HC Deb 21 December 1983 vol 51 cc268-73W
Dr. Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those authorities whose expenditure guidance for 1984–85 announced on 14 December differs from the guidance originally issued on 1 August; by which of the changes in expenditure guidance methodology the increases in expenditure guidance have been occasioned; and by what amount each of the changes in methodology has increased the expenditure guidance.

Authorities whose expenditure guidance for 1984–85 issued on 14 December 1983 differ from provisional guidance issued on 1 August 1983
£ million
Reason for increase
Provisional target final target Interest receipts(Para 4(a)) HRA transfer(Para 4(b)) Budget target—2 percent. (Para 4(c)) Total increase
Col. 1 Col. 2 Col. 3 Col. 4 Col. 5 Col. 6
GREATER LONDON
Wandsworth 62.062 62.112 0.050 0.050
METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS
West Midlands
Birmingham 368.330 373.557 4.677 4.677
Dudley 84.989 85.916 0.927 0.927
SHIRE DISTRICTS
Avon
Bath 3.850 4.231 0.378 0.378
Bristol 33.512 34.076 0.564 0.564
Kingswood 3.427 3.733 0.306 0.306
Wansdyke 2.315 2.778 0.040 0.423 0.463
Woodspring 7.425 7.885 0.459 0.459
Berkshire
Slough 4.161 5.791 0.726 0.228 0.676 1.630
Windsor and Maidenhead 5.536 5.988 0.452 0.452
Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury Vale 3.890 3.923 0.033 0.033
South Bucks 2.095 2.172 0.077 0.077
Chiltern 3.107 3.147 0.040 0.040
Milton Keynes 7.085 7.246 0.161 0.161
Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire 1.317 1.903 0.586 0.586
Fenland 2.793 2.804 0.011 0.011
South Cambridgeshire 2.654 2.655 0.001 0.001
Cheshire
Congleton 3.447 3.654 0.207 0.207
Cleveland
Langbaurgh 13.722 14.013 0.291 0.291
Cornwall
Carrick 3.608 3.751 0.071 0.072 0.143
North Cornwall 2.775 2.826 0.051 0.051
Penwith 2.770 3.058 0.103 0.135 0.288
Restormel 3.133 3.311 0.061 0.117 0.178
Cumbria
Eden 1.564 1.596 0.032 0.032
South Lakeland 4.692 5.120 0.428 0.428
Devon
Exeter 4.457 4.682 0.106 0.119 0.225
North Devon 3.559 3.626 0.067 0.067
Plymouth 11.359 11.623 0.264 0.264
South Hams 3.134 3.206 0.072 0.072
Torbay 6.546 6.551 0.005 0.005
Dorset
Bournemouth 9.695 9.811 0.116 0.116
Christchurch 1.812 1.829 0.017 0.017
North Dorset 1.227 1.295 0.068 0.068
Purbeck 1.243 1.338 0.020 0.075 0.095
West Dorset 2.567 2.647 0.080 0.080
Wimborne 2.547 2.588 0.007 0.034 0.041
Durham
Durham 5.253 5.469 0.216 0.216
East Sussex
Hastings 4.794 4.928 0.134 0.134
Hove 5.075 5.162 0.087 0.087
Essex
Brentwood 2.579 2.701 0.122 0.122

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

I list the authorities whose expenditure guidance for 1984–85 announced on 14 December differs from the provisional figures issued on 1 August, the amounts by which their guidance has been increased, and the reasons. The adjustments in columns 3 to 5 are those described in paragraph 4(a) to (c) of annex D of the "Rate Support Grant Report (England) 1984–85".

Reason for increase
Provisional target final target Interest receipts(Para 4(a)) HRA transfer(Para 4(b)) Budget target—2 percent. (Para 4(c)) Total increase
Col. 1 Col. 2 Col. 3 Col. 4 Col. 5 Col. 6
Chelmsford 4.127 4.448 0.321 0.321
Colchester 4.625 5.513 0.024 0.364 0.388
Epping Forest 4.738 5.452 0.027 0.687 0.714
Malden 1.673 1.764 0.091 0.091
Rochford 3.039 3.227 0.188 0.188
Uttlesford 1.969 2.133 0.155 0.009 0.164
Gloucestershire
Cheltenham 4.306 4.830 0.524 0.524
Cotswold 2.681 2.688 0.007 0.007
Tewkesbury 2.184 2.341 0.094 0.063 0.157
Hampshire
Basingstoke and Deane 6.016 6.044 0.028 0.028
Havant 4.700 4.992 0.292 0.292
New Forest 6.311 6.322 0.011 0.011
Test Valley 3.453 3.504 0.051 0.051
Hereford and Worcester
South Herefordshire 1.615 1.627 0.012 0.012
Worcester 4.038 4.039 0.001 0.001
Herefordshire
Broxboume 3.883 4.152 0.269 0.269
Dacorum 6.390 6.672 0.282 0.282
Three Rivers 3.963 4.101 0.086 0.052 0.138
Kent
Shepway 5.120 5.143 0.023 0.023
Tonbridge and Malling 5.099 5.462 0.363 0.363
Lancashire
Fylde 3.483 3.646 0.163 0.163
West Lancashire 4.913 5.101 0.188 0.188
Leicestershire
Blaby 2.323 2.402 0.079 0.079
Harborough 2.226 2.280 0.054 0.054
Hinckley and Bosworth 2.787 2.827 0.040 0.040
Rutland 1.069 1.097 0.028 0.028
Lincolnshire
East Lindsey 4.568 4.742 0.174 0.174
West Lindsey 3.150 3.321 0.171 0.171
Norfolk
Breckland 3.165 3.243 0.078 0.078
South Norfolk 2.905 2.907 0.002 0.002
Northamptonshire
Corby 3.304 3.344 *0.040
Kettering 3.494 3.541 0.047 0.047
South
Northamptonshire 2.042 2.070 0.028 0.028
Northumberland
Berwick 1.109 1.151 0.042 0.042
North Yorkshire
Selby 3.234 3.266 0.020 0.012 0.032
Nottinghamshire
Newark 4.552 4.647 0.095 0.095
Oxfordshire
Cherwell 3.554 3.672 0.118 0.118
South Oxfordshire 4.566 5.138 0.572 0.572
Vale of White Horse 3.088 3.248 0.088 0.072 0.160
West Oxfordshire 2.935 2.949 0.014 0.014
Shropshire
North Shropshire 1.943 1.980 0.037 0.037
Somerset
Yeovil 4.059 4.075 0.016 0.016
Staffordshire
Cannock Chase 4.078 4.083 0.005 0.005
East Staffordshire 4.052 4.188 0.136 0.136
Lichfield 2.968 2.977 0.009 0.009
South Staffordshire 2.937 2.980 0.043 0.043
Stafford 4.437 4.474 0.037 0.037
Staffordshire
Moorlands 3.572 4.027 0.455 0.455
Tamworth 2.911 3.113 0.202 0.202
Suffolk
Babergh 2.951 3.115 0.164 0.164
Forest Heath 2.441 2.460 0.004 0.015 0.019
St. Edmundsbury 3.049 3.066 0.017 0.017
Suffolk Coastal 3.852 3.894 0.042 0.042

Reason for increase
Provisional target final target Interest receipts(Para 4(a)) HRA transfer(Para 4(b)) Budget target-2 percent. (Para 4(c)) Total increase
Col. 1 Col. 2 Col. 3 Col. 4 Col. 5 Col. 6
Surrey
Elmbridge 5.644 5.645 0.001 0.001
Guildford 5.117 5.248 0.131 0.131
Mole Valley 2.917 2.973 0.056 0.056
Reigate and Banstead 4.442 4.642 0.200 0.200
Runnymede 2.869 2.970 0.101 0.101
Spelthorne 3.605 4.022 0.006 0.411 0.417
Tandridge 2.120 2.611 0.491 0.491
Waverley 4.710 4.730 0.020 0.020
Woking 3.861 3.929 0.068 0.068
Warwickshire
Nuneaton and Bedworth 7.362 7.400 0.038 0.038
Stratford on Avon 4.329 4.334 0.005 0.005
Warwick 5.061 5.114 0.053 0.053
West Sussex
Chichester 4.616 4.722 0.106 0.106
Horsham 3.896 4.173 0.277 0.277
Mid Sussex 4.625 4.627 0.002 0.002
Wiltshire
Kennet 2.307 2.403 0.096 0.096
Salisbury 3.534 3.584 0.050 0.050
West Wiltshire 3.118 3.229 0.111 0.111
TOTAL ENGLAND 3.415 11.625 9.016 24.096
* Data correction.