HC Deb 05 February 2002 vol 379 cc829-30W
Mr. Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what the average SSA is in 2002 for councils and local authority areas in England. [32109]

Dr. Whitehead

The average SSA for 2002–03 in England across all 432 local authorities is £115.190 million. Different classes of authority provide different services. The table shows the average SSA by class of authority.

£ million
Class of authority Average SSA
City of London 54.645
Inner London boroughs 281.295
Outer London boroughs 236.383
Greater London authority 1,168.594
Metropolitan district councils 297.089
Metropolitan fire authorities 64.521
Metropolitan police authorities 150.103
Shire district councils 9.891
Shire county councils 491.364
Shire unitary authorities 163.422
Shire police authorities 60.378
Isles of Scilly 3.192