§ Mr. RendelTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) if he will list for(a) 2003–04 and (b) 2004–05 the local authorities for which a funding (i) ceiling and (ii) floor has been imposed; [176366]
(2) if he will list for each local authority for which a ceiling has been imposed (a) the grant calculated by the funding formula and (b) the grant actually received in real terms figures for (i) 2003–04 and (ii) 2004–05; and what the difference was in each case, expressed as a percentage of the local authority's council tax intake. [176367]
§ Mr. RaynsfordTwo tables have been made available in the Library of the House showing the floor and ceiling classification of all authorities for 2003–04 and 2004–05 respectively, together with their formula grant before floors and ceilings, their formula grant after floors and ceilings, the difference, their council tax yield and the difference expressed as a percentage of the council tax yield.
It should be noted that ceilings do not fully meet the cost of the floor; therefore a scaling factor was applied to that portion of the grant increase above the level of the floor for all non-floor/non-ceiling authorities.
In 2004–05, there were no effective ceilings for both the shire district and police authority groups; the floors were funded entirely via the scaling factor.