Standard Spending Assessments

HC Deb 28 April 1993 vol 223 cc422-3W

25. Mr. Ian Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans he has to amend the formula for the calculation of standard spending assessments.

Mr. Robin Squire

We are currently reviewing standard spending assessments in consultation with local authority representatives to incorporate detailed information from the 1991 census into the SSA formulae.

We are taking this opportunity to reconsider more widely the current range of social factors used within SSAs and the weight placed upon them, the basis of the area cost adjustment, measures of population density and sparsity and the inclusion of day visitors. We are also prepared to consider representations about other aspects of SSAs.