HC Deb 11 January 1988 vol 125 cc80-99W
Dr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each local authority, on a ranked and class basis, the total population used in caculating each authority's expected grant entitlement for 1988–89 and 1987–88, giving the percentage change between the two years.

Mr. Ridley

The information is as follows:

1987–88 population for grant purposes 1988–89 population for grant purposes Percentage change Rank in class
Surrey 1,013,700 1,011,424 -0.2 38
Warwickshire 479,700 480,744 0.2 30
West Sussex 687,700 694,722 1.0 13
Wiltshire 540,800 545,225 0.8 16
Greater London
City of London 5,021 4,847 -3.5 1
Camden 180,400 183,290 1.6 2
Greenwich 216,200 217,841 0.8 3
Hackney 187,500 187,074 -0.2 10
Hammersmith and Fulham 150,900 150,784 -0.1 7
Islington 167,900 167,969 0.0 6
Kensington and Chelsea 137,600 137,430 -0.1 8
Lambeth 243,500 245,000 0.6 4
Lewisham 232,400 231,981 -0.2 9
Southwark 215,900 216,043 0.1 5
Tower Hamlets 147,100 152,761 3.8 1
Wandsworth 258,800 257,144 0.6 11
Westminster 179,100 176,138 -1.7 12
Barking and Dagenham 148,600 148,113 -0.3 16
Barnet 301,200 304,630 1.1 1
Bexley 218,500 220,130 0.7 3
Brent 254,900 255,689 0.3 4
Bromley 297,900 297,024 -0.3 15
Croydon 319,000 319,283 0.1 9
Ealing 292,400 295,528 1.1 2
Enfield 265,000 265,446 0.2 7
Haringey 197,200 196,066 -0.6 19
Harrow 201,700 201,893 0.1 8
Havering 238,500 238,073 -0.2 14
Hillingdon 232,300 231,965 -0.1 12
Hounslow 195,600 194,857 -0.4 17
Kingston-upon-Thames 133,900 133,765 -0.1 11
Merton 164,500 164,794 0.2 6
Newham 208,600 205,196 -1.6 20
Redbridge 228,000 227,920 -0.0 10
Richmond-upon-Thames 161,500 161,969 0.3 5
Sutton 169,600 168,713 -0.5 18
Waltham Forest 216,200 215,834 -0.2 13
ILEA 2,322,321 2,328,302 0.3 1
London Fire & CD Authority 6,767,500 6,775,190 0.1 1
Metropolitan Police 7,237,116 7,242,746 0.1 1
Greater Manchester
Bolton 261,200 261,579 0.1 5
Bury 173,300 172,581 -0.4 24
Manchester 451,100 451,437 0.1 7
Oldham 219,700 220,027 0.1 4
Rochdale 206,100 206,581 0.2 3
Salford 240,000 239,277 -0.3 19
Stockport 291,200 289,886 -0.5 25
Tameside 215,500 215,221 -0.1 14
Trafford 217,800 216,303 -0.7 32
Wigan 306,700 306,590 0.0 10
Merseyside
Knowsley 166,300 163,822 -1.5 35
Liverpool 491,500 483,021 -1.7 36
St. Helens 188,300 187,949 -0.2 15
Sefton 298,400 298,030 -0.1 13
Wirral 336,500 334,799 -0.5 29
South Yorkshire
Barnsley 223,300 222,226 -0.5 27
Doncaster 288,500 289,275 0.3 2
Rotherham 252,700 252,074 -0.2 16
Sheffield 538,700 534,324 -0.8 34

1987–88 population for grant purposes 1988–89 population for grant purposes Percentage change Rank in class
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 208,100 207,297 -0.4 22
Newcastle upon Tyne 282,200 281,375 -0.3 18
North Tyneside 193,200 192,252 -0.5 28
South Tyneside 157,600 156,857 -0.5 26
Sunderland 298,800 297,705 -0.4 21
West Midlands
Birmingham 1,007,500 1,004,097 -0.3 20
Coventry 312,200 310,375 -0.6 31
Dudley 300,800 300,897 0.0 9
Sandwell 303,300 301,124 -0.7 33
Solihull 201,900 202,154 0.1 6
Walsall 262,900 261,820 -0.4 23
Wolverhampton 253,200 251,852 -0.5 30
West Yorkshire
Bradford 463,500 463,072 -0.1 12
Calderdale 191,700 193,110 0.7 1
Kirklees 376,900 376,634 -0.1 11
Leeds 710,500 710,948 0.1 8
Wakefield 310,200 309,332 -0.3 17

Percentage change for grant purposes between 1987–88 1st supplementary report and 1988–89 settlement
1987–88 population for grant purposes 1988–89 population for grant purposes Percentage change Rank in class
Greater Manchester Police Authority 2,582,600 2,579,482 -0.1 2
Merseyside Police Authority 1,481,000 1,467,621 -0.9 6
South Yorkshire Police Authority 1,303,200 1,297,899 -0.4 5
Northumbria Police Authority 1,440,500 1,436,506 -0.3 3
West Midlands Police Authority 2,641,800 2,632,319 -0.4 4
West Yorkshire Police Authority 2,052,800 2,053,096 0.0 1
Greater Manchester Fire and CD Authority 2,582,600 2,579,482 -0.1 2
Merseyside Fire and CD Authority 1,481,000 1,467,621 -0.9 6
South Yorkshire Fire and CD Authority 1,303,200 1,297,899 -0.4 5
Tyne and Wear Fire and CD Authority 1,139,900 1,135,486 -0.4 4
West Midlands Fire and CD Authority 2,641,800 2,632,319 -0.4 3
West Yorkshire Fire and CD Authority 2,052,800 2,053,096 0.0 1
Greater Manchester Transport Authority 2,582,600 2,579,482 -0.1 2
Merseyside Transport Authority 1,481,000 1,467,621 -0.9 6
South Yorkshire Transport Authority 1,303,200 1,297,899 -0.4 5
Tyne and Wear Transport Authority 1,139,900 1,135,486 -0.4 4
West Midlands Transport Authority 2,641,800 2,632,319 -0.4 3
West Yorkshire Transport Authority 2,052,800 2,053,096 0.0 1

Percentage change in population for grant purposes between 1987–88 1st supplementary report and 1988–89 settlement
1987–88 population for grant purposes 1988–89 population for grant purposes percentage change Rank in class
Avon
Bath 84,300 84,422 0.1 188
Bristol 393,800 391,497 -0.6 265
Kingswood 87,900 88,547 0.7 128
Northavon 124,100 126,153 1.7 43
Wansdyke 78,000 78,206 0.3 171
Woodspring 173,900 177,799 2.2 21
Bedfordshire
North Bedfordshire 133,900 134,868 0.7 129
Luton 166,100 166,339 0.1 189
Mid Bedfordshire 108,100 110,764 2.5 14
South Bedfordshire 108,600 108,988 0.4 161
Berkshire
Bracknell 90,700 93,206 2.8 9
Newbury 130,600 134,072 2.7 10

1987–88 population for grant purposes 1988–89 population for grant purposes percentage change Rank in class
Reading 135,300 134,984 -0.2 235
Slough 98,600 98,484 -0.1 226
Windsor and Maidenhead 133,400 132,444 -0.7 272
Wokingham 135,400 140,883 4.0 4
Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury Vale 139,400 142,504 2.2 22
South Buckinghamshire 61,140 61,143 0.0 211
Chiltern 90,820 90,505 -0.3 246
Milton Keynes 153,200 161,758 5.6 1
Wycombe 157,040 156,953 -0.1 221
Cambridgeshire
Cambridge 98,700 99,782 1.1 90
East Cambridgeshire 56,900 58,382 2.6 12
Fenland 68,900 69,967 1.5 53
Huntingdonshire 137,300 141,661 3.2 6
Peterborough 144,600 148,217 2.5 13
South Cambridgeshire 115,000 117,196 1.9 34
Cheshire
Chester 116,600 116,613 0.0 208
Congleton 83,900 84,666 0.9 112
Crewe and Nantwich 96,300 96,548 0.3 174
Ellesmere Port and Neston 80,200 80,165 0.0 218
Halton 122,900 123,218 0.3 172
Macclesfield 151,500 151,804 0.2 181
Vale Royal 113,500 113,507 0.0 210
Warrington 177,500 179,983 1.4 65
Cleveland
Hartlepool 91,600 90,667 -1.0 288
Langbaurgh 147,700 146,846 -0.6 263
Middlesbrough 144,800 144,280 -0.4 247
Stockton-on-Tees 175,800 175,787 -0.0 213
Cornwall
Caradon 72,500 72,662 0.2 178
Carrick 78,300 78,969 0.9 118
Kerrier 85,800 85,835 0.0 202
North Cornwall 68,700 69,822 1.6 47
Penwith 55,400 56,593 2.2 25
Restormel 81,200 82,350 1.4 62
Cumbria
Allerdale 95,600 95,819 0.2 177
Barrow in Furness 74,100 74,181 0.1 193
Carlisle 101,300 101,434 0.1 192
Copeland 71,200 71,436 0.3 167
Eden 44,800 45,272 1.1 96
South Lakeland 97,400 98,461 1.1 93
Derbyshire
Amber Valley 108,800 109,650 0.8 123
Bolsover 70,750 70,119 -0.9 283
Chesterfield 96,800 96,748 -0.1 220
Derby 215,300 216,203 0.4 156
Erewash 105,000 106,166 1.1 88
High Peak 82,700 83,402 0.8 119
North East Derbyshire 97,050 97,631 0.6 141
South Derbyshire 69,400 70,120 1.0 99
Derbyshire Dales 66,600 66,795 0.3 168
Devon
East Devon 112,200 113,171 0.9 117
Exeter 99,700 99,295 -0.4 252
North Devon 80,400 81,593 1.5 58
Plymouth 253,656 256,044 0.9 107
South Hams 69,444 71,405 2.8 8
Teignbridge 100,600 105,417 4.8 2
Mid Devon 60,700 61,422 1.2 84
Torbay 117,900 117,288 -0.5 256
Torridge 49,500 49,950 0.9 113
West Devon 43,900 43,403 -1.1 289

1987–88 population for grant purposes 1988–89 population for grant purposes percentage change Rank in class
Dorset
Bournemouth 149,700 152,158 1.6 45
Christchurch 41,100 41,129 0.1 198
North Dorset 50,700 51,948 2.5 15
Poole 124,500 126,449 1.6 51
Purbeck 43,300 44,326 2.4 17
West Dorset 81,300 82,283 1.2 82
Weymouth and Portland 60,900 62,135 2.0 29
Wimborne 76,200 77,787 2.1 27
Durham
Chester-le-Street 53,160 53,365 0.4 159
Darlington 99,700 99,163 -0.5 259
Derwentside 86,300 86,088 -0.2 236
Durham 86,260 86,123 -0.2 228
Easington 97,100 96,470 -0.6 269
Sedgefield 89,280 88,564 -0.8 279
Teesdale 24,400 24,766 1.5 56
Wear Valley 64,700 65,014 0.5 148
East Sussex
Brighton 143,100 141,937 -0.8 280
Eastbourne 80,500 80,696 0.2 175
Hastings 80,200 81,079 1.1 91
Hove 89,500 89,803 0.3 166
Lewes 84,400 87,042 3.1 7
Rother 79,900 81,574 2.1 26
Wealden 124,800 127,564 2.2 23
Essex
Basildon 156,300 156,937 0.4 157
Braintree 115,602 115,845 0.2 180
Brentwood 70,997 70,850 -0.2 233
Castle Point 86,100 85,888 -0.2 237
Chelmsford 147,900 149,831 1.3 73
Colchester 143,100 145,116 1.4 63
Epping Forest 114,703 114,098 -0.5 257
Harlow 75,200 74,001 -1.6 293
Maldon 51,000 52,161 2.3 20
Rochford 74,800 74,871 0.1 194
Southend-on-Sea 158,200 159,928 1.1 92
Tendring 121,200 122,806 1.3 71
Thurrock 124,400 124,084 -0.3 238
Uttlesford 65,198 65,667 0.7 130
Gloucestershire
Cheltenham 86,000 86,749 0.9 116
Cotswold 71,600 72,708 1.5 54
Forest of Dean 74,100 75,178 1.5 59
Gloucester 91,100 90,855 -0.3 241
Stroud 104,500 106,668 2.1 28
Tewkesbury 84,100 84,947 1.0 101
Hampshire
Basingstoke and Deane 137,600 137,891 0.2 179
East Hampshire 97,000 97,760 0.8 122
Eastleigh 99,000 99,523 0.5 144
Fareham 94,200 95,705 1.6 49
Gosport 77,800 77,513 -0.4 249
Hart 80,200 81,283 1.4 68
Havant 118,500 118,918 0.4 162
New Forest 155,600 159,000 2.2 24
Portsmouth 187,900 186,884 -0.5 260
Rushmoor 81,400 79,145 -2.8 295
Southampton 202,300 200,501 -0.9 282
Test Valley 98,700 99,335 0.6 137
Winchester 93,700 94,208 0.5 143
Hereford and Worcester
Bromsgrove 89,400 89,215 -0.2 232
Hereford 48,300 48,373 0.2 186
Leominster 38,100 38,105 0.0 207
Malvern Hills 85,697 86,924 1.4 61
Redditch 73,300 74,757 2.0 31
South Herefordshire 48,600 48,679 0.2 184

1987–88 population for grant purposes 1988–89 population for grant purposes percentage change Rank in class
Worcester 77,400 77,839 0.6 142
Wychavon 96,903 97,629 0.7 125
Wyre Forest 93,100 92,983 -0.1 227
Hertfordshire
Broxbourne 81,900 82,401 0.6 140
Dacorum 133,100 132,595 -0.4 250
East Hertfordshire 116,880 118,110 1.1 97
Hertsmere 88,100 88,091 0.0 214
North Hertfordshire 111,400 111,614 0.2 183
St. Albans 128,800 128,747 0.0 217
Stevenage 75,120 74,371 -1.0 287
Three Rivers 80,300 80,287 0.0 215
Watford 76,500 76,186 -0.4 253
Welwyn Hatfield 94,000 93,321 -0.7 273
Humberside
Beverley 108,300 109,708 1.3 75
Boothferry 61,500 61,935 0.7 131
Cleethorpes 68,800 68,585 -0.3 243
Glanford 68,300 69,460 1.7 41
Great Grimsby 90,900 90,415 -0.5 258
Holderness 48,300 48,697 0.8 120
Kingston upon Hull 262,000 258,048 -1.5 292
East Yorkshire 78,300 79,165 1.1 89
Scunthorpe 63,600 62,491 -1.7 294
Isle of Wight
Medina 69,688 70,653 1.4 67
South Wight 53,212 53,902 1.3 76
Kent
Ashford 91,000 92,402 1.5 55
Canterbury 127,350 127,679 0.3 173
Dartford 79,715 79,088 -0.8 275
Dover 102,552 103,871 1.3 77
Gillingham 95,200 95,856 0.7 135
Gravesham 93,525 92,988 -0.6 262
Maidstone 132,431 133,607 0.9 115
Rochester upon Medway 145,600 146,218 0.4 153
Sevenoaks 107,860 107,891 0.0 204
Shepway 88,498 88,671 0.2 182
Swale 110,800 110,853 0.0 201
Thanet 122,500 123,633 0.9 110
Tonbridge and Mailing 99,600 99,658 0.1 200
Tunbridge Wells 98,569 98,512 -0.1 222
Lancashire
Blackburn 141,100 139,061 -1.4 290
Blackpool 145,800 145,416 -0.3 240
Burnley 87,452 86,878 -0.7 270
Chorley 94,622 95,621 1.1 95
Fylde 72,800 72,765 0.0 219
Hyndburn 79,397 80,010 0.8 124
Lancaster 128,500 129,953 1.1 87
Pendle 84,818 84,532 -0.3 245
Preston 124,400 125,000 0.5 149
Ribble Valley 53,133 53,211 0.1 187
Rossendale 64,000 64,185 0.3 169
South Ribble 98,078 97,177 -0.9 284
West Lancashire 107,500 106,832 -0.6 267
Wyre 98,700 100,086 1.4 64
Leicestershire
Blaby 80,300 81,493 1.5 57
Charnwood 143,500 144,922 1.0 102
Harborough 63,200 63,944 1.2 85
Hinckley and Bosworth 93,279 94,108 0.9 114
Leicester 282,900 281,076 0.6 268
Melton 42,900 42,868 0.1 223
North West Leicestershire 78,621 78,932 0.4 158
Oadby and Wigston 52,500 52,038 0.9 281
Rutland 35,000 35,572 1.6 46

1987–88 population for grant purposes 1988–89 population for grant purposes percentage change Rank in class
Lincolnshire
Boston 51,900 51,911 0.0 206
East Lindsey 108,700 110,500 1.7 42
Lincoln 78,200 78,966 1.0 103
North Kesteven 81,400 82,887 1.8 37
South Holland 63,700 64,307 1.0 106
South Kesteven 99,900 101,610 1.7 39
West Lindsey 76,500 77,072 0.7 126
Norfolk
Breckland 100,600 101,908 1.3 74
Broadland 99,800 100,752 1.0 105
Great Yarmouth 84,200 85,632 1.7 40
North Norfolk 87,400 90,201 3.2 5
Norwich 122,300 121,620 0.6 261
South Norfolk 98,800 99,423 0.6 139
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 126,000 128,281 1.8 38
Northamptonshire
Corby 50,700 50,701 0.0 212
Daventry 59,800 61,248 2.4 16
East Northamptonshire 62,800 64,234 2.3 19
Kettering 72,000 73,155 1.6 48
Northampton 169,800 172,507 1.6 50
South Northamptonshire 66,700 67,512 1.2 81
Wellingborough 64,300 65,084 1.2 80
Northumberland
Alnwick 29,700 29,834 0.5 151
Berwick-upon-Tweed 26,300 26,494 0.7 127
Blyth Valley 78,000 78,268 0.3 164
Castle Morpeth 50,696 50,711 0.0 203
Tynedale 54,904 55,285 0.7 134
Wansbeck 61,000 60,428 0.9 285
North Yorkshire
Craven 48,200 48,231 0.1 199
Hambleton 76,000 75,707 -0.4 251
Harrogate 144,500 145,226 0.5 147
Richmondshire 48,400 49,043 1.3 69
Ryedale 88,800 89,428 0.7 133
Scarborough 103,300 103,650 0.3 165
Selby 85,200 86,918 2.0 30
York 102,200 101,583 -0.6 266
Nottinghamshire
Ashfield 106,900 106,666 -0.2 234
Bassetlaw 104,200 104,937 0.7 132
Broxtowe 105,600 106,097 0-5 150
Gedling 111,162 110,834 -0.3 242
Mansfield 100,700 100,337 -0.4 248
Newark and Sherwood 102,338 102,869 0.5 145
Nottingham 279,402 277,775 -0.6 264
Rushcliffe 95,958 96,992 1.4 66
Oxfordshire
Cherwell 119,100 121,467 2.0 32
Oxford 115,000 116,186 1.0 100
South Oxfordshire 133,300 133,044 -0.2 231
Vale of White Horse 108,400 110,432 1.9 35
West Oxfordshire 89,600 93,574 4.4 3
Shropshire
Bridgnorth 51,500 51,512 0.0 205
North Shropshire 51,900 53,090 2.3 18
Oswestry 31,600 31,499 -0.3 244
Shrewsbury and Atcham 90,509 91,353 0.9 108
South Shropshire 34,906 35,037 0.4 160
Wrekin 129,885 130,194 0.2 176
Somerset
Mendip 93,400 93,484 0.1 195
Sedgemoor 93,000 94,138 1.2 79
Taunton Deane 90,900 91,283 0.4 155

1987–88 population for grant purposes 1988–89 population for grant purposes percentage change Rank in class
West Somerset 30,600 31,004 1.3 72
South Somerset 139,100 138,979 -0.1 224
Staffordshire
Cannock Chase 85,000 85,134 0.2 185
East Staffordshire 94,000 93,907 -0.1 225
Lichfield 90,600 91,693 1.2 83
Newcastle-under-Lyme 118,400 117,820 -0.5 254
South Staffordshire 103,300 104,911 1.6 52
Stafford 117,800 117,959 0.1 191
Staffordshire Moorlands 95,900 95,978 0.1 197
Stoke-on-Trent 248,700 246,884 -0.7 274
Tamworth 66,700 66,705 0.0 209
Suffolk
Babergh 76,400 77,107 0.9 109
Forest Heath 57,800 55,692 -3.6 296
Ipswich 118,130 118,291 0.1 190
Mid Suffolk 74,400 75,478 1.4 60
St. Edmundsbury 90,300 91,453 1.3 78
Suffolk Coastal 103,970 105,987 1.9 33
Waveney 103,200 104,570 1.3 70
Surrey
Elmbridge 111,400 110,322 -1.0 286
Epsom and Ewell 67,100 67,158 0.1 196
Guildford 125,256 125,038 -0.2 230
Mole Valley 77,100 77,611 0.7 136
Reigate and Banstead 116,600 115,807 -0.7 271
Runnymede 71,400 71,281 -0.2 229
Spelthorne 90,200 88,844 -1.5 291
Surrey Heath 79,325 80,152 1.0 98
Tandridge 76,500 76,117 -0.5 255
Waverley 112,517 112,491 0.0 216
Woking 86,302 86,603 0.3 163
Warwickshire
North Warwickshire 60,200 59,725 -0.8 277
Nuneaton and Bedworth 112,500 113,072 0.5 146
Rugby 85,600 84,919 -0.8 278
Stratford on Avon 104,600 105,735 1.1 94
Warwick 116,800 117,293 0.4 154
West Sussex
Adur 57,800 58,057 0.4 152
Arun 126,600 126,949 0.3 170
Chichester 101,700 104,368 2.6 11
Crawley 84,000 83,779 -0.3 239
Horsham 104,100 105,810 1.6 44
Mid Sussex 118,700 119,850 1.0 104
Worthing 94,800 95,909 1.2 86
Wiltshire
Kennet 67,000 67,431 0.6 138
North Wiltshire 108,500 109,378 0.8 121
Salisbury 102,500 103,436 0.9 111
Thamesdown 159,800 162,792 1.9 36
West Wiltshire 103,000 102,188 -0.8 276
All purpose authority
Isles of Stilly 1,980 1,978 -0.1 1

Dr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the budgeted income and estimated outturn of total expenditure of each local authority subject to rate limitation in each year from 1985–86 to 1987–88.

Mr. Ridley

The information in respect of authorities selected for rate or precept limitation under section 2 of the Rates Act is as follows:

£ million
1985–86 1986–87 1987–88
Budget Outturn Budget Outturn Budget
Authorities first selected for 1985–86
Sheffield 218.631 217.538 not selected 257.131
Camden 117.609 108.160 147.266 1149.699 152.981
Greenwich 66.637 166.639 109.231 1104.189 96.331
Hackney 97.150 194.399 136.503 1128.222 145.859
Islington 85.723 86.636 106.115 1109.421 106.286
Lambeth 116.212 112.266 167.777 1171.942 152.373
Lewisham 90.914 78.401 126.868 1112.505 133.101
Southwark 108.437 106.942 136.215 1133.984 135.690
Brent 148.356 140.402 not selected 183.633
Haringey 136.048 128.632 167.188 1168.067 154.455
Basildon 13.662 8.860 16.945 116.198 16.911
Thamesdown 14.199 14.022 14.848 14.849 14.199
Leicester 24.392 24.116 not selected not selected
Portsmouth 16.511 16.511 not selected not selected
GLC 608.746 605.600 abolished abolished
ILEA 945.057 886.804 n/a n/a
Merseyside MCC 213.479 203.219 abolished abolished
South Yorkshire MCC 178.674 176.289 abolished abolished
Authorities first selected for 1986–87
Liverpool n/a 287.554 284.024 not selected
Newcastle upon Tyne n/a 162.952 164.653 156.784
Authorities first selected for 1987–88
Gateshead n/a n/a 103.207
North Tyneside n/a n/a 95.124
Tower Hamlets n/a n/a 124.033
Hounslow n/a n/a 103.204
Newham n/a n/a 172.891
Middlesbrough n/a n/a 17.569
Brighton n/a n/a 14.610
1 Denotes revised estimate.

Information on outturn for 1987–88 is not yet available. Information in respect of authorities deemed to have been designated for precept limitation by virtue of section 68 of the Local Government Act 1985 is a matter for my right hon. Friends the Home Secretary, the Secretary of State for Education and Science, and the Secretary of State for Transport.

Dr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the original and final

Table 1: Expenditure levels
1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Original £ million Redetermined £ million Original £ million Redetermined £ million Original £ million Redetermined £ million Original £ million Redetermined £ million
Authorities first selected for 1985–96
Sheffield 216.573 — 1 1 258.915 264.093 1 1
Camden 117.429 — 133.669 136.919 136.919 — 136.924 —
Greenwich 66.584 — 88.629 95.228 95.228 — 95.230 —
Hackney 82.315 — 119.422 128.572 128.572 — 128.572 —
Islington 85.564 — 106.113 — 106.113 — 1 1
Lambeth 113.558 — 144.068 152.309 152.309 — 152.311 —
Lewisham 79.301 — 112.062 115.594 115.594 — 115.594 —
Southwark 108.437 — 134.190 — 134.190 — 134.193 —
Brent 140.021 — 1 1 176.690 180.200 1 1
Haringey 128.658 — 152.813 — 152.813 — 156.142 —
Basildon 13.662 — 13.662 — 13.662 — 13.662 1
Thamesdown 14.199 — 14.199 — 14.199 — 14.201 —
Leicester 24.392 — 1 1 1 1 1 1
Portsmouth 16.751 — 1 1 1 1 1 1
Greater London Council 785.233 — 2 2 2 2 2 2
ILEA 900.366 — 3 3 3 3 3 3
Merseyside MCC 205.180 — 2 2 2 2 2 2
South Yorkshire MCC 178.291 — 2 2 2 2 2 2

expenditure levels underlying rate and precept limits, and the original and final rate and precept limits, set for each authority subject to rate limitation, in each year from 1985–86 to 1988–89.

Mr. Ridley

The information in respect of authorities selected for rate or precept limitation under section 2 of the Rates Act is as follows:

1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Original £ million Redetermined £ million Original £ million Redetermined £ million Original £ million Redetermined £ million Original £ million Redetermined £ million
Authorities first selected for 1986–87
Liverpool 3 3 265.070 274.550 1 1 307.742 —
Newcastle upon Tyne 3 3 151.252 154.652 154.652 — 159.305 —
Authorities first selected for 1987–88
Gateshead 3 3 3 3 95.986 97.906 1 1
North Tyneside 3 3 3 3 93.259 95.124 1 1
Tower Hamlets 3 3 3 3 121.601 124.033 124.033 126.033
Hounslow 3 3 3 3 112.220 114.464 1 1
Newham 3 3 3 3 154.353 157.440 1 1
Middlesbrough 3 3 3 3 17.225 17.570 17.570 —
Brighton 3 3 3 3 14.610 14.902 1 1
Authorities first selected for 1988–89
Manchester 3 3 3 3 3 3 316.594 —
Ealing 3 3 3 3 3 3 157.153 —
Waltham Forest 3 3 3 3 3 3 142.028 —
Kingston-upon-Hull 3 3 3 3 3 3 30.942 —
1 Not selected.
2 Abolished.
3 Not applicable.

Note:

Redetermined figures shown only where applicable. The "redetermined" figures for 1987–88 are those produced by application of Schedule 2 to the Local Government Finance Act 1987.

Table 2: Rate and precept limits
Pence
1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Proposed Final Proposed Final Final Proposed
Authorities first selected for 1985–86
Sheffield 207.07 — 1 1 259.07 1
Camden 92.02 — 118.35 — 120.07 115.41
Greenwich 96.42 — 124.21 — 120.89 125.72
Hackney 114.09 147.18 141.96 — 123.30 123.80
Islington 111.21 112.07 93.20 — 78.90 1
Lambeth 107.57 — 126.11 — 112.42 92.32
Lewisham 87.49 99.66 141.86 — 127.12 131.76
Southwark 112.69 — 121.16 — 111.31 98.02
Brent 196.42 — 1 1 224.84 1
Haringey 222.17 268.50 254.59 — 238.37 214.69
Basildon 50.33 — 52.75 — 52.84 49.68
Thamesdown 57.22 — 54.68 — 55.16 51.10
Leicester 16.27 25.22 1 1 1 1
Portsmouth 26.88 — 1 1 1 1
GLC 36.52 — 2 2 2 2
ILEA 74.19 77.25 3 3 3 3
Merseyside MCC 82.86 — 2 2 2 2
South Yorkshire MCC 81.32 — 2 2 2 2
Authorities first selected for 1986–87
Liverpool 3 3 232.09 — 1 268.17
Newcastle upon Tyne 3 3 321.23 — 290.82 270.01
Authorities first selected for 1987–88
Gateshead 3 3 3 3 231.46 1
North Tyneside 3 3 3 3 265.77 1
Tower Hamlets 3 3 3 3 110.38 123.21
Hounslow 3 3 3 3 206.82 1
Newham 3 3 3 3 232.67 1
Middlesbrough 3 3 3 3 44.57 32.16
Brighton 3 3 3 3 22.50 1
Authorities first selected for 1988–89
Manchester 3 3 3 3 3 285.63
Ealing 3 3 3 3 3 125.06
Waltham Forest 3 3 3 3 3 199.14
Kingston upon Hull 3 3 3 3 3 47.51
1 Not selected.
2 Abolished.
3 Not applicable.

Note:

"Final" column only denotes figures which differ from "proposed". For 1987–88 there were no proposed limits; final limits were determined under the Local Government Finance Act 1987. Final limits for 1988–89 have not yet been determined.

Information in respect of authorities deemed to have been designated for precept limitation by virtue of section 68 of the Local Government Act 1985 is a matter for my right hon. Friends the Home Secretary, the Secretary of State for Education and Science, and the Secretary of State for Transport.

Dr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the aggregate Exchequer grant, rate support grant, block grant, domestic rate relief grant,

Aggregate Exchequer Grant Rate Support Grant Block Grant Domestic Rate Relief Grant Relevant Expenditure Total Expenditure Current Expenditure
1981–82
Settlement 10,895.0 9,027.0 8,364.0 663 18,423.0 2— 16,180.0
Budget 110,843.0 18,952.0 18,289.0 663 18,673.0 2— 317,602.0
Audited Outturn 110,939.0 19,009.0 18,346.0 663 19,933.0 2— 17,472.0
1982–83
Settlement 11,484.0 9,360.0 8,682.0 678 20,463.0 18,515.0 18,000.0
Budget 111,119.0 18,982.0 18,304.0 678 321,942.0 319,947.0 319,260.0
Audited Outturn 111,242.0 19,027.0 18,349.0 678 21,765.0 19,737.0 19,051.0
1983–84
Settlement 11,782.0 9,416.0 8,730.0 686 22,307.0 20,134.0 19,692.0
Budget 111,503.0 19,135.0 18,449.0 686 323,070.0 320,905.0 320,550.0
Estimated Outturn 111,486.0 19,075.0 18,389.0 686 23,082.0 20,881.0 20,389.0
1984–85
Settlement 11,872.0 9,323.0 8,631.0 692 22,883.0 20,542.0 20,389.0
Budget 111,497.0 18,868.0 18,176.0 692 3,801.0 21,390.0 21,446.0
Estimated Outturn 111,902.0 19,104.0 18,412.0 692 23,872.0 21,285.0 21,529.0
1985–86
Settlement 11,764.0 9,188.0 8,489.0 699 24,161.0 21,815.0 21,314.0
Budget 111,225.0 18,638.0 17,939.0 699 24,446.0 22,093.0 22,227.0
Estimated Outturn 111,780.0 19,138.0 18,439.0 699 24,116.0 21,719.0 22,285.0
1986–87
Settlement4 11,764.0 8,988.0 8,280.0 708 25,328.5 22,790.0 22,253.5
Budget 11,879.0 9,010.0 8,302.0 708 26,658.0 24,034.0 24,266.0
1987–88
Settlement4 12,842.0 9,549.0 8,832.0 717 27,746.0 24,703.0 25,251.0
Budget 612,697.1 59,466.1 58,749.1 5717 328,813.0 525,847.0 326,512.0
1988–89
Settlement 13,775.0 10,209.0 9,482.0 727 29,846.0 26,569.0 27,538.0
1 Figure after holdback.
2 Figure not available on a consistent basis with later years.
3 Figure estimated.
4 Figures exclude additional allowance for teachers' pay.
5 Figure from revision of estimate of block grant, September 1987, under Section 66(1) of the Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980.
6 Notional figure derived from 5