Rate Support Grant

HC Deb 01 February 1984 vol 53 cc215-20W

Mr. Butterfill

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the rate support grant payable to (i) the borough of Bournemouth, (ii) North Dorset district council (iii) the borough of Eastbourne, (iv) the borough of Brighton and (v) the borough of Torbay in each of the last five years; and what proportion this represents in each year of the total rate-borne expenditure of each authority.

Mr. Waldegrave

The table gives latest information for the last three years. The figures for each year are(a) block grant, (b) the proportion which (a) represents of total rate and grant-borne expenditure. Comparison cannot be made with earlier years because the rate support grant system changed in 1981–82. In addition to block grant, domestic rate relief grant is paid at a flat rate of 18.5p based upon the total domestic rateable value in each district.

Dr. Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish, for each class of local authority and for local authorities in total, the percentage increase in current expenditure, in cash, between (a) 1978–79 and 1983–84 and (b) 1981–82 and 1983–84.

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

The information is as follows:

	Percentage increase in net current expenditure
	1978–79 to 1983–84	1981–82 to 1983–84
Non metropolitan counties	79.8	15.7
Non metropolitan districts	70.2	19.2
Metropolitan counties	111.0	17.4
Metropolitan districts	74.0	13.0
GLC	185.0	75.9
ILEA	96.5	21.2
City of London	141.1	20.8
Inner London	96.1	23.4
Outer London	75.7	14.4
Isles of Scilly	95.1	27.7
All authorities (including Metropolitan Police)
(a) as reported	84.7	17.4
(b) on RSG basis	86.2	17.6

Note: Percentage increase figures by class are based on local authorities 'reported current expenditure'. Figures are adjusted in aggregate to an RSG basis (also shown) by deduction of uncapitalised capital expenditure and Home Office non relevant expenditure.

Dr. Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the grant-related expenditure allocations for parish council precepts for local authorities in England, in total, in 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84 and 1984–85, and the total expenditure by parish councils in England in each year.

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

Grant-related expenditure allocations for parish councils precepts are not separately identified. Information on expenditure by parish councils is not collected by my Department.

Dr. Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the percentage of local government relevant expenditure met by aggregate Exchequer grant (a) at the time of the rate support grant settlement, (b) at the time of local authorities' budget setting and (c) at outturn, where available, in each year since 1979–80.

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

Estimates of the percentage of local government relevant expenditure met by aggregate exchequer grant:

	Rate support grant per cent.	At budget* per cent.	At out-turn† per cent.
England and Wales
1979–80	61.0	58.0	60.0
1980–81	61.0	56.9	58.3
England
1981–82	59.1	54.8	54.8
1982–83	56.1	50.9	51.2
1983–84	52.8	‡49.9	n.a.
1984–85	51.9	n.a.	n.a.
* Local authority estimates of relevant expenditure and aggregate exchequer grants except 1983–84.
† Aggregate exchequer grant based on latest RSG report, relevant expenditure based on outturn date (1982–83 revised estimates)
‡ Aggregate exchequer grant from supplementary report.

Dr. Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a breakdown of all the service components of grant-related expenditure allocations for each local authority for 1984–85.

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

I refer the hon. Member to the reply that my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State, the Member for Bristol, West (Mr. Waldegrave) gave the hon. Member for Newham, North-West (Mr. Banks) on 16 January 1984.—[Vol. 52, c.94-5.]

Dr. Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a list of all those local authorities whose grant-related expenditure allocation is lower than their target, showing the percentage variation for each authority ranked.

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

A ranked list of the authorities whose grant related expenditure in 1984–85 is below their targets is given in the table, together with the percentage excess of target over GRE in each case.

	Excess of target over GRE per cent.
City of London	247.0
Langbaugh	87.8
Sedgefield	84.8
Thamesdown	81.1
Harlow	67.8
Middlesbrough	63.9
Crawley	61.8
Camden	60.2
Wear Valley	59.5
South Yorkshire	56.8
Tower Hamlets	54.9
Greenwich	54.2

	Excess of target over GRE per cent.
Rossendale	52.6
Wansbeck	51.3
Burnley	50.7
Lewisham	50.2
Stevenage	49.8
ILEA	49.8
Darlington	49.0
Nuneaton and Bedworth	48.5
Derwentside	47.7
Wyre Forest	46.1
Basildon	45.5
Bristol	43.7
Durham	40.6
Blackburn	39.0
Chester-le-Street	37.7
Dartford	37.7
Reading	36.0
Thurrock	35.6
Norwich	35.1
Bassetlaw	35.1
Peterborough	34.7
Hackney	34.2
Adur	31.4
Stockton-on-Tees	31.3
Brighton	30.3
Lambeth	30.2
Southwark	30.1
Harrogate	28.7
Scunthorpe	28.5
Portsmouth	27.9
Blyth Valley	27.7
Hammersmith and Fulham	26.9
Haringey	26.4
Chesterfield	26.3
Tonbridge and Mailing	25.8
Manchester	25.6
Newcastle upon Tyne	25.3
Easington	25.2
Welwyn Hatfield	24.6
The Wrekin	24.6
Pendle	23.9
Hyndburn	23.5
Islington	22.6
Hertsmere	22.3
Copeland	22.2
Leicester	21.7
Cleethorpes	20.8
Waltham Forest	20.7
Carlisle	19.9
Crewe and Nantwich	19.2
Milton Keynes	19.0
Ashfield	18.3
Watford	17.5
Corby	16.6
North East Derbyshire	16.5
Mansfield	15.9
Great Yarmouth	15.8
Sheffield	15.7
Redditch	15.5
Brent	15.2
Bolsover	14.8
Hartlepool	14.3
Tyne and Wear	14.3
Three Rivers	14.1
North Tyneside	14.0
Elmbridge	13.8
Merseyside	13.8
Thanet	13.7
South Wight	13.5
Ipswich	13.1
Epsom and Ewell	12.8
West Yorkshire	12.8
Barking and Dagenham	12.7
Warrington	12.4
Rushmoor	12.4

	Excess of target over GRE per cent.
Wychavon	12.3
Gateshead	12.0
Newham	12.0
Eastbourne	11.7
Hounslow	11.6
Westminster	11.0
Broxbourne	10.9
Rushcliffe	10.9
Halton	10.5
High Peak	10.5
Chester	10.4
Rochdale	10.4
North Warwickshire	10.3
Hillingdon	10.2
Northampton	10.0
Lancaster	9.9
South Tyneside	9.9
Boothferry	9.8
Congleton	9.7
Preston	9.3
East Hertfordshire	9.1
Dover	9.1
Liverpool	9.1
South Bedfordshire	8.9
Barrow in Furness	8.9
Harrow	8.6
GLC	8.5
Vale Royal	8.3
Penwith	8.3
Scarborough	8.2
Kingston upon Hull	7.8
Ribble Valley	7.8
Barnsley	7.8
Ellesmere Port and Neston	7.7
Southampton	7.3
West Lancashire	7.1
Lincoln	7.1
Kensington and Chelsea	7.0
Doncaster	6.9
Cannock Chase	6.7
Fareham	6.4
Havering	6.3
Fylde	6.2
Erewash	6.0
East Yorkshire	5.9
Blackpool	5.9
Salford	5.8
Sevenoaks	5.5
Richmondshire	5.5
Waverley	5.4
North West Leicestershire	5.3
Nottingham	5.3
Staffordshire Moorlands	5.3
Epping Forest	5.1
East Hampshire	5.1
Shepway	5.1
Canterbury	5.0
Newark	5.0
South Lakeland	4.9
Great Grimsby	4.7
Coventry	4.6
Tameside	4.5
Greater Manchester	4.5
Barnet	4.4
Newcastle-under-Lyme	4.3
Bury	4.3
Bexley	4.3
Richmond-upon-Thames	4.3
Derby	4.2
Worthing	4.2
Knowsley	4.2
West Derbyshire	4.0
Craven	4.0
St. Helens	4.0
Swale	3.7

	Excess of target over GRE per cent.
Wigan	3.7
Chorley	3.5
Bournemouth	3.3
Broxtowe	3.1
Dacorum	3.0
Sunderland	3.0
West Lindsey	2.9
Lewes	2.7
Torbay	2.6
Kingston-upon-Thames	2.6
Worcester	2.5
Glanford	2.5
South Holland	2.5
Southend-on-Sea	2.4
Rotherham	2.3
Stoke-on-Trent	2.2
Ealing	2.2
Surrey Heath	2.1
Allerdale	2.0
Medina	2.0
Gravesham	2.0
Northumberland	1.8
Enfield	1.7
Hastings	1.6
Basingstoke and Deane	1.4
Woodspring	1.3
Torridge	1.3
Avon	1.2
Walsall	0.9
Forest Heath	0.8
Bedfordshire	0.8
Amber Valley	0.7
Cheshire	0.5
Wolverhampton	0.4
Leeds	0.2
Wandsworth	0.2
Merton	0.2
Isles of Scilly	0.2
Wirral	0.1
Cumbria	0.1
Cleveland	0.0