STANDARD SPENDING ASSESSMENTS: PUBLICATIONS

HL Deb 18 October 1990 vol 522 cc1131-2WA

Lord Brougham and Vaux

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What further information they have made available to local authorities about standard spending assessments.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment (Baroness Blatch)

Two publications,Standard Spending Assessments: Background and Underlying Methodology and the Standard Spending Assessment Handbook 1990–91 were produced in August. These describe the way local authority services are reflected in standard spending assessments (SSAs), and how each SSA element is constructed. They are similar to the blue and green books which we produced under the rate support grant system. Copies of the publications have today been placed in the Library of the House. Copies have also been sent to every local authority in England and to the local authority associations.