§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for each unitary authority area and for Wales as a whole in 1996 prices the estimated revenue cost of local government reorganisation for 1996–97; and if he will make a statement. [12429]
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesInformation on the costs of reorganisation to each local authority is not held centrally.
My right hon. Friend will provide supplementary credit approvals totalling £41,394,000 to unitary authorities for 1996–97 to cover a proportion of councils' expenditure on compensation, accommodation and information technology.
The figures for accommodation and information technology are broken down as follows:
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Council Information technology £ Accommodation £ Aberconwy and Colwyn 348,219 600,000 Anglesey 338,546 1,000,000 Blaenau Gwent 562,180 217,000 Bridgend 673,427 — Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire 889,342 — Caerphilly 482,142 — Cardiff 456,987 — Cardiganshire 445,457 — Carmarthenshire 366,847 — Denbighshire 436,048 2,214,750 Flintshire 725,309 — Merthyr Tydfil 220,000 — Monmouthshire 460,131 — Neath and Port Talbot 895,107 — Newport 505,725 — Pembrokeshire 236,789 800,000
Council Information technology £ Accommodation £ Powys 488,431 — Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 812,304 — Swansea 576,000 — Torfaen 752,037 — Wrexham 424,512 1,440,000 The Vale of Glamorgan 668,710 — Total 11,764,250 6,271,750 No such breakdown is available for compensation costs in 1996–97. SCAs will be authorised upon receipt of audited claims for actual expenditure, up to a limit of £23,538,000.