HC Deb 04 November 1997 vol 300 cc140-1W
Mr. Watts

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the level of Government revenue support grant allocated to each local education authority in each metropolitan and London authority for each child in secondary and primary school. [13872]

Mr. Raynsford

Revenue support grant is paid to authorities in support of their general revenues. It is not allocated for particular purposes. The total revenue support grant allocated to each education authority in metropolitan areas and London is shown in the table.

Table showing revenue support grant (RSG) for London and Metropolitan Authorities in 1997–98
Local authority RSG (£m)
Greater London
City of London 59.755
Camden 141.305
Greenwich 143.598
Hackney 180.699
Hammersmith and Fulham 94.795
Islington 142.351
Kensington and Chelsea 66.642
Lambeth 176.797
Lewisham 157.724
Southwark 176.612
Tower Hamlets 199.884
Wandsworth 129.395
Westminster 151.614
Barking and Dagenham 78.249
Barnet 101.958
Bexley 73.585
Brent 144.644
Bromley 77.609
Croydon 114.926
Ealing 127.934
Enfield 118.790
Haringey 137.723
Harrow 63.369
Havering 64.408
Hillingdon 85 .037
Hounslow 102.656
Kingston upon Thames 37.496
Merton 53.036
Newham 192.196
Redbridge 94.657
Richmond upon Thames 27.506
Sutton 57.157
Waltham Forest 119.635
Greater Manchester
Bolton 100.720
Bury 50.727
Manchester 268.020
Oldham 101.999
Rochdale 84.894
Salford 100.575
Stockport 63.835
Tameside 79.722
Trafford 69.735
Wigan 97.588
Merseyside
Knowsley 87.136
Liverpool 263.399
Sefton 97.851
Table showing revenue support grant (RSG) for London and Metropolitan Authorities in 1997–98
Local authority RSG (£m)
St. Helens 65.703
Wirral 124.227
South Yorkshire
Barnsley 74.107
Doncaster 117.119
Rotherham 99.665
Sheffield 195.941
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 81.913
Newcastle upon tyne 123.810
North Tyneside 70.692
South Tyneside 67.806
Sunderland 126.001
West Midlands
Birmingham 537.660
Coventry 124.904
Dudley 87.233
Sandwell 133.469
Solihull 52.074
Walsall 117.194
Wolverhampton 108.220
West Yorkshire
Bradford 225.916
Calderdale 70.653
Kirklees 131.230
Leeds 259.101
Wakefield 105.616