Mr. Robert G. HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the 30 local authorities with the highest generalised needs index private stock indicator scores, giving in each case their respective scores on this indicator and the allocation which each received for specified capital grants in 1991–92.
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§ Mr. YeoFollowing are the 30 authorities with the highest total of private sector stock condition and private defective dwellings generalised needs index scores:
Private sector stock condition score Defective dwellings score Total Allocation for specified capital grant(£000) Birmingham 164.0 82.3 246.4 21,973 Liverpool 66.0 59.7 125.6 7,320 Bristol 68.2 42.8 111.0 10,991 Leeds 72.0 15.3 87.3 7,350 Bradford 65.5 3.3 68.9 3,200 Sheffield 59.7 4.8 64.5 7,400 Manchester 56.8 0.0 56.8 3,405 Sandwell 35.0 20.1 55.1 4,575 Kirklees 54.2 0.3 54.6 4,200 Brent 32.2 17.2 49.4 2,938 Wirral 43.6 4.0 47.6 4,866 Plymouth 32.5 14.2 46.6 3,306 Coventry 43.4 1.2 44.5 3,210 Ealing 37.7 6.1 43.8 3,917 Wolverhampton 28.8 11.9 40.7 3,100 Wakefield 30.4 9.5 40.0 5,117 Sefton 36.5 2.2 38.8 2,000 Stoke-on-Trent 37.9 0.5 38.3 5,135 Calderdale 34.4 1.6 35.9 1,500 Waltham Forest 32.6 2.6 35.2 1,787 Dudley 27.0 6.9 33.9 2,740 Newcastle-under-Lyme 16.3 17.6 33.9 2,814 Walsall 27.0 6.1 33.1 2,891 Kingston upon Hull 29.7 2.4 32.1 4,970 Wigan 27.7 2.6 30.2 1,865 Bolton 30.2 0.0 30.2 3,311 Bournemouth 29.9 0.0 29.9 1,359 Southampton 12.2 17.6 29.8 3,112 Staffordshire Moorlands 13.9 15.7 29.6 2,748 Bromley 21.8 7.6 29.4 2,137 The allocation of resources for specified capital grants is neither a limit nor a target for the level of grants which an authority may receive. It is made partly in relation to needs index scores, but also reflects local authorities' individual needs and circumstances which are taken into account by the Department's regional controllers in recommending the allocation.