§ Mr. David PorterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the likely grants, targets and level of the community charge in 1990–91 as levied by Suffolk county council.
§ Mr. Chope[holding answer 11 December 1989]: From April 1990 revenue support grant will be paid to charging authorities (the district councils in Suffolk), who will also set community charges. The expenditure of county councils will be financed by precepts on the collection fund administered by those charging authorities. Suffolk county council will therefore receive no revenue support grant nor will it set a community charge.
On present proposals, Suffolk county council will have a standard spending assessment for 1990–91 of £294.176 million, about £15.35 million or 5½ per cent. above its equivalent grant related expenditure for 1989–90.
No targets will be set for any local authority.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what amount of block grant was paid in each of the years from 1980–81 to 1989–90 expressed in cash terms and in constant 1989–90 prices for(a) each London borough, (b) each metropolitan district, (c) Inner London education authority, (d) former metropolitan counties and the Greater London council up to 1985–86, (e) each non-metropolitan county, (f) each non-metropolitan district and (g) each metropolitan joint board showing in each year the total paid to the respective classes of authority.
§ Mr. David HuntI have today placed this information in the Library.