§ Mr. BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 11 February,Official Report, column 100, which formulae for the distribution of grants rely on postcodes. [19631]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe information requested is not held centrally. A comprehensive answer could be provided only at a disproportionate cost. Information available on the revenue support grant, which may not be comprehensive, is given in the table. A wide range of data are used in the formulae determining the distribution of the revenue support grant. Some data which are collected by other Government Departments use postcodes. These data are aggregated to local authority level before being used in the formulae.
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Source data which uses postcodes Element of Standard Spending Assessment (SSA) formulae in which it is used Data provided by Income support Education SSA Social Services SSA Department of Social Security Unemployment Police SSA All other services SSA Office for National Statistics New earnings survey Area cost adjustment used in all SSA service blocks except capital financing Office for National Statistics
Source data which uses postcodes Element of Standard Spending Assessment (SSA) formulae in which it is used Data provided by Deaths Social Services SSA All other Services SSA Office for National Statistics Population estimates All SSA service blocks except capital financing Office for National Statistics