§ Mr. GaleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what account has been taken, in deciding the standard spending assessment figure, of the number of retired residents within the Thanet district council area;108W and what account was taken in deciding the allowance made for visitors under grant-related expenditure allocation.
§ Mr. ChopeThe number of elderly people and the number of elderly people living alone or on income support are included in the component of the standard spending assessment for personal social services for Kent county council. Retired people are included in the estimates of total population used in other SSA components. Details may be found in the Revenue Support Grant Distribution Report (England) (HC 049) laid before the House on 11 January. Within grant-related expenditure assessment (GREs), 2 per cent. of the control total for the recreation element was distributed on the basis of visitor nights.
§ Mr. GaleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the increase in the standard spending assessment for Thanet district council over the 1989–90 grant-related expenditure assessment; and what is the average standard spending assessment increase for the same period for the other Kent districts.
§ Mr. ChopeThe 1990–91 standard spending assessment for Thanet district council has increased by 6.5 per cent. over the comparable adjusted figure for the 1989–90 grant-related expenditure assessment. The mean-average increase in 1990–91 SSA over comparable adjusted 1989–90 GREA for the other Kent district councils is 18.2 per cent.