§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is the correlation in his illustrative tables on the council tax between the percentage over standard spending assessment and the average value of homes in the district giving the increase in band D property for each 10 per cent. increase in SSA depending on whether the average value home is in band A, B, C or D;
(2) further to his answer on 29 April, Official Report, column 13, if he will assess the increase in council tax in each band for each 1 per cent. increased spending over standard spending assessment for a council most of whose properties are in (a) band A, (b) band B, (c) band C and (d) band D;
(3) further to his answer on 29 April, Official Report, column 13, if he will give the council tax for band B property in the illustrated figures for a standard level of service and the variations in the figures for bands A, B, and G in areas in which the majority of properties in a district are in (a) band A, (b) band B, (c) bands C and D and (d) band D;
(4) further to his answer on 29 April, Official Report, column 13, if he will list the size of increase in council tax
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Authority Revenue support grant 1991–92 £ million Revenue support grant 1991–92 £/head Revenue support grant 1990–91 £ million Revenue support grant 1990–91 £/head Percentage difference on total RSG Percentage difference on £/head Cleveland 150.2 367.2 145.3 353.4 3.4 3.9 Bedfordshire 98.6 254.0 92.8 235.4 6.4 7.9 Lancashire 256.2 246.3 252.3 240.8 1.5 2.3 Leicestershire 156.5 242.8 155.4 238.4 0.7 1.8 Humberside 153.0 235.2 158.0 242.1 -3.2 -2.9 Buckinghamshire 99.7 215.2 97.3 207.2 2.4 3.9 Berkshire 111.2 201.4 115.8 209.6 -3.9 -3.9 Northamptonshire 85.2 198.9 94.7 224.1 -10.1 -11.2 Nottinghamshire 147.1 193.7 153.5 201.8 -4.2 -4.0 Kent 217.9 189.9 220.1 192.0 -1.0 -1.1 Isle of Wight 17.6 180.7 15.8 160.5 10.9 12.6 Hertfordshire 130.8 179.5 131.4 178.6 -0.5 0.5 Cornwall 61.5 174.0 66.4 189.4 -7.4 -8.1 Durham 78.2 173.4 82.2 180.3 -4.9 -3.8 Shropshire 51.9 169.8 61.7 204.2 -15.9 -16.8 Northumberland 38.3 166.8 41.9 182.7 -8.4 -8.7 Lincolnshire 72.2 161.0 79.0 174.5 -8.5 -7.8 Essex 185.7 160.0 197.5 169.1 -6.0 -5.4 Cambridgeshire 77.0 159.2 89.8 188.1 -14.2 -15.4 Cumbria 58.9 157.9 60.2 157.0 -2.2 0.5 Cheshire 110.4 154.8 125.9 175.5 -12.3 -11.8 Hampshire 175.3 150.3 193.1 164.7 -9.2 -8.7 East Sussex 75.3 141.0 72.4 134.0 4.0 5.3 Somerset 48.9 139.7 53.3 151.8 -8.2 -8.0 Suffolk 64.4 137.4 69.4 147.7 -7.2 -7.0 Oxfordshire 54.1 134.3 57.6 141.0 -6.0 -4.8 Avon 95.4 133.8 111.8 157.1 -14.6 -14.8 Devon 102.1 131.6 123.3 161.3 -17.2 -18.4 Staffordshire 100.2 128.1 115.7 147.0 -13.4 -12.9 Wiltshire 54.1 127.9 64.3 153.2 -15.8 -16.5 Gloucestershire 48.5 121.6 58.3 146.4 -16 8 -16.9 North Yorkshire 64.6 120.2 72.3 134.5 -10.7 -10.6 Derbyshire 85.0 119.9 100.3 140.5 -15.3 -14.7 Norfolk 64.8 113.0 75.6 131.7 -14.4 -14.2 Hereford and Worcester 56.4 111.1 70.7 139.9 -20.3 -20.6 Surrey 77.9 102.2 83.3 106.5 -6.5 -4.1 Warwickshire 37.0 101.4 48.0 131.4 -22.9 -22.8 West Sussex 50.3 93.6 55.0 100.6 -8.6 -6.9 Dorset 30.8 61.3 46.4 92.3 -33.6 -33.6 for each percentage point of increased spending above the standard spending assessment, up to 40 per cent. above SSA, for Grimsby; and what would be the figures if the average value of households in Grimsby were in (i) band A, (ii) band B, (iii) band C or (iv) band D of the tables published to illustrate his proposals;
(5) what is the effect on the level of the proposed council tax of the average value of properties in the district; and if he will give illustrative examples of the differences in level of tax, with all other factors held constant, where the majority of houses in a district are (a) in band A, (b) in band B, (c) in band C, (d) in band D, (e) in band E, (f) in band F and (g) in band G.
§ Mr. OppenheimTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each county(a) the total revenue support grant distributed to district councils in that county plus grants distributed to the relevant county council, (b) on a per head basis, (c) those figures for the previous year and (d) the percentage difference between the figures for each year and ranked according to the levels of grant per head.
§ Mr. Key[holding answer 17 May 1991]: The following information is available.
327WThese figures exclude specific grants paid to county councils, as specific grants for 1991–92 are not yet available. Amounts per head are shown in terms of amounts per head of relevant population for the year. Differences between columns (5) and (6) therefore reflect changes in the sum of the districts' relevant populations between 1990–91 and 1991–92. The figures are ranked according to revenue support grant per head in 1991–92.