§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was(a) the total spending and (b) the total amount of Government grant in Somerset, Devon and Dorset county councils in each of the past four years; what was the total amount raised in non-domestic rates in those years for each county; and what are his estimates of (i) spending, (ii) the total of Government grant and (iii) redistribution from the national business rate for each in 1990–91.
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§ Mr. ChopeThe available information is given in the table. Revenue support grant and receipts from the national non-domestic rate pool are not paid to county councils.
Net current expenditure Revenue grants1 Non-domestic rates2 £ million £ million £ million Somerset County Council 1986–87 173.350 82.845 41.662 1987–88 193.597 89.608 45.687 1988–89 208.231 81.969 52.546 1989–90 232.345 93.550 59.102 Devon County Council 1986–87 372.467 188.496 86.399 1987–88 407.749 204.013 94.374 1988–89 435.854 213.313 105.990 1989–90 483.103 211.710 115.651 Dorset County Council 1986–87 219.597 75.080 59.160 1987–88 237.217 94.635 66.896 1988–89 263.430 92.349 73.177 1989–90 280.229 85.814 78.234 1 Comprising block grant, specific and supplementary grants. 2 Non-domestic contribution to the amount raised by the precept, gross of rate rebates.