HC Deb 21 July 1953 vol 46 cc236-40W
Mr. Kaufman

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the local authorities which, having suffered grant holdback as a result of the Rate Support Grant Supplementary Report (England) (No. 2) 1982, are now to have some or all of that holdback restored if Parliament approves the Rate Support Grant Supplementary Report (England) (No. 3) 1981–82; and if, for each of these local authorities, he will state (a) the expenditure target, (b) the budget on the basis of which holdback was imposed, (c) the expenditure total or other latest information on the basis of which he has decided to restore some or all of the holdback, (a) the original amount of holdback imposed and (e) the amount now to be restored.

1981.82 RSG
A millions B C D millions E millions F millions G millions
Non-metropolitan Counties
Cheshire 260.401 308.306 336.131 276.889 258.099 10.990 10.990
Cleveland 176.906 212.895 209.019 192.008 185.502 6.570 0.184
Cumbria 135.684 150.877 145.154 142.518 136.993 3.647 3.647
Durham 170.873 195.221 193.174 180.984 174.550 4.655 1.885
East Sussex 160.993 181.809 182.838 162.425 160.687 1.807 1.807
Humberside 236.545 281.231 274.788 256.004 249.011 7.259 0.151
Nottinghamshire 263.897 317.590 309.438 284.484 283.354 9.208 9.208
Oxfordshire 129.890 153.532 150.333 131.160 132.749 1.526 1.526
Staffordshire 264.974 306.903 303.001 272.871 273.313 5.738 5.738
Non-metropolitan Districts
Bristol 20.675 35.066 32.090 24.311 23.981 1.372 0.189
Bracknell 2.471 3.208 3.056 2.509 2.435 0.044 0.044
Reading 6.937 10.455 9.186 7.988 7.210 0.569 0.293
Peterborough 5.013 8.799 8.573 5.495 4.974 0.383 0.383
Chester 3.777 6.130 5.725 4.231 3.941 0.282 0.025
Ellesmere Port and Neston 3.232 4.262 4.315 3.289 3.121 0.051 0.051
Langbaurgh 7.296 13.032 12.917 8.200 7.914 0.585 0.007
Stockton-on-Tees 6.877 11.113 9.783 7.795 7.068 0.506 0.259
Carlisle 3.952 5.945 5.553 4.513 4.042 0.229 0.104
North-East Derbyshire 3.376 4.504 4.589 3.394 3.202 0.036 0.036
North Devon 2.753 3.627 3.625 2.861 2.469 0.055 0.055
Torbay 4.050 5.825 5.722 4.514 4.484 0.197 0.197
Chester-le-Street 1.696 2.836 2.973 1.759 1.542 0.040 0.040
Derwentside 3.352 6.167 5.982 4.031 4.063 0.207 0.008
Durham 3.291 5.421 4.996 3.329 3.233 0.045 0.045
Sedgefield 4.494 7.985 7.947 4.651 4.440 0.135 0.135
Teesdale 0.672 0.889 0.869 0.684 0.668 0.006 0.006
Basildon 6.898 11.309 10.571 7.801 7019 0.505 0.391
Harlow 4.216 6.735 5.725 5.023 4641 0.387 0.079
Hart 1.930 2.894 2.579 2.285 2005 0.124 0.124
Worcester 2.542 3.988 3.418 2.922 2534 0.216 0.216
Wyreforest 3.988 6.322 5.396 5.005 4388 0.275 0.059
Watford 4.149 5.847 5.736 4.249 4.177 0.153 0.091
Boothferry 1.853 3.596 3.545 2.278 2063 0.098 0.002
Cleethorpes 3.065 4.452 3.948 3.142 2.945 0.100 0.100
Glanford 1.935 3.527 3.083 2.197 1.956 0.142 0.113
Holderness 1.234 1.745 1.675 1.251 1.184 0.014 0.014
Kingston upon Hull 10.685 19.397 17.887 12.757 12.621 0.451 0.067
East Yorkshire 2.943 3.841 3.858 3.026 2.846 0.062 0.062
Scunthorpe 2.870 5.914 5.192 3.692 3.456 0.219 0.052
Dartford 3.994 5.751 7.308 4.049 3.773 0.044 0.044
Blackburn 7.595 12.563 12.013 7.879 7.592 0.166 0.166
Pendle 4.144 5.626 5.323 4.382 4.097 0.111 0.111
Ribble Valley 1.714 2.424 2.691 1.745 1.628 0.018 0.018
Wyre 3.578 4.590 4.464 3.644 3.759 0.032 0.032
Leicester 12.301 20.235 17.664 13.964 13.473 0.675 0.675
North West Leicestershire 1.988 3.104 3.002 2.157 1.991 0.120 0.120
South Northamptonshire 1.093 1.926 1.817 1.136 1.133 0.044 0.044
Blyth Valley 2.863 4.851 4.619 2.962 2.879 0.064 0.040
Ashfield 2.959 4.669 4.967 3.119 2.875 0.121 0.121
North Warwickshire 1.837 2.824 2.866 1.873 1.799 0.027 0.027
Nuneaton & Bedworth 4.468 7.843 6.919 4.977 4.428 0.280 0.280
Adur 2.105 3.509 3.262 2.260 2.130 0.162 0.125
Metropolitan Counties
Merseyside 154.914 152.860 149.739 183.288 181.054 5.138 0.055
South Yorkshire 125.500 148.629 139.686 147.780 150.234 5.044 0.329
West Midlands 198.413 240.038 210.104 253.560 230.175 10.462 1.709

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

[pursuant to his reply, 15 July 1983, c. 4601: The information requested is set out in the table attached. For 1981–82, authorities could avoid grant holdback either by keeping their current expenditure within target—at November 1980 prices—or by keeping their total expenditure less than the highest of their grant-related expenditures for the year. Accordingly, the following table shows items (b) and (c) in the right hon. Member's question in terms of both total expenditure, at outturn prices, and current expenditure, at November 1980 prices.

A millions B C D millions E millions F millions G millions
West Yorkshire 168.706 185.683 175.489 210.450 203.459 5.478 0.372
Metropolitan District
Bury 42.643 53.653 52.149 44.871 43.403 1.507 1.145
Manchester 168.267 237.451 232.929 169.754 166.420 2.083 2.083
Rochdale 56.728 76.588 75.821 63.709 62.435 1.826 0.032
Tameside 57.351 72.151 70.409 58.441 57.905 0.425 0.014
Knowsley 52.543 64.109 64.058 55.113 55.185 1.577 1.577
St. Helens 49.699 63.814 61.513 50.608 50.611 0.475 0.025
Barnsley 57.906 73.391 71.954 60.105 59.011 0.955 0.572
Sheffield 140.215 198.131 195.823 152.921 153.884 6.617 0.106
Gateshead 54.471 69.291 67.811 54.612 53.413 0.424 0.424
Newcastle upon Tyne 86.601 115.600 115.258 86.510 84.006 1.132 1.132
South Tyneside 45.244 58.760 58.654 45.414 44.476 0.310 0.310
Sunderland 74.932 98.366 97.280 80.207 78.483 2.249 0.035
Birmingham 280.032 347.578 341.253 286.352 276.987 7.108 7.108
Sandwell 77.480 104.484 102.894 84.752 84.189 4.127 0.092
Kirklees 85.933 115.740 112.401 95.245 92.877 2.424 2.424
London
Greenwich 31.838 50.889 47.414 33.926 32.956 1.585 0.741
Hackney 37.550 65.179 62.653 36.890 37.038 0.455 0.455
Lambeth 57.298 98.831 91.375 58.734 55.512 3.687 3.687
Lewisham 42.053 74.099 66.742 45.530 44.716 2.018 0.327
Tower Hamlets 39.647 57.775 54.537 43.073 37.417 2.335 2.335
Haringey 82.624 109.289 108.074 85.900 83.866 2.186 1.293
Hounslow 59.176 82.459 80.586 64.148 62.486 3.861 0.147
Newham 74.222 110.658 104.202 81.721 78.687 3.312 0.345
Waltham Forest 66.836 98.846 94.283 74.863 74.245 3.158 0.260
GLC 362.533 455.844 464.478 365.747 357.530 5.074 5.074

Column:

A. The current expenditure targets, at November 1980 prices, notified to authorities on 23 January 1981 (but see paragraph 12 of the Rate Support Grant Supplementary Report (England) (No. 2) 1982).

B. The revised total expenditure budgets, at outturn prices, submitted to the Department by 20 October 1981, with the exception of the Greater London Council (see paragraph 15 of the second Supplementary Report).

C. Latest available total expenditure information, at outturn prices, as notified to the Department by 22 April 1983, after deducting expenditure incurred as a result of the abnormal severity of the winter of 1981–82 and incurred by police authorities on the civil disturbances of 1981.

D. Revised current expenditure budgets, at November 1980 prices, submitted to the Department by 20 October 1981, with the exception of the Greater London Council (see paragraph 15 of the second Supplementary Report), after deducting the expenditure described in paragraph 16 of the second Supplementary Report.

E. Latest available current expenditure information, at November 1980 prices, as notified to the Department by 22 April 1983, after deducting the amounts or descriptions of expenditure in paragraph 14 of the Rate Support Grant Supplementary Report (England) (No. 3) 1981–82.

F. The amount of grant reduction implemented following approval of the second Supplementary Report.

G. The amount of grant reduction to be restored if the 3rd Supplementary Report is approved by Parliament.