HL Deb 17 March 1993 vol 543 cc91-2WA
Lord Skidelsky

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether in allocating the local authority block grant account is taken of the services different authorities derive from the capital they already own and devote to education.

Baroness Blatch

The allocation of unhypothecated Revenue Support Grant to local authorities is determined by the standard spending assessment system, which allows for objective variations in the level of recurrent expenditure authorities need to incur to provide a standard level of service. No account is taken for this purpose of the services different local authorities derive from the capital they already own and devote to education or any other service.

The distribution of credit approvals for borrowing in respect of capital expenditure takes into account individual authorities' existing and forecast capital receipts across all services.