§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the total rate and grant-borne expenditure of (a) London boroughs, (b) London precepting authorities, (c) metropolitan districts, (d) metropolitan counties, (e) non-metropolitan districts, (f) non-metropolitan counties and (g) local authorities not included in (a), in 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81 and the estimates for 1981–82.
§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his best estimate of the amounts
Average General Rate and Precept Changes at April 1978,1979, 1980 and 1981 Percentage change on previous year Change in rate levies* in Changes in precepts by London Boroughs Metropolitan Districts Non-Metropolitan Districts GLC ILEA Metropolitan Police Metropolitan Counties Non-Metropolitan Counties April 1978 2 7 9 0 2 9 10 10 April 1979 11 14 14 12 0 15 19 23 April 1980 24 25 21 11 26 24 24 21 April 1981 27 23 10 18 17 21 -14 9 * Rate levies are made by boroughs and districts, and include local rates and precepts. Sources: CIPFA "Financial, General and Rating Statistics"; DOE estimates.
§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the current expenditure of local authorities in England in cost terms for 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81 and the estimate for 1981–82 in cost terms.
§ Mr. KingI refer the hon. Member to my answer to his questions on 19 February 1982.—[Vol. 18, c. 240–41.]
§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what were the proportions and actual totals of the total block grant received by all local authorities in
1981–82 latest estimate 1982–83 grant for spending at target £ million per cent. £ million per cent. London authorities (excluding the Metropolitan Police) 1,120.4 13.5 1,340.7 15.5 Metropolitan authorities 2,512.8 30.3 2,570.8 29.6 Non.metropolitan authorities 4,544.2 54.9 4,620.3 53.3 The figures for 1981–82 take account of the prospective abatement of grant to authorities whose revised budgets show planned expenditure above their targets or grant-related expenditure for 1981–82. In 1982–83 figures are based on spending at targets; there is no liability to grant abatement at this level of spending.
§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what proportion of the total expenditure of 240W of block grant paid in total to local authorities in England by the end of the 1981–82 financial year; and if he will estimate how large an amount of grant will then remain to be distributed
§ Mr. Tom KingThe amount of block grant which will be paid out in 1981–82 will be £8,490 million.
This represents the whole of the block grant provided for by the rate support grant report, England, 1980 and the rate support grant supplementary report, England, 1982. The aggregate amount of grant available to be distributed in respect of 1981–82 may, however, be varied in subsequent supplementary reports.
§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the average rate rises in (a) London boroughs, (b) London precepting authorities, (c) metropolitan districts, (d) metropolitan counties, (e) non-metropolitan districts and (f) non-metropolitan counties in April 1978, April 1979, April 1980 and April 1981.
§ Mr. KingThe information is as follows:
(a) London, (b) metropolitan areas and (c) the non-metropolitan areas in 1981–82, estimated outturn, and in 1982–83, rate support grant settlement.
§ Mr. KingThe distribution of rate support grant in the outturn is dependent upon individual authorities' expenditure decisions. Comparisons of the latest estimates of 1981–82 grant entitlements with the notional distribution of grant in 1982–83 exemplified on the assumption that all authorities will spend exactly at their target level must therefore be treated with caution. The figures are as follows:
Essex county council would be met by block grant if it spent at the level of its grant-related expenditure in 1981–82 and 1982–83.
§ Mr. KingOn the basis of the rate support grant supplementary report 1981–82, the percentage of block grant contribution to Essex county council's total 241W expenditure at the level of its grant-related expenditure would be 35.8 per cent. The equivalent figure for 1982–83 would be 34.2 per cent.
§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the percentage increase between 1981–82 and 1982–83 in the grant-related expenditure assessments for (a) London, (b) the metropolitan areas and (c) non-metropolitan areas.
§ Mr. KingGrant-related expenditures determined in the rate support grant report, England, 1982–83 are increased by the following percentages compared with those determined in the rate support grant supplementary report, England, 1982.
per cent. London authorities (excluding the Metropolitan Police) 8.8 Metropolitan authorities 6.8 Non-metropolitan authorities 7.2