement, budget and estimated outturn in each year from 1981–1982 to 1988–1989.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe information requested is as follows:
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£ million 1987–88 settlement 1987–88 budget 1988–89 settlement Aggregate exchequer grant 1,157.0 1,165.1 1,256.0 Aggregate amount of rate support grants 927.9 937.1 1,014.8 Block grant 901.7 910.9 987.8 Domestic rate relief 26.2 26.2 27.0 Relevant expenditure 1,734.0 1,781.1 1,894.0 Total expenditure (for Block Grant purposes) 1,520.9 1,574.6 1,669.7 Current expenditure (RSG purposes) 1,496.5 1,558.1 1,640.0
§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for each local authority, on a ranked and class basis, the total population used in calculating each authority's expected grant entitlement for 1988–89; and if he will show the comparable figures for 1987–88, giving the percentage change between the two years.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe information requested is as follows:
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Total population used in calculation of expected Grant Entitlement1 1987–88 1988–89 Per cent. change Local Authority Counties: Dyfed 335,900 339,000 0.9 Powys 111,400 112,400 0.9 Gwynedd 233,600 234,600 0.4 Clwyd 397,900 399,600 0.4 Gwent 440,200 441,800 0.4 South Glamorgan 394,800 395,700 0.2 Mid Glamorgan 533,900 534,500 0.1 West Glamorgan 364,100 363,400 -0.2 Districts: Ceredigion 81,800 83,700 3.1 Montgomeryshire 48,900 50,000 2.2 Colwyn 50,500 51,600 2.2 South Penbrokeshire 39,000 39,800 2.1 Rhuddlan 54,300 55,200 1.7 Monmouth 76,700 77,800 1.4 Meirionydd 31,400 31,800 1.3 Glyndwr 40,200 40,700 1.2 Ogwr 132,900 134,400 1.1 Radnor 21,500 21,700 0.9 Torfaen 90,200 90,900 0.8 Aberconwy 52,200 52,600 0.8 Lliw Valley 60,400 60,800 0.7 Ynys Mon-Isle of Anglesey 69,700 70,100 0.6 Preseli Pembrokeshire 70,300 70,600 0.4 Taff Ely 94,400 94,800 0.4 Dwyfor 26,300 26,400 0.4 Carmarthen 53,600 53,800 0.4 Dinefwr 37,100 37,200 0.3 Newport 129,500 129,800 0.2 Cardiff 278,900 279,500 0.2 Vale of Glamorgan 115,900 116,100 0.2 Rhymney Valley 104,000 104,100 0.1 Wrexham Maelor 114,600 114,700 0.1 Islwyn 65,700 65,700 0.0 Merthyr Tydfil 58,500 58,500 0.0 Neath 65,200 65,100 -0.2 Swansea 187,400 187,000 -0.2 Delyn 65,400 65,200 -0.3 Llanelli 74,100 73,800 -0.4 Arfon 54,000 53,700 -0.6 Blaenau Gwent 78,100 77,600 -0.8 Brecknock 41,000 40,700 -0.7 Cynon Valley 65,400 64,900 -0.8 Alyn and Deeside 72,900 72,200 -1.0 Port Talbot 51,100 50,600 -1.0 Rhondda 78,700 77,800 -1.1
1 In Wales, population is used in the calculation of Grant Related Expenditure, but is not used directly in the calculation of grant entitlement.
§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list, on a ranked basis, the percentage change in the grant-related expenditure of each non-metropolitan county and each non-metropolitan district between(a) 1981–82 and 1988–89 and (b) 1985–86 and 1988–89.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe information requested is as follows:
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(a) Percentage change in grant related expenditure between 1981–82 and 1988–891 per cent. Local authority counties West Glamorgan 60.5 South Glamorgan 59.9 Dyfed 59.1 Powys 56.2 Gwynedd 55.2 Clwyd 54.4 Mid Glamorgan 53.8 Gwent 51.7 Districts Rhuddlan 61.0 Rhondda 60.5 Blaenau Gwent 57.3 South Pembrokeshire 57.1 Dwyfor 56.9 Islwyn 54.4 Meirionnydd 54.0 Swansea 48.8 Merthyr Tydfil 47.5 Cynon Valley 45.7 Delyn 43.2 Carmarthen 41.7 Colwyn 41.6 Ceredigion 40.8 Ogwr 40.2 Brecknock 39.6 Arfon 39.0 Ynys Môn-Isle of Anglesey 38.8 Preseli Pembrokeshire 38.2 Aberconwy 37.7 Montgomeryshire 36.2 Lliw Valley 35.9 Monmouth 33.8 Vale of Glamorgan 33.1 Dinefwr 33.0 Taff-Ely 32.5 Rhymney Valley 32.5 Neath 32.2 Radnor 31.3 Wrexham Maelor 30.1 Newport 29.8 Alyn and Deeside 29.3 Torfaen 28.3 Port Talbot 27.6
per cent. Llanelli 27.6 Cardiff 24.8 Glyndwr 23.6 1 Data are from the Welsh Rate Support Grant Report 1988–89 Supplementary (No. 3) Report 1981–82.
(b) Percentage Change in Grant Related Expenditure between 1985–86 and 1988–891 Per cent. Local Authority Counties: Dyfed 29.0 Mid Glamorgan 28.2 Gwynedd 26.6 Powys 26.0 South Glamorgan 26.0 West Glamorgan 25.1 Clwyd 24.5 Gwent 23.0 Districts: Rhuddlan 34.8 Colwyn 22.3 Vale of Glamorgan 21.9 Brecknock 21.0 Torfaen 20.2 Dwyfor 20.1 Blaenau Gwent 18.9 Ynys Mon-Isle of Anglesey 17.8 Cynon Valley 17.8 Islwyn 17.7 Aberconwy 17.7 Ogwr 17.6 South Pembrokeshire 17.4 Neath 17.2 Ceredigion 17.1 Rhondda 16.7 Monmouth 16.1 Taff Ely 16.0 Rhymney Valley 16.0 Lliw Valley 15.9 Alyn and Deeside 15.1 Preseli Pembrokeshire 15.0 Merthyr Tydfil 14.6 Dinefwr 14.6 Montgomeryshire 13.9 Arfon 13.7 Llanelli 13.3 Cardiff 12.5 Swansea 12.3 Newport 11.6 Glyndwr 11.4 Wrexham Maelor 11.3 Radnor 11.2 Meirionnydd 9.6 Carmarthen 9.1 Delyn 7.6 Port Talbot 7.4 1Data are from the Welsh Rate Support Grant Report 1988–89 and the Supplementary (No. 2) Report 1985–86.
§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the rate poundage implied for each authority at taxpayer level by the rate support grant for 1988–89, assuming that each authority meets his Department's spending assumption, with no additions to or withdrawals from funds or balances, and assuming 1987–88 penny rate products; and if he will list, on a class and ranked basis, each authority's 1987–88 rate poundage, showing the difference between the 1987–88 poundage and the implied one for 1988–89 and showing the resulting percentage change.
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§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe information requested is as follows:
Local Authority 1987-88 Rate poundage (pence) Notional poundage 1988-89 (pence) Change in poundage (pence) Islwyn 230.50 249.54 8.26 Torfaen 237.28 256.68 8.18 Wrexham Maelor 234.99 253.96 8.07 Newport 230.54 247.38 7.31 Port Talbot 264.34 282.50 6.87 Monmouth 230.10 245.87 6.85 Delyn 233.20 249.16 6.84 Glyndwr 229.46 244.74 6.66 Lliw Valley 262.38 279.42 6.49 Neath 253.94 270.38 6.47 Blaenau Gwent 238.28 253.58 6.42 Alyn and Deeside 228.47 243.04 6.38 Swansea 269.54 285.55 5.94 Radnor 213.75 223.17 4.41 Montgomeryshire 210.73 218.90 3.88 Colwyn 246.09 255.44 3.80 Brecknock 225.51 234.06 3.79 Meirionnydd 219.15 224.06 2.24 Ynys Mon 223.02 227.97 2.22 Dinefwr 234.86 239.50 1.98 Aberconwy 228.66 233.16 1.97 Cardiff 210.65 214.68 1.91 Rhuddlan 233.68 237.69 1.72 Dwyfor 228.31 232.20 1.71 Arfon 223.80 226.39 1.16 Merthyr Tydfil 259.45 260.24 .30 Llanelli 255.98 256.61 .25 Vale of Glamorgan 217.92 217.72 -.09 Rhymney Valley 257.13 256.40 -.28 Carmarthen 238.99 236.93 -.86 Ogwr 259.43 254.10 -2.06 Taff Ely 258.70 253.34 -2.07 Preseli 234.65 229.66 -2.13 South Pembroke 238.17 232.86 -2.23 Rhondda 263.49 257.02 -2.46 Ceredigion 235.65 227.61 -3.41 Cynon Valley 252.44 242.36 -3.99
§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what changes were made to the method of calculating grant-related expenditure in each rate support grant settlement from 1981–82 to 1988–89.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerFull details of the methodology used in calculating grant related expenditure are set out in each Welsh rate support grant report laid before the House.