§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the total of block grants to be received by each local authority in England in 1985–86, assuming that it spends at the total of its grant related expenditure assessment, after close-ending grant claims to the 1985–86 settlement grant total, but before holdback.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinI have arranged for this information to be placed in the Library.
§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the total of block grant to be received in 1985–86 by each local authority designated under the Rates Act 1984, assuming that it spends (a) at target, (b) at the total of its grant-related expenditure asessment after the effects of holdback and (c) at its expenditure level after the effects of holdback.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinThe information is as follows:334W
£ million Grant for spending at target Grant for spending at GRE (after holdback) Grant for spending at expenditure level (after holdback) Basildon 1.268 2.664 0.878 Brent 67.046 69.825 63.512 Camden — 17.450 — GLC 1.989 190.708 1.989 Greenwich 31.631 28.704 31.631 Hackney 48.941 50.723 48.105 Haringey 58.051 62.124 55.299 ILEA — — — Islington 23.152 40.971 20.560 Lambeth 45.716 55.942 43.648 Leicester 12.230 12.382 11.746 Lewisham 46.508 43.821 45.734 Merseyside 98.578 97.241 94.453 Portsmouth 8.596 8.475 8.285 Sheffield 92.591 89.804 89.273 Southwark 38.908 54.407 36.364 South Yorkshire 71.272 63.955 68.253 Thamesdown 2.215 3.096 1.947
§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the total of block grants to be received by each local authority in England in 1985–86, assuming that it spends at the total of its grant-related expenditure assessment after the effects of holdback.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Blackburn on Thursday 7 February 1985 at column632–33.