HC Deb 07 May 1986 vol 97 cc144-59W
Mr. Hargreaves

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his latest estimate of the amount of block grant to be recycled; and how much each authority will receive.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

The total estimated grant underclaim is now about £628 million. This would be distributed to local authorities at first supplementary report as illustrated in the table. Their actual grant entitlements will depend on a number of factors, not least their latest budget decisions.

On this basis I do not expect my guarantee of £500 million to be called upon.

Guaranteed extra grant from recycling of £500 million Estimated extra grant from recycling of £628 million
(£ million) (£ million)
Hammersmith and Fulham 0.876 1.097
Islington 1.004 1.257
Kensington and Chelsea 1.969 2.467
Lambeth 1.160 1.454
Lewisham 0.739 0.926
Southwark 1.123 1.407
Tower Hamlets 0.573 0.718
Wandsworth 1.115 1.397
Westminster — —
Barking and Dagenham 1.328 1.664
Barnet 3.119 3.907
Bexley 1.605 2.010
Brent 2.605 3.264
Bromley 2.546 3.189
Croydon 3.687 4.620
Ealing 2.934 3.676
Enfield 2.377 2.978
Haringey 1.630 2.042
Harrow 1.798 2.253
Havering 1.906 2.388
Hillingdon — 3.684
Hounslow* 2.771 1.683
Kingston-upon-Thames 1.463 1.832
Merton 1.541 1.931
Newham 1.837 2.302
Redbridge 1.837 2.301
Richmond-upon-Thames 1.610 2.018
Sutton 1.539 1.928
Waltham Forest 1.430 1.791
ILEA — —
London Fire and Civil Defence Authority — —
Metropolitan Police 9.836 12.323
Greater Manchester
Bolton 2.111 2.645
Bury 1.409 1.765
Manchester 5.352 6.705
Oldham 1.747 2.189
Rochdale 1.514 1.897
Salford 2.301 2.883
Stockport 2.897 3.629
Tameside 1.673 2.096
Trafford 2.815 3.527
Wigan 2.318 2.905
Greater Manchester Police Authority 1.454 1.821
Greater Manchester Fire and Civil Defence Authority 0.681 0.854
Greater Manchester Transport Authority 1.292 1.619
Merseyside
Knowsley 1.409 1.765
Liverpool 4.693 5.879
St. Helens 1.562 1.957
Sefton 2.441 3.058
Wirral 2.930 3.670
Merseyside Police Authority 0.840 1.052
Merseyside Fire and Civil Defence Authority 0.397 0.498
Merseyside Transport Authority — —
South Yorkshire
Barnsley 1.313 1.645
Doncaster 2.004 2.510
Rotherham 1.614 2.022
Sheffield 4.449 5.574
South Yorkshire Police Authority 0.616 0.769
South Yorkshire Fire and Civil Defence Authority 0.277 0.347
South Yorkshire Transport Authority — —
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 1.482 1.857

Guaranteed extra grant from recycling of £500 million Estimated extra grant from recycling of £628 million
(£ million) (£ million)
Newcastle upon Tyne 2.894 3.626
North Tyneside 1.466 1.837
South Tyneside 1.050 1.315
Sunderland 2.183 2.735
Northumbria Police Authority 0.719 0.900
Tyne and Wear Fire & Civil Defence Authority 0.267 0.335
Tyne and Wear Transport Authority 0.503 0.630
West Midlands
Birmingham 13.506 16.921
Coventry 3.195 4.003
Dudley 3.290 4.121
Sandwell 3.549 4.446
Solihull 2.209 2.767
Walsall 2.788 3.492
Wolverhampton 3.125 3.916
West Midlands Police Authority 1.805 2.261
West Midlands Fire & Civil Defence Authority 0.856 1.072
West Midlands Transport Authority 1.602 2.008
West Yorkshire
Bradford 3.623 4.538
Calderdale 1.260 1.578
Kirklees 2.489 3.118
Leeds 6.291 7.881
Wakefield 2.320 2.906
West Yorkshire Police Authority 0.968 1.209
West Yorkshire Fire & Civil Defence Authority 0.433 0.543
West Yorkshire Transport Authority 0.812 1.018
Shire Counties
Avon 9.415 11.795
Bedfordshire 5.753 7.207
Berkshire 9.199 11.525
Buckinghamshire 7.403 9.275
Cambridgeshire 6.496 8.138
Cheshire 9.798 12.275
Cleveland 6.307 7.901
Cornwall 3.665 4.591
Cumbria 3.796 4.756
Derbyshire 8.609 10.786
Devon 8.669 10.861
Dorset 6.409 8.029
Durham 4.215 5.281
East Sussex 7.432 9.311
Essex 16.855 21.116
Gloucestershire 4.811 6.027
Hampshire 15.434 19.336
Hereford and Worcester 6.548 8.203
Hertfordshire 11.820 14.808
Humberside 7.035 8.814
Isle of Wight 0.959 1.202
Kent 14.113 17.680
Lancashire 10.703 13.409
Leicestershire 8.569 10.735
Lincolnshire 4.664 5.843
Norfolk 7.221 9.046
Northamptonshire 5.515 6.909
Northumberland 2.383 2.986
North Yorkshire 5.629 7.052
Nottinghamshire 9.648 12.088
Oxfordshire 5.928 7.427
Shropshire 3.475 4.354
Somerset 3.862 4.839
Staffordshire 9.209 11.537
Suffolk 5.816 7.287
Surrey 11.881 14.885
Warwickshire 4.956 6.209
West Sussex 7.656 9.591
Wiltshire 4.668 5.848
Avon
Bath — —
Bristol 0.599 0.751

Guaranteed extra grant from recycling of £500 million Estimated extra grant from recycling of £628 million
(£ million) (£ million)
Kingswood 0.098 0.123
Northavon 0.171 0.214
Wansdyke 0.116 0.145
Woodspring 0.192 0.240
Bedfordshire
North Bedfordshire 0.217 0.272
Luton 0.340 0.426
Mid Bedfordshire 0.137 0.171
South Bedfordshire 0.091 0.232
Berkshire
Bracknell 0.190 0.238
Newbury 0.197 0.247
Reading 0.289 0.362
Slough 0.302 0.378
Windsor and Maidenhead 0.267 0.335
Wokingham 0.189 0.237
Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury Vale 0.243 0.304
South Bucks — —
Chiltern — —
Milton Keynes 0.245 0.307
Wycombe 0.339 0.424
Cambridgeshire
Cambridge 0.291 0.365
East Cambridgeshire 0.079 0.099
Fenland 0.096 0.120
Huntingdonshire 0.171 0.214
Peterborough 0.207 0.259
South Cambridgeshire* 0.208 0.000
Cheshire
Chester 0.174 0.218
Congleton 0.103 0.130
Crewe and Nantwich 0.122 0.153
Ellesmere Port and Nanton* 0.069 —
Halton 0.179 0.224
Macclesfield 0.222 0.279
Vale Royal 0.147 0.184
Warrington 0.261 0.326
Cleveland
Hartlepool 0.119 0.149
Langbaurgh 0.211 0.264
Middlesbrough 0.163 0.204
Stockton-on-Tees 0.273 0.342
Cornwall
Caradon 0.068 0.085
Carrick 0.086 0.107
Kerrier 0.093 0.116
North Cornwall 0.070 0.088
Penwith 0.058 0.073
Restormel 0.101 0.126
Cumbria
Allerdale 0.084 0.106
Barrow in Furness 0.067 0.084
Carlisle 0.101 0.126
Copeland 0.068 0.085
Eden 0.042 0.052
South Lakeland 0.097 0.122
Derbyshire
Amber Valley 0.115 0.144
Bolsover 0.061 0.077
Chesterfield 0.122 0.153
Derby 0.315 0.394
Erewash 0.120 0.151
High Peak 0.089 0.111
North East Derbyshire 0.085 0.106

Guaranteed extra grant from recycling of £500 million Estimated extra grant from recycling of £628 million
(£ million) (£ million)
South Derbyshire 0.098 0.123
West Derbyshire 0.067 0.085
Devon
East Devon 0.122 0.153
Exeter 0.195 0.244
North Devon 0.074 0.093
Plymouth 0.413 0.517
South Hams 0.065 0.082
Teignbridge 0.099 0.124
Mid Devon 0.052 0.066
Torbay 0.189 0.236
Torridge 0.036 0.045
West Devon 0.039 0.049
Dorset
Bournemouth 0.284 0.355
Christchurch 0.062 0.078
North Dorset 0.058 0.073
Poole 0.215 0.269
Purbeck 0.063 0.079
West Dorset 0.099 0.124
Weymouth and Portland 0.075 0.094
Wimborne 0.083 0.104
Durham
Chester-le-Street 0.040 0.051
Darlington 0.117 0.146
Derwentside 0.062 0.077
Durham 0.079 0.098
Easington 0.076 0.095
Sedgefield 0.066 0.083
Teesdale 0.021 0.026
Wear Valley 0.045 0.056
East Sussex
Brighton 0.255 0.319
Eastbourne 0.150 0.188
Hastings 0.114 0.143
Hove 0.156 0.256
Lewes 0.113 0.142
Rother 0.093 0.116
Wealden 0.127 0.159
Essex
Basildon — —
Braintree 0.152 0.191
Brentwood 0.103 0.158
Castle Point 0.117 0.146
Chelmsford 0.303 0.380
Colchester 0.261 0.326
Epping Forest 0.120 0.150
Harlow — —
Maldon 0.081 0.101
Rochford 0.101 0.127
Southend-on-Sea 0.284 0.355
Tendring 0.148 0.186
Thurrock — —
Uttlesford 0.082 0.102
Gloucestershire
Cheltenham 0.176 0.220
Cotswold 0.090 0.112
Forest of Dean 0.064 0.080
Gloucester 0.171 0.214
Stroud 0.118 0.148
Tewkesbury 0.123 0.154
Hampshire
Basingstoke and Deane 0.209 0.261
East Hampshire 0.109 0.137
Eastleigh 0.146 0.183
Fareham 0.131 0.164
Gosport 0.112 0.140

Guaranteed extra grant from recycling of £500 million Estimated extra grant from recycling of £628 million
(£ million) (£ million)
Hart 0.099 0.124
Havant 0.208 0.261
New Forest 0.206 0.258
Portsmouth 0.237 0.297
Rushmoor 0.123 0.154
Southampton 0.342 0.428
Test Valley 0.134 0.167
Winchester 0.126 0.158
Hereford and Worcester
Bromsgrove 0.130 0.162
Hereford 0.071 0.089
Leominster 0.035 0.043
Malvern Hills 0.093 0.117
Redditch 0.115 0.144
South Herefordshire 0.054 0.068
Worcester 0.132 0.165
Wychavon 0.137 0.171
Wyre Forest 0.113 0.142
Hertfordshire
Broxbourne 0.119 0.149
Dacorum 0.224 0.280
East Hertfordshire 0.167 0.209
Hertsmere 0.055 0.170
North Hertfordshire 0.179 0.225
St. Albans 0.231 0.290
Stevenage — —
Three Rivers 0.125 0.157
Watford 0.167 0.209
Welwyn Hatfield — —
Humberside
Beverley 0.119 0.149
Boothferry 0.054 0.068
Cleethorpes 0.087 0.109
Glanford 0.089 0.111
Great Grimsby 0.148 0.185
Holderness 0.053 0.066
Kingston upon Hull 0.377 0.472
East Yorkshire 0.072 0.090
Scunthorpe 0.078 0.098
Isle of Wight
Medina 0.086 0.108
South Wight 0.062 0.078
Kent
Ashford 0.110 0.137
Canterbury 0.141 0.177
Dartford 0.098 0.123
Dover 0.120 0.151
Gillingham — —
Gravesham 0.121 0.152
Maidstone 0.173 0.216
Rochester upon Medway 0.267 0.334
Sevenoaks 0.131 0.165
Shepway 0.120 0.150
Swale 0.123 0.155
Thanet 0.156 0.195
Tonbridge and Malling 0.132 0.166
Tunbridge Wells 0.118 0.147
Lancashire
Blackburn 0.124 0.155
Blackpool 0.227 0.284
Burnley 0.066 0.083
Chorley 0.088 0.111
Fylde 0.086 0.108
Hyndburn 0.067 0.084
Lancaster 0.136 0.170
Pendle 0.061 0.076
Preston 0.157 0.197
Ribble Valley 0.045 0.057

Guaranteed extra grant from recycling of £500 million Estimated extra grant from recycling of £628 million
(£ million) (£ million)
Rossendale 0.041 0.052
South Ribble 0.102 0.128
West Lancashire 0.125 0.157
Wyre 0.100 0.126
Leicestershire
Blaby 0.098 0.123
Charnwood 0.227 0.285
Harborough 0.075 0.094
Hinckley and Bosworth 0.127 0.158
Leicester 0.431 0.540
Melton* 0.053 0.000
North West Leicestershire 0.101 0.126
Oadby and Wigston 0.087 0.109
Rutland* 0.038 0.000
Lincolnshire
Boston 0.063 0.079
East Lindsey 0.122 0.153
Lincoln 0.118 0.148
North Kesteven 0.077 0.097
South Holland 0.063 0.079
South Kesteven* 0.131 0.000
West Lindsey 0.075 0.094
Norfolk
Breckland 0.118 0.147
Broadland 0.105 0.132
Great Yarmouth 0.116 0.145
North Norfolk 0.107 0.134
Norwich 0.216 0.271
South Norfolk 0.106 0.133
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 0.153 0.192
Northamptonshire
Corby 0.083 0.104
Daventry 0.089 0.111
East Northamptonshire 0.092 0.116
Kettering 0.080 0.100
Northampton 0.375 0.469
South Northamptonshire 0.089 0.112
Wellingborough 0.083 0.104
Northumberland
Alnwick 0.030 0.037
Berwick-upon-Tweed 0.029 0.036
Blyth Valley 0.065 0.081
Castle Morpeth 0.061 0.076
Tynedale 0.054 0.068
Wansbeck 0.065 0.082
North Yorkshire
Craven 0.044 0.055
Hambleton 0.079 0.099
Harrogate 0.145 0.182
Richmondshire 0.042 0.052
Ryedale 0.076 0.096
Scarborough 0.101 0.126
Selby* 0.092 —
York 0.155 0.194
Nottinghamshire
Ashfield 0.107 0.134
Bassetlaw — —
Broxtowe 0.122 0.153
Gedling 0.116 0.145
Mansfield 0.076 0.096
Newark and Sherwood 0.113 0.142
Nottingham 0.556 0.697
Rushcliffe 0.130 0.163
Oxfordshire
Cherwell 0.230 0.288
Oxford 0.279 0.350

Guaranteed extra grant from recycling of £500 million Estimated extra grant from recycling of £628 million
(£ million) (£ million)
South Oxfordshire 0.219 0.275
Vale of White Horse 0.243 0.305
West Oxfordshire 0.106 0.132
Shropshire
Bridgnorth 0.062 0.078
North Shropshire 0.050 0.063
Oswestry 0.031 0.038
Shrewsbury and Atcham 0.118 0.148
South Shropshire 0.030 0.038
The Wrekin 0.153 0.191
Somerset
Mendip 0.113 0.141
Sedgemoor 0.101 0.127
Taunton Deane 0.111 0.139
West Somerset 0.065 0.082
South Somerset 0.177 0.222
Staffordshire
Cannock Chase 0.112 0.141
East Staffordshire 0.136 0.170
Lichfield 0.129 0.162
Newcastle-under-Lyme 0.135 0.169
South Staffordshire 0.130 0.163
Stafford 0.170 0.214
Staffordshire Moorlands 0.097 0.122
Stoke-on-Trent 0.327 0.410
Tamworth 0.083 0.104
Suffolk
Babergh 0.090 0.113
Forest Heath 0.056 0.070
Ipswich 0.219 0.274
Mid Suffolk 0.076 0.095
St. Edmundsbury 0.131 0.165
Suffolk Coastal 0.134 0.168
Waveney 0.119 0.149
Surrey
Elmbridge — —
Epsom and Ewell — 0.065
Guildford 0.253 0.316
Mole Valley 0.127 0.159
Reigate and Banstead — —
Runnymede 0.131 0.165
Spelthorne* 0.021 0.000
Surrey Heath 0.112 0.173
Tandridge 0.115 0.144
Waverley 0.177 0.222
Woking 0.151 0.190
Warwickshire
North Warwickshire* 0.079 —
Nuneaton and Bedworth 0.117 0.147
Rugby 0.121 0.151
Stratford on Avon 0.149 0.187
Warwick 0.193 0.241
West Sussex
Adur 0.080 0.100
Arun 0.162 0.203
Chichester 0.133 0.167
Crawley — —
Horsham 0.134 0.168
Mid Sussex 0.161 0.201
Worthing 0.154 0.193
Wiltshire
Kennet 0.068 0.085
North Wiltshire 0.103 0.130
Salisbury 0.138 0.173
Thamesdown 0.169 0.211

Guaranteed extra grant from recycling of £500 million Estimated extra grant from recycling of £628 million
(£ million) (£ million)
West Wiltshire 0.122 0.153
Isles of Scilly 0.030 0.038
NB The grant recycling pool of £628 million is calculated from budgeted expenditure as returned on BG12 returns.
*These authorities are in receipt of either no or 100 per cent, block grant at their budgeted expenditure level. In neither case are they covered by the grant guarantee.

Mr. Alfred Morris

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what response he has had from the city of Manchester to his Department's consultation paper entitled "Review of the Local Authority Capital Expenditure Control System in England and Wales", and to the related Green Paper on "Paying for Local Government"; how many other responses he has received; and when he expects to make a statement.

Mr. Waldegrave

The city of Manchester's response to the proposals in the consultation paper on the review of the local authority capital control system and the related parts of the Green Paper "Paying for Local Government" (Cmnd. 9714), was sent to the Department on 23 April. My right hon. Friend will be considering this along with other 347 responses we have received before making any decisions about how best to proceed. We have also received 279 responses about the other local government finance issues discussed in the Green Paper.