§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total funding made available to Warwickshire in 1995–96; and what it was in each of the three previous years. [4837]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordIn 1992–93 redistributed non domestic and revenue support grant were paid only in the collection funds operated by billing authorities. These payments supported expenditure incurred by both the billing authorities and also by any precepting authorities. Data concerning total funding in 1992–93 are therefore not comparable with those for later years. The figures from 1993–94 to 1995–96 are given.
Non-domestic rates are redistributed to each authority on a per head basis. Revenue support grant is calculated as the difference between its standard spending assessment and the sum of the income from its council tax—assuming that its tax was set at the council tax for standard spending for that type of authority—and its share of the distributable amount of non-domestic rates. Revenue support grant and specific grants declined in 1995–96 because of the establishment of the new Warwickshire police authority.
Warwickshire County Council £ thousand 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 Revenue support grant 94,197 106,115 96,582 Non domestic rates 100,626 92,801 89,737 Specific and special grants inside AEF 36,834 37,907 12,563 Specific and special grants outside AEF 30,601 35,104 24,261 Total funding 262,258 271,927 223,143