§ Mr. CartwrightTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will set out the amounts to be allowed to each local authority in(a) inner London and (b) outer London to meet the setting up costs of the community charge, indicating in each case the division between specific and block grant, and showing where available the local authority's own estimates of the costs involved.
§ Mr. GummerColumn 1 of the table shows the London authorities' share of the £25 million capital allocation made available for 1988–89. My right hon. Friend announced on 21 October that a further allocation of £135 million would be made for 1989–90 and individual allocations from this total will shortly be made.
423WMy right hon. Friend also announced on 21 October that half the provision of £110 million included in the 1989–90 RSG settlement for the current costs of preparing for the community charge will be met through a specific grant. Column 2 of the table sets out the estimated share of that £55 million for the London authorities. The remaining £55 million will be supported by rate support grant.
We do not have comprehensive figures for local authorities' own estimates of these costs. The figure of £110 million is in line with the estimate made by Price Waterhouse and is higher than the figure for current costs put forward by the local authority associations in July.
1988–89 Capital Allocation £ Column 1 1989–90 Specific Grant £ Column 2 GREATER LONDON Inner London City of London 2,879 10,000 Camden 103,253 368,000 Greenwich 113,799 279,000 Hackney 96,512 288,000 Hammersmith and Fulham 83,739 314,000 Islington 91,389 282,000 Kensington and Chelsea 78,508 336,000 Lambeth 131,574 414,000 Lewisham 123,841 330,000 Southwark 115,568 311,000 Tower Hamlets 79,220 203,000 Wandsworth 140,256 441,000 Westminster 100,987 418,000 Outer London Barking and Dagenham 78,620 150,000 Barnet 163,177 421,000 Bexley 117,410 248,000 Brent 135,687 375,000 Bromley 161,463 373,000 Croydon 169,030 416,000 Ealing 157,438 425,000 Enfield 141,895 314,000 Haringey 104,637 304,000 Harrow 107,651 245,000 Havering 127,660 260,000 Hillingdon 123,655 282,000 Hounslow 102,520 255,000 Kingston-upon-Thames 73,252 180,000 Merton 89,053 218,000 Newham 105,249 272,000 Redbridge 123,151 279,000 Richmond-upon-Thames 90,006 251,000 Sutton 91,207 207,000 Waltham Forest 113,995 296,000