§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the total of (a) gross and (b) net capital expenditure by local authorities at (i) plan and (ii) estimated outturn in each year from 1981–82 and 1986–87.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerI will answer this question shortly.
§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the shares of total grant-related expenditure given to (a) London, (b) the metropolitan areas and (c) non-metropolitan areas in each year from 1981–82 to 1986–87, provisional, taking account of all changes in definition and service transfers for year to year.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe latest information for each year is as follows:
Shares of total GRE 1981–82 to 1986–87 (percentages) London Metropolitan areas Non-metropolitan areas 1981–82* 18.7 25.4 55.9 1982–83* 19.0 25.3 55.8 1983–84* 18.9 25.3 55.8 1984–85* 18.6 25.3 56.2 1985–86† 19.7 25.0 55.4 1986–87† 20.5 25.0 54.5 * For the years 1981–82 to 1984–85 estimates of current accepted expenditure for Transport Supplementary grant have been included with GREs in order to put figures for those years on a consistent basis with those for 1985–86 and 1986–87 to reflect the incorporation of transport supplementary grant taken to revenue into GREs from 1985–86. † For the years 1985–86 and 1986–87 an estimate of the notional GRE for public transport in London has been added to London's GREs to maintain consistency with earlier years when London received GRE in respect of public transport revenue support.
§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will publish changes in the overall make-up of (a) total, (b) current and (c) relevant expenditure in each year from 1981–82 to 1986–87, taking account of changes in definition and service transfers from year to year;
(2) if he will publish the shares of (i) block grant and (ii) rate support grant paid to (a) London, (b) metropolitan areas and (c) non-metropolitan areas at (i) budget and (ii) estimated outturn in each year from 1981–82 to 1985–86.
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§ Mr. Kenneth BakerI will answer these questions shortly.
§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a list of those authorities or other bodies which make either precepts or other levies on boroughs and districts in (i) the Greater London area and (ii) the metropolitan county areas in (a) 1984–85, (b)
1984–1985 1985–86 1986–87 Precepts Precepts Precepts GLC Area GLC GLC London Fire and Civil Defence Authority ILEA ILEA ILEA Receiver of Metropolitan Police Receiver of Metropolitan Police *Lea Valley regional park Receiver of Metropolitan police Levy Levy Secretary of State for Transport Levy Secretary of State for Transport London Residuary Body Statutory waste regulation and/or disposal authorities where established Precepts Precepts Precepts Metropolitan county areas County councils County Councils Police authorities Fire and civil defence authorities Passenger transport authorities Levy Residuary Bodies Statutory waste regulation and/or disposal authorities where established * Included in GLC precept for 1984–85 and 1985–86
§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the total of block grant paid at budget to each of the authorities subject to rate limitation in 1985–86 in each year from 1981–82 to 1985–86, showing also the total for each year.
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Block Grant at Budget £ million 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 Merseyside 69.6 69.8 67.8 62.5 80.8 South Yorkshire 67.6 68.5 68.3 62.3 67.9 Sheffield 90.2 86.0 82.8 84.3 85.2 Greater London Council 0 26.5 0 0 36.9 Inner London Education Authority 0 0 0 0 0 Camden 13.4 7.8 0 0 0 Greenwich 29.5 27.5 22.7 21.4 32.0 Hackney 41.6 41.9 42.7 41.2 33.5 Islington 25.2 27.5 21.6 0 21.5 Lambeth 47.1 52.5 44.1 32.4 40.7 Lewisham 46.0 44.2 42.5 38.7 43.8 Southwark 44.0 41.6 32.5 13.7 38.4 Brent 52.4 60.1 51.5 50.3 45.7 Haringey 56.1 60.0 51.6 50.2 44.0 Basildon 3.1 3.0 2.0 0 0.9 Leicester 9.2 8.3 8.3 9.7 11.7 Portsmouth 7.6 7.0 8.8 7.8 8.6 Thamesdown 4.4 3.8 3.0 2.5 1.9 Total Block Grant 8,289 8,304 8,405 8,176 7,939 1985–86 and (c) his current expectations for 1986–87, including payments to any London rates equalisation schemes.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe information requested is as follows.
A London rate equalisation scheme was made for 1984–85 and 1985–86. I expect a further scheme to be made for 1986–87.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe information requested is given in the table. The figures are in cash terms after holdback. Those for 1985–86 are at first supplementary report stage. London boroughs' figures for 1981–82 include grant paid in respect of the Greater London council and the Metropolitan police and for 1982–83 grant paid in respect of the Metropolitan police.
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§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the net capital allocations to each local authority in 1984–85 and his most recent estimate of comparable outturn for that year, showing authorities by class, ranked from biggest excess over allocation to biggest expenditure below allocation.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerI have today placed in the Library a table giving the information requested which is taken from the fourth quarter capital payments returns completed by local authorities.
Local authorities are entitled to incur prescribed expenditure in excess of allocations by using the prescribed proportion of capital receipts.
§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the resources discount given to (i) inner London and (ii) outer London within the London arrangements for block grant in each year from 1981–82 to 1985–86.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerIn 1981–82 the inner London resource discount was 23.5 per cent. and outer London discount was 10.6 per cent. These were increased to 29.6 per cent. and 17.2 per cent. respectively in 1982–83 and have not been changed since.
§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the total of expenditure by (a) the Greater London council and (b) each metropolitan county council which will be taken into account when setting the block grant arrangements for 1986–87, showing also the comparable figures for each authority in 1985–86.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerI hope to announce my decisions on the rate support grant settlement for 1986–87 before the Christmas recess.
§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what proportion of total current expenditure undertaken by (a) the Greater London council and (b) the metropolitan county councils in 1985–86 will be transferred on 1 April 1986 to bodies outside local government, including residuary bodies, other quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations, nationalised industries, new boards and other institutions; and if he will estimate how much will be transferred to each outside body.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe expenditure of the Greater London council and metropolitan county councils that will be transferred on 1 April 1986 to residuary bodies and bodies outside local government is still subject to further decisions by the authorities and bodies concerned. Therefore, it is not possible at this stage to state what proportion of the total current expenditure undertaken by the Greater London council and metropolitan county councils in 1985–86 will be transferred on 1 April 1986 to residuary bodies and organisations outside local government.
§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the estimated aggregate Exchequer grant paid to local authorities in each year since 1978–79 (a) at settlement and (b) estimated outturn; and if he will also give the planned figure for 1986–87.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerFollowing is the information.
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Aggregate Exchequer grant at settlement latest estimate £ million £ million England and Wales 1978–79 *7,644 8,298 1979–80 †8,607 9,517 1980–81 ‡9,600 11,182 England 1981–82 10,895 10,939 1982–83 11,484 11,242 1983–84 11,782 11,486 1984–85 11,872 11,497 1985–86 11,764 11,225 1986–87 ║11,764 Source: 1978–79–1980–81: Rate support grant orders and latest rate support grant (increase) orders. 1981–82–1985–86: Rate support grant reports and latest rate support grant (supplementary) reports. Notes: All figures in cash prices except: * at November 1977 prices. † at November 1978 prices. ‡ at November 1979 prices. ║║The 1986–87 figure is provisional, as announced in July 1985.