HC Deb 14 February 1996 vol 271 cc612-21W
Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list each local authority's level of grant for elderly residential finance, as contained within the personal social services support grant settlement for the current year; and if he will list the figures for each of the last five years,(a) in real terms and (b) as a percentage change from the previous year. [14203]

Sir Paul Beresford

Information on the elderly residential element of personal social services standard spending assessment—SSAs—is given in the table. SSAs do not, in fact, represent amounts of grant paid in respect of specific services. They are, instead, used in the calculation of authorities' entitlement to revenue support grant, which is an unhypothecated grant, allocated between services on the basis of local authorities' decisions.

Table showing the SSA for elderly residential personal social services at 1996–97 prices, and the percentage change, at 1996–97 prices, between years
Local authority 1991–92 £ million Change Per cent. 1992–93 £ million Change Per cent. 1993–94 £ million Change Per cent.
Hounslow 4.684 10.5 5.190 10.8 4.511 -13.1
Kingston upon Thames 4.053 -3.0 4.011 -1.0 3.134 -21.9
Merton 4.889 8.2 5.435 11.2 4.468 -17.8
Newham 5.835 13.4 5.999 2.8 5.089 -15.2
Redbridge 5.794 28.2 6.253 7.9 5.319 -14.9
Richmond upon Thames 4.306 20.1 4.440 3.1 3.435 -22.6
Sutton 4.680 17.3 4.725 1.0 4.296 -9.1
Waltham Forest 7.156 11.8 7.542 5.4 6.270 -16.9
Greater Manchester
Bolton 6.772 15.2 7.163 5.8 6.554 -8.5
Bury 3.713 8.2 4.173 12.4 3.794 -9.1
Manchester 12.292 8.2 13.905 13.1 11.597 -16.6
Oldham 5.303 14.7 5.463 3.0 4.820 -11.8
Rochdale 5.284 13.3 5.284 - 4.789 -9.4
Salford 7.424 11.3 8.088 9.0 6.898 -14.7
Stockport 7.084 23.1 7.187 1.5 6.629 -7.8
Tameside 5.891 22.2 4.919 -16.5 4.884 -0.7
Trafford 4.673 16.3 5.008 7.2 4.557 -9.0
Wigan 7.196 14.6 7.346 2.1 6.425 -12.5
Merseyside
Knowsley 3.246 18.5 3.411 5.1 2.717 -20.4
Liverpool 14.215 14.7 15.263 7.4 12.288 -19.5
Sefton 4.317 0.6 4.507 4.4 4.845 7.5
St. Helens 4.305 14.5 4.428 2.9 3.772 -14.8
Wirral 8.293 17.3 8.352 0.7 7.713 -7.7
South Yorkshire
Barnsley 4.948 15.3 5.007 1.2 4.627 -7.6
Doncaster 5.436 14.8 6.644 22.2 5.311 -20.1
Rotherham 5.903 16.5 6.117 3.6 5.592 -8.6
Sheffield 18.606 14.4 18.809 1.1 16.933 -10.0
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 6.313 13.2 6.059 -4.0 5.105 -15.8
Newcastle upon Tyne 9.356 16.9 9.044 -3.3 7.632 -15.6
North Tyneside 4.881 17.6 5.210 6.7 4.485 -13.9
South Tyneside 4.833 5.9 4.760 -1.5 3.917 -17.7
Sunderland 6.694 11.0 6.908 3.2 6.380 -7.6
West Midlands
Birmingham 23.741 7.3 23.218 -2.2 22.093 -4.8
Coventry 6.537 12.9 6.056 -7.4 5.640 -6.9
Dudley 6.382 19.1 6.536 2.4 6.318 -3.3
Sandwell 9.107 17.0 9.072 -0.4 7.724 -14.9
Solihull 3.609 20.5 3.887 7.7 3.487 -10.3
Walsall 5.244 13.6 5.595 6.7 4.938 -11.7
Wolverhampton 6.417 23.0 6.562 2.3 5.690 -13.3
West Yorkshire
Bradford 11.970 21.7 11.462 -4.2 10.542 -8.0
Calderdale 5.696 12.7 6.480 13.8 5.549 -14.4
Kirklees 9.832 12.7 10.472 6.5 9.612 -8.2
Leeds 21.647 14.5 22.491 3.9 19.254 -14.4
Wakefield 7.134 11.7 7.451 4.5 6.436 -13.6
Shire counties
Bedfordshire 8.807 16.7 8.620 -2.1 8.055 -6.6
Berkshire 11.475 15.6 11.330 -1.3 11.052 -2.5
Buckinghamshire 9.007 18.1 9.298 3.2 8.872 -4.6
Cambridgeshire 12.025 15.1 12.184 1.3 11.573 -5.0
Cheshire 18.349 17.6 18.619 1.5 17.803 -4.4
Cornwall 7.641 14.4 8.081 5.8 8.124 0.5
Cumbria 11.567 21.5 11.525 -0.4 10.569 -8.3
Derbyshire 20.019 13.5 20.427 2.0 19.226 -5.9
Devon 15.736 16.4 16.049 2.0 15.303 -4.6
Dorset 15.370 14.5 15.431 0.4 12.973 -15.9
Durham 15.092 16.0 14.549 -3.6 13.727 -5.6
East Sussex 16.062 17.3 15.171 -5.5 15.610 2.9
Essex 31.407 20.5 32.537 3.6 30.210 -7.2
Table showing the SSA for elderly residential personal social services at 1996–97 prices, and the percentage change, at 1996–97 prices, between years
Local authority 1991–92 £ million Change Per cent. 1992–93 £ million Change Per cent. 1993–94 £ million Change Per cent.
Gloucestershire 11.637 26.7 12.550 7.8 10.732 -14.5
Hampshire 25.148 10.9 25.076 -0.3 25.671 2.4
Hereford and Worcester 10.493 14.3 10.515 0.2 11.056 5.1
Hertfordshire 18.770 11.2 20.871 11.2 18.366 -12.0
Kent 29.872 17.9 30.544 2.2 28.467 -6.8
Lancashire 26.858 14.3 25.626 -4.6 24.556 -4.2
Leicestershire 18.511 16.6 19.921 7.6 17.737 -11.0
Lincolnshire 11.781 11.6 13.016 10.5 12.406 -4.7
Norfolk 16.531 23.7 16.184 -2.1 15.561 -3.9
Northamptonshire 11.345 15.8 11.717 3.3 11.110 -5.2
Northumberland 6.550 16.6 6.326 -3.4 5.953 -5.9
Notthinghamshire 24.006 25.2 24.886 3.7 22.376 -10.1
Oxfordshire 10.814 16.2 11.455 5.9 10.513 -8.2
Shropshire 6.409 12.0 7.122 11.1 6.687 -6.1
Somerset 10.018 16.9 10.143 1.2 9.110 -10.2
Staffordshire 18.763 13.8 19.531 4.1 18.272 -6.4
Suffolk 13.233 15.3 13.865 4.8 13.375 -3.5
Surrey 20.828 22.7 22.141 6.3 20.829 -5.9
Warwickshire 9.166 17.3 9.904 8.1 9.598 -3.1
West Sussex 14.948 19.2 15.708 5.1 15.133 -3.7
Wiltshire 9.858 17.9 10.362 5.1 9.426 -9.0
North Yorkshire — — — — — —
Isles of Scilly 0.029 60.0 0.32 8.0 0.023 -26.2
Isle of Wight Council — — — — — —
Bath and North-east — — — — — —
Somerset — — — — — —
Bristol — — — — — —
South Gloucestershire — — — — — —
North Somerset — — — — — —
Hartlepool — — — — — —
Middlesbrough — — — — — —
Redcar and Cleveland — — — — — —
Stockton on Tees — — — — — —
East Riding of Yorkshire — — — — — —
Kingston upon Hull — — — — — —
North East Lincolnshire — — — — — —
North Lincolnshire — — — — — —
York — — — — — —
Old Shire areas
Avon (old) 21.548 13.2 22.320 3.6 19.737 11.6
Cleveland (old) 11.800 18.8 11.474 -2.8 10,530 -8.2
Humberside (old) 17.459 8.1 17.514 0.3 15.849 -9.5
Isle of Wight (old) 2.352 17.7 2.263 -3.8 2.119 -6.4
North Yorkshire (old) 13.989 11.6 14.817 5.9 14.347 -3.2
Table Showing the SSA for elderly residential personal social services at 1996–97 prices, and the percentage change, at 1996–97 prices. between years
Local authority 1994–95 £ million Change Per cent. 1995–96 £ million Change Per cent. 1996–97 £ million Change Per cent.
Total England 1,384.6 38.9 1,850.0 33.6 2.200.2 18.9
Total shire counties 791.380 40.7 1,064.4 34.5 1,161.8 9.2
Total shire unitary authorities — — 4.859 — 116.229 2.292
Total metropolitan districts 351.316 35.4 463.091 31.8 551.401 19.1
Total inner London boroughs including City 110.714 44.8 148.398 34.0 172.904 16.5
Total outer London boroughs 131.184 34.0 169.252 29.0 197.743 16.8
Total London boroughs 241.898 38.8 317.650 31.3 370.648 16.7
Isles of Scilly 0.042 81.0 0.060 41.4 0.073 22.7
Total shire areas 791.380 40.7 1,069.2 35.1 1,278.1 19.5
Total metropolitan areas 351.316 35.4 463.091 31.8 551.401 19.1
Total London 241.898 38.8 317.650 31.3 370.648 16.7
Table showing the SSA for elderly residential personal social services at 1996–97 prices, and the percentage change, at 1996–97 prices, between years
Local authority 1994–95 £ million Change Per cent. 1995–96 £ million Change Per cent. 1996–97 £ million Change Per cent.
Greater London
City of London 0.207 47.9 0.323 55.9 0.594 84.1
Camden 9.627 30.0 12.971 34.7 15.330 18.2
Greenwich 9.767 51.0 12.994 33.0 14.908 14.7
Hackney 9.266 71.0 12.281 32.5 14.286 16.3
Hammersmith and Fulham 7.104 41.0 9.388 32.1 10.985 17.0
Islington 8.459 40.7 11.368 34.4 12.980 14.2
Kensington and Chelsea 5.736 10.5 7.727 34.7 9.299 20.3
Lambeth 10.007 49.1 13.505 35.0 15.603 15.5
Lewisham 10.393 61.4 14.175 36.4 16.473 16.2
Southwark 10.861 60.7 14.350 32.1 16.612 15.8
Tower Hamlets 8.268 60.3 10.992 32.9 12.735 15.9
Wandsworth 11.718 40.8 15.507 32.3 18.053 16.4
Westminster 9.301 26.0 12.819 37.8 15.046 17.4
Barking and Dagenham 6.758 48.2 8.557 26.6 10.486 22.5
Barnet 9.554 46.7 12.062 26.3 14.079 16.7
Bexley 5.275 27.7 7.106 34.7 8.429 18.6
Brent 6.574 25.8 8.056 22.5 9.003 11.8
Bromley 7.830 27.4 10.142 29.5 11.896 17.3
Croydon 7.415 23.6 9.787 32.0 11.534 17.9
Ealing 7.905 31.5 10.050 27.1 11.823 17.6
Enfield 7.640 23.1 9.860 29.1 11.474 16.4
Haringey 6.665 44.9 8.467 27.0 9.963 17.7
Harrow 5.374 62.9 7.030 30.8 8.240 17.2
Havering 5.714 39.8 7.402 29.5 8.746 18.2
Hillingdon 6.196 35.1 8.065 30.2 9.546 18.4
Hounslow 6.284 39.3 8.231 31.0 9.489 15.3
Kingston upon Thames 3.460 10.4 4.634 33.9 5.407 16.7
Merton 5.570 24.7 7.103 27.5 8.193 15.3
Newham 7.561 48.6 9.709 28.4 11.155 14.9
Redbridge 6.450 21.3 8.278 28.3 9.406 13.6
Richmond upon Thames 4.741 38.0 6.608 39.4 7.871 19.1
Sutton 5.486 27.7 7.108 29.6 8.197 15.3
Waltham Forest 8.732 39.3 10.997 25.9 12.807 16.5
Greater Manchester
Bolton 8.010 22.2 10.286 28.4 12.108 17.7
Bury 4.547 19.8 6.126 34.7 7.403 20.8
Manchester 6.405 41.5 21.317 29.9 25.139 17.9
Oldham 6.506 35.0 8.455 30.0 9.981 18.0
Rochdale 5.955 24.4 7.886 32.4 9.342 18.5
Salford 9.262 34.3 12.156 31.2 14.585 20.0
Stockport 7.155 7.9 9.420 31.7 11.276 19.7
Tameside 6.919 41.7 9.239 33.5 10.953 18.6
Trafford 5.635 23.7 7.530 33.6 8.915 18.4
Wigan 8.681 35.1 11.393 31.2 13.638 19.7
Merseyside
Knowsley 3.786 39.3 5.047 33.3 5.934 17.6
Liverpool 6.631 35.3 21.759 30.8 25.739 18.3
Sefton 7.897 63.0 11.078 40.3 13.456 21.5
St. Helens 5.399 43.1 6.882 27.5 8.214 19.3
Wirral 8.987 16.5 12.495 39.0 15.093 20.8
South Yorkshire
Barnsley 8.429 82.2 11.252 33.5 13.483 19.8
Doncaster 9.029 70.0 11.739 30.0 13.954 18.9
Rotherham 9.020 61.3 11.851 31.4 14.116 19.1
Sheffield 23.189 36.9 30.305 30.7 35.934 18.6
Table showing the SSA for elderly residential personal social services at 1996–97 prices, and the percentage change, at 1996–97 prices, between years
Local authority 1994–95 £ million Change Per cent. 1995–96 £ million Change Per cent. 1996–97 £ million Change Per cent.
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 8.000 56.7 10.496 31.2 12.485 19.0
Newcastle upon Tyne 11.069 45.0 14.394 30.0 17.078 18.6
North Tyneside 7.272 62.1 9.596 32.0 11.518 20.0
South Tyneside 6.373 62.7 8.318 30.5 10.034 20.6
Sunderland 10.331 61.9 13.459 30.3 16.132 19.9
West Midlands
Birmingham 28.166 27.5 37.613 33.5 44.822 19.2
Coventry 6.915 22.6 9.123 31.9 10.913 19.6
Dudley 8.593 36.0 11.424 32.9 13.723 20.1
Sandwell 10.743 39.1 14.083 31.1 16.798 19.3
Solihull 3.949 13.2 5.251 33.0 6.322 20.4
Walsall 7.664 55.2 10.122 32.1 12.070 19.2
Wolverhampton 7.800 37.1 10.082 29.3 11.904 18.1
West Yorkshire
Bradford 11.254 6.7 15.542 38.1 18.542 19.3
Calderdale 6.051 9.1 7.640 26.3 8.928 16.9
Kirklees 10.790 12.3 14.193 31.5 16.860 18.8
Leeds 24.059 25.0 31.475 30.8 37.445 19.0
Wakefield 10.842 68.5 14.064 29.7 16.562 17.8
Shire Counties
Bedfordshire 11.718 45.5 15.323 30.8 18.158 18.5
Berkshire 15.278 38.2 21.099 38.1 25.030 18.6
Buckinghamshire 13.460 51.7 18.513 37.5 21.955 18.6
Cambridgeshire 15.490 33.8 20.936 35.2 25.148 20.1
Cheshire 22.589 26.9 30.939 37.0 37.016 19.6
Cornwall 12.489 53.7 17.194 37.7 20.808 21.0
Cumbria 13.803 30.6 18.252 32.2 21.769 19.3
Derbyshire 27.210 41.5 36.106 32.7 43.121 19.4
Devon 27.048 76.8 37.809 39.8 46.143 22.0
Dorset 19.500 50.3 26.143 34.1 31.394 20.1
Durham 21.275 55.0 28.216 32.6 33.855 20.0
East Sussex 23.521 50.7 33.613 42.9 40.135 19.4
Essex 42.769 41.6 57.521 34.5 67.937 18.1
Gloucestershire 12.880 20.0 17.284 34.2 20.688 19.7
Hampshire 38.537 50.1 51.953 34.8 61.886 19.1
Hereford and Worcester 15.901 43.8 21.831 37.3 26.434 21.1
Hertfordshire 26.994 47.0 37.367 38.4 44.527 19.2
Kent 40.740 43.1 55.184 35.5 65.633 18.9
Lancashire 35.808 45.8 48.234 34.7 57.636 19.5
Leicestershire 20.783 17.2 27.761 33.6 33.090 19.2
Lincolnshire 16.179 30.4 22.061 36.4 26.683 21.0
Norfolk 22.678 45.7 30.430 34.2 36.742 20.7
Northamptonshire 14.245 28.2 18.627 30.8 22.350 20.0
Northumberland 10.270 72.5 13.548 31.9 16.275 20.1
Nottinghamshire 29.044 29.8 38.767 33.5 46.421 19.7
Oxfordshire 13.860 31.8 18.116 30.7 21.576 19.1
Shropshire 10.387 55.3 14.030 35.1 16.902 20.5
Somerset 12.033 32.1 17.061 41.8 20.574 20.6
Staffordshire 26.152 43.1 34.838 33.2 41.735 19.8
Suffolk 18.148 35.7 24.075 32.7 28.706 19.2
Surrey 27.088 30.0 36.526 34.8 43.146 18.1
Warwickshire 12.066 25.7 15.819 31.1 18.810 18.9
West Sussex 21.654 43.1 29.194 34.8 34.230 17.3
Wiltshire 13.429 42.5 17.925 33.5 21.466 19.8
North Yorkshire — — — — 23.872 —
All Purpose Authorities
Isle of Scilly 0.042 81.0 0.060 41.4 0.073 22.7
Isle of Wight Council — — 4.859 — 5.758 18.5
Bath and North East — — — — 6.893 —
Somerset — — — — — —
Bristol — — — — 17.983 —
South Gloucestershire — — — — 6.396 —
North Somerset — — — — 7.719 —
Hartlepool — — — — 4.281 —
Middlesbrough — — — — 6.097 —
Redcar and Cleveland — — — — 6.215 —
Table showing the SSA for elderly residential personal social services at 1996–97 prices, and the percentage change, at 1996–97 prices, between years
Local authority 1994–95 £ million Change Per cent. 1995–96 £ million Change Per cent. 1996–97 £ million Change Per cent.
Stockton on Tees — — — — 6.637 —
East Riding of Yorkshire — — — — 12.197 —
Kingston upon Hull — — — — 16.264 —
North East Lincolnshire — — — — 6.580 —
North Lincolnshire — — — — 6.232 —
York — — — — 6.977 —
Old Shire Areas
Avon (old) 24.356 23.4 32.786 34.6 — —
Cleveland (old) 14.466 37.4 19.312 33.5 — —
Humberside (old) 25.025 57.9 34.167 36.5 — —
Isle of Wight (old) 3.569 68.5 — — — —
North Yorkshire (old) 18.941 32.0 25.803 36.2 — —

Mr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what factors he takes into account when deciding the level of the homelessness indicator in the revenue support grant settlement; [14202]

(2) what plans he has to remove the homelessness indicator from the revenue support grant settlement. [14201]

Sir Paul Beresford

The amounts allocated using the homelessness indicator SSAs are largely determined by statistical analyses which were carried out in 1993. The analyses took into account the extent to which particular indicators reflected variations between authorities in their need for net revenue expenditure.

The SSA sub-group of the settlement working group examined last year possible alternatives to the homelessness indicator. We were not convinced that any of the alternatives provided a clear improvement to the SSA formulae, but the indicator may need further consideration at some stage.