HC Deb 12 March 1991 vol 187 cc474-6W
Mr. George Howarth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what grant per poll tax payer has been given in Lewisham, Hammersmith and Fulham and Ealing.

Mr. Key

Government grants, consisting of revenue support grant, specific grants, specific grants in aggregate external finance, community charge benefit grant and transitional relief grant, are per head of relevant population in 1990–91, £738 in Lewisham, £765 in Hammersmith and Fulham and £667 in Ealing.

Mr. George Howarth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what grant per poll tax payer is received by Chorley, Pendle, West Lancashire, Chester, Blackpool and Swindon.

Mr. Key

Government grants, consisting of revenue support grant, special grants, specific grants in aggregate external finance, community charge benefit grant and transitional relief grant, are per head of relevant population in 1990–91 as follows:

Government grants per head of relevant population
£
Chorley 255
Pendle 329
West Lancashire 297
Chester 213
Blackpool 290
Thamesdown 237

Mr. Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many standard poll tax payers are registered in(a) Wigan, (b) Salford, (c) Bolton and (d) Westminster.

Mr. Key

The available information reported by local authorities is as follows:

Number of unoccupied properties on the community charges register subject to a standard community charge at 1 June 1990, including properties subject to a standard charge with a multiplier of zero
Number
Wigan 4,302
Salford 3,006
Westminster 18,607

Mr. Wareing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what grant per poll tax payer is received by(a) Liverpool, (b) Wirral and (c) Sefton.

Mr. Key

Government grants, consisting of revenue support grant, special grants, specific grants in aggregate external finance, community charge benefit grant and transitional relief grant, are per head of relevant population in 1990–91, £814 in Liverpool, £439 in Wirral and £325 in Sefton.

Mr. Cryer

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what grant per poll tax payer is received by Bradford local authority and Wandsworth local authority for 1990–91.

Mr. Key

Government grants, consisting of revenue support grant, special grants, specific grants in aggregate external finance, community charge benefit grant and transitional relief grant, are per head of relevant population in 1990–91, £613 in Bradford and £677 in Wandsworth.

Mr. Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what grant per poll tax payer is received by each of the local authorities in Greater Manchester.

Mr. Key

Government grants, consisting of revenue support grant, special grants, specific grants in aggregate external finance, community charge benefit grant and transitional relief grant, are per head of relevant population in 1990–91, as follows:

Government grants per head of relevant population
£
Bolton 416
Bury 278
Manchester 866
Oldham 505
Rochdale 459
Salford 565
Stockport 267
Tameside 347
Trafford 349
Wigan 306

Mr. Duffy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what grant per poll tax payer is received by(a) each of the four metropolitan local authorities in South Yorkshire and (b) each of the Scarborough and Bridlington local authorities.

Mr. Key

Government grants, consisting of revenue support grant, special grants, specific grants in aggregate external finance, community charge benefit grant and transitional relief grant, are per head of relevant population in 1990–91, as follows:

Government grants per head of relevant population £
Barnsley 323
Doncaster 338
Rotherham 275
Sheffield 309
Scarborough 180
East Yorkshire 260