§ Sir Teddy TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement clarifying the manner in which ERDF grants are taken into account in 15W assessing the standard spending assessments of local authorities; and what steps have been taken to harmonise the principles of such policies with other parts of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. CurryWhen a local authority in England receives an ERDF grant for a capital project, a supplementary credit approval—SCA—is issued to it. Nether the grant, nor the related SCA, is taken into account in the calculation of its standard spending assessment.
The systems of support for local authority expenditure in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland differ in a number of respects. Decisions on the operation of each system are the responsibility of the relevant Secretary of State.