§ Mr. Robert BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will set out the reasons for the variations in the standard spending assessment between the Harrogate borough council on a per capita basis, York city council and Scarborough borough council.
§ Mr. Chope[holding answer 12 February 1990]: The standard spending assessments for these three authorities have been calculated in accordance with the formulae set out in the Revenue Support Grant Distribution Report (England). The table gives details for the three authorities of the amount of SSA in £/adult which is attributable to each of the indicators used to calculate their SSAs. The indicators are defined in annex A to the distribution report.
SSA £/per head of relevant population Indicator Harrogate York Scarborough Resident population 81 75 77 Daytime net inflow -1 3 0 Visitors nights 1 1 5 Ward weighted density 10 26 12 Social index -21 -1 -14 Sparsity 14 0 11 Transfer to North Yorks CC -8 -8 -8 County level services 1 1 1 Flood defence 1 1 0 Coast protection 0 0 2 Interest receipts -2 -3 -2 TOTAL OTHER SERVICES 75 95 84 TOTAL CAPITAL FINANCING 6 6 8 TOTAL SSA 81 102 91