§ Mr. HardyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the ratio of payment from central funds to the personal community charge in each local authority in England.
§ Mr. Chope[holding answer 11 June 1990]: The available information for 1990–91 is given in the table. The ratio of central funds to community charge income has 420W been calculated for individual local authority areas since some payments from central funds are made to charging authorities on behalf of both charging and precepting authorities in the area. Complete information for all authority areas will not be available until all authorities' budget returns for 1990–91 have been made to my Department.
Ratio of Payments from central funds to community charge income Area Central funds1 Community charge income2 Central funds plus community charge income Buckinghamshire 63 37 100 Cleveland 76 24 100 Derbyshire 67 33 100 Devon 70 30 100 Durham 75 25 100 Gloucestershire 64 36 100 Isle of Wight 67 33 100 Kent 70 30 100 Lincolnshire 72 28 100 Northamptonshire 70 30 100 Suffolk 65 35 100 West Sussex 64 36 100 Wiltshire 69 31 100 Notes:
1 Payment from central funds comprise Revenue Support Grant including safety net adjustments, special grants, amounts distributed from the NNDR pool and specific and supplementary grants both inside and outside AEF. Community charge benefit and transitional relief payments are included.
2 Community charge income net of community charge benefit and transitional relief grant.