§ Mr. ToddTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the standard spending assessment per head of population for each English shire county in ascending order(a) for 1996–97 and (b) under the draft 1998–99 settlement. [19944]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe figures for shire counties are shown in the tables enclosed. Note that the provisional 1998–99 and settlement 1996–97 Standard Spending Assessment figures are not comparable owing to changes in local government responsibility and local government reorganisation affecting Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Derbyshire, Dorset, Durham, East Sussex, Hampshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Wiltshire in 1997 and Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Devon, Essex, Hereford and Worcester, Kent, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire and Shropshire in 1998.
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(a) 1996–97 standard spending assessment per head of resident population in ascending order for shire counties
Local authority Standard spending assessment (£/head)
Surrey 544 Oxfordshire 553 Warwickshire 555 Hereford and Worcester 556 Wiltshire 559 Dorset 561 Hampshire 572 Norfolk 572 Somerset 572
(a)1996–97 standard spending assessment per head of resident population in ascending order for shire counties
Local authority Standard spending assessment (£/head)
Gloucestershire 574 West Sussex 576 Staffordshire 580 Derbyshire 582 Suffolk 583 Cambridgeshire 586 North Yorkshire 595 Devon 596 Cheshire 596 East Sussex 597 Shropshire 603 Nottinghamshire 605 Lincolnshire 607 Berkshire 608 Leicestershire 610 Northamptonshire 614 Cumbria 614 Essex 617 Cornwall 617 Durham 621 Buckinghamshire 621 Lancashire 625 Hertfordshire 635 Kent 644 Bedfordshire 645 Northumberland 652
(b) 1998–99 Provisional standard spending assessment per head of resident population in ascending order for shire counties
Local authority Standard spending assessment (£/head)
Cambridgeshire 573 Surrey 580 Oxfordshire 583 Hampshire 584 Dorset 587 Wiltshire 590 Worcestershire 590 Leicestershire 591 Warwickshire 597 Derbyshire 605 West Sussex 608 Somerset 610 Norfolk 613 Gloucestershire 613 Shropshire 615 Suffolk 616 Nottinghamshire 618 Staffordshire 620 Cheshire 623 Devon 624 Buckinghamshire 631 North Yorkshire 632 East Sussex 643 Lincolnshire 645 Essex 650 Durham 658 Cumbria 659 Northamptonshire 659 Cornwall 659 Bedfordshire 668 Lancashire 671 Hertfordshire 681 Kent 684 Northumberland 686