HC Deb 28 March 1988 vol 130 cc305-7W
Mr. McLoughlin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide a list of the rate precepts in the shire counties for 1988–89; and if he will indicate how much is given to each county under each council's

rapidly following the Budget. It has already increased to 800 and by the end of 1988 there are expected to be over 2,000.

Mr. Kennedy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in theOfficial Report the names and professional designations of the members of the Unleaded Petrol Group, indicating which interest groups they represent respectively.

Mr. Moynihan

I chair the group. The non-governmental organisations represented, with one name for each, are:

spending programme for the year expressed as an amount per person in each county; how much would be given to each county as an amount per person if the councils spent at their GRE assessment levels; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Chope

The information requested is as follows:

1988–89 precepts and block grant per head at budget and for spending at GRE
Shire counties Precept Pence Block grant per head at budget £ Block grant per head at GRE £
Avon 246.50 106.14 122.77
Bedfordshire 246.40 64.71 92.56
Berkshire 193.60 34.70 22.27
Buckinghamshire 227.70 43.62 63.72
Cambridgeshire 216.00 98.47 104.23
Cheshire 232.00 119.89 129.96
Cleveland 282.00 188.79 215.67
Cornwall 207.70 211.78 209.67
Cumbria 260.00 198.34 206.75
Derbyshire 297.50 154.90 171.55
Devon 209.75 166.40 164.01
Dorset 203.00 98.35 83.00
Durham 246.00 229.44 230.91
East Sussex 217.10 74.17 68.50
Essex 235.00 56.97 71.17
Gloucestershire 217.30 138.56 140.95
Hampshire 200.30 101.63 94.46
Hereford and Worcester 185.00 143.75 131.42
Hertfordshire 240.40 27.88
Humberside 261.00 212.89 225.00
Isle of Wight 227.23 177.37 181.37
Kent 192.00 156.31 145.63
Lancashire 234.00 239.35 241.93
Leicestershire 221.20 164.14 167.11

Shire counties Precept Pence Block grant per head at budget £ Block grant per head at GRE £
Lincolnshire 204.00 201.41 198.58
Norfolk 190.90 141.53 133.03
Northamptonshire 229.00 137.61 147.20
Northumberland1 230.10 189.02 194.51
North Yorkshire 217.00 174.15 174.83
Nottinghamshire 253.00 162.78 175.02
Oxfordshire 238.60 14.77 39.27
Shropshire 200.00 208.11 204.56
Somerset 224.00 160.27 163.90
Staffordshire 215.00 168.66 169.30
Suffolk 204.00 125.76 121.58
Surrey 202.70 17.06
Warwickshire 227.10 95.89 105.86
West Sussex 192.00 76.70 62.83
Wiltshire 219.30 159.22 164.45
1 Northumberland precept excludes Northumbria Police Authority precept of 14.40p.

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