HC Deb 05 December 1995 vol 268 cc178-80W
Sir Peter Hordern

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list(a) the change in standard spending assessment for county councils in England for (i) 1995–96 and (ii) 1996–97, identifying the standard spending assessment for education separately and (b) the amount of total external support for each county council, together with the percentage change from 1995–96 in order from the highest increase to the lowest. [3927]

Mr. Curry

The information is as follows:

Local authority Change in total SSA 1996–97 £ million Percentage change in total SSA 1996–97 Change in education SSA 1996–97 £ million Percentage change in education SSA 1996–97
Bedfordshire 7.987 2.3 8.251 3.9
Berkshire 8.096 1.8 9.042 3.3
Buckinghamshire 8.219 2.1 8.417 3.5
Cambridgeshire 14.232 3.7 11.167 4.9
Cheshire 18.023 3.2 17.024 5.1
Cornwall 8.603 3.0 8.700 5.6
Cumbria 9.896 3.4 9.408 5.8
Derbyshire 20.615 3.9 17.155 5.7
Devon 21.852 3.6 17.422 5.3
Dorset 10.650 2.9 9.509 4.8
Durham 10.206 2.8 9.840 4.8
East Sussex 8.402 2.0 7.264 3.4
Essex 24.652 2.6 26.289 4.9
Gloucestershire 9.505 3.1 9.286 5.3
Hampshire 23.810 2.7 22.701 4.5
Hereford and Worcester 11.752 3.2 9.097 4.1
Hertfordshire 15.730 2.5 15.882 4.3
Kent 22.259 2.3 22.742 4.1
Lancashire 26.606 3.1 26.588 5.5
Leicestershire 17.452 3.2 16.818 5.3
Lincolnshire 15.138 4.3 13.932 7.0
Norfolk 17.826 4.2 15.359 6.7
North Yorkshire (New Area) 13.369 4.2 11.577 6.6
Northamptonshire 12.748 3.6 12.504 6.0
Nottinghamshire 20.518 3.4 18.535 5.3
Northumberland 6.291 3.2 5.950 5.5
Oxfordshire 7.510 2.4 5.951 3.2
Shropshire 8.879 3.7 8.223 6.0
Somerset 8.884 3.4 7.385 5.1
Staffordshire 18.151 3.1 17.324 5.0
Suffolk 13.020 3.6 11.665 5.7
Surrey 10.070 1.8 8.188 2.7
Warwickshire 8.907 3.3 7.850 5.0
West Sussex 7.663 1.9 8.715 3.8
Wiltshire 9.543 3.0 9.017 4.8

  1. 1. Changes calculated using Adjusted SSAs. The adjusted SSA updates the previous years SSA to take account of changes in function and geographical responsiblity, but not data, methodology or control total changes.
  2. 2. Due to Local Government reorganisation, Avon CC, Cleveland CC, and Humberside CC have been abolished. The new area of North Yorkshire CC excludes the new area of York Unitary Authority.

Local authority Proposed total external support 1996–97 £million Percentage change relative to 1995–96
Lincolnshire 281.307 6.9
Derbyshire 422.515 6.7
Devon 462.854 6.4
Suffolk 280.824 6.2
Somerset 197.322 6.1
Nottinghamshire 486.294 6.0
Shropshire 188.561 6.0
Cumbria 229.105 5.9
Northumberland 156.751 5.9
Warwickshire 197.170 5.8
Dorset 261.525 5.8
Cambridgeshire 300.818 5.8
Northamptonshire 279.661 5.6
Durham 300.380 5.5
Cornwall 219.921 5.5
Hereford and Worcester 274.477 5.5
Gloucestershire 227.468 5.4
Lancashire 694.961 5.4
Leicestershire 432.662 5.3
Staffordshire 466.331 5.2
Cheshire 432.157 5.2
Norfolk 323.785 5.1
East Sussex 311.010 4.9
Hampshire 662.366 4.8
Wiltshire 233.543 4.8

Local authority Proposed total external support 1996–97 £million Percentage change relative to 1995–96
Essex 710.598 4.7
Hertfordshire 458.742 4.6
Kent 744.579 4.3
West Sussex 284.664 4.2
Oxfordshire 230.107 4.0
Surrey 360.818 4.0
Bedfordshire 268.352 3.8
Berkshire 337.796 3.0
Buckinghamshire 288.380 1.4
North Yorkshire (New area) 236.399 —

  1. 1. Where total external support is defined as revenue support grant plus Income from non-domestic rates plus SSA reduction grant.
  2. 2. No TES figures for 1995-96 are available for the new area North Yorkshire county council, so no percentage change figure shown in the table.