HC Deb 26 March 1991 vol 188 cc353-4W
Mr. Oppenheim

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the latest appropriate figures for(a) rate support grant per head, (b) business rate income per head, (c) total aggregate extended finance per head, (d) spending per head, (e) total aggregate spending and (f) population for each local authority in England.

Mr. Key

[holding answer 20 March 1991]: I am arranging for the available information for 1991–92 to be placed in the Library of the House. Information on total aggregate finance and spending, which include specific grants, will not be available until authorities send in their detailed budget returns to the Department.

Mr. Lawson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the proportion of total local government spending accounted for by(a) education, (b) the police, (c) other services at present provided by county councils and (d) services provided by district councils.

Mr. Heseltine

[holding answer 22 March 1991]: The information requested is as follows:

Total Local Authority Net Current Expenditure
Budget Estimates 1990–91
Percentage
Education (all authorities) 46.3
Police (all authorities) 11.9
Other services (county councils) 13.4
All services (non-metropolitan district councils) 8.1

Mr. Nellist

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what central grants were paid in 1990–91 and will be paid in 1991–92(a) in total to each of the councils of Wandsworth, Westminster and Coventry and (b) per capita to Coventry.

Mr. Key

[holding answer 22 March 1991]: Amounts of revenue support grant, adjusted for safety net, special grants and the community charge grant are as follows:

1990–91 £ Million 1991–92 £ Million
Wandsworth 153.1 192.8
Westminster 114.0 162.8
Coventry 84.0 111.8
£/Head of relevant population
Coventry 385 503

In addition authorities receive transitional relief grant, community charge benefit grant and other specific grants. Information on the amounts payable for 1990–91 are as follows; information for 1991–92 will not be available until authorities send in their detailed budget returns to the Department.

1990–91 £ Million
Wandsworth 11.1
Westminster 7.3
Coventry 32.4
£/Head of relevant population
Coventry 148