§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will publish and place in the Library in hard copy and in machine readable form, as soon as possible after issuing his consultation paper on 1993–94 roles support grant, a table showing for each local authority its 1992–93 standard spending assessment with and without adjustments for changes in local authority functions and its 1993–94 SSA with the percentage changes, between both 1992–93 SSAs and the 1993–94 SSA;
(2) what are the cash and real terms increases for total standard spending in England in 1993–94, after adjusting for changes in local authority functions, compared with (a) total standard spending for 1992–93 and (b) local authorities' budgets for 1992–93.
§ Mr. Howard[holding answer 27 November 1992]: Information on 1992–93 SSAs was placed in the Library in hard copy and in machine readable form following the announcement of the 1992–93 revenue support grant (RSG) settlement. Similar information on the proposals for the 1993–94 RSG settlement was placed in the Library, again in both hard copy and machine readable form, immediately following the announcement to the House yesterday of our intentions for 1993–94.
There are several ways in which the 1992–93 SSA figures might be adjusted to allow for the changes in local authority functions in order to facilitate comparisons with the 1993–94 information. I shall provide a set of SSAs for 1992–93 on an adjusted basis, together with a full description of the underlying assumptions shortly.
Region Taxbase March 1991 (millions) Dwellings March 1991 (millions) Taxbase September 1992 (millions) Dwellings September 1992 (millions) Northern 0.923 1.243 0.900 1.294 North West 1.962 2.516 1.905 2.607 Yorkshire and Humberside 1.535 1.952 1.486 2.045 East Midlands 1.303 1.572 1.245 1.663 West Midlands 1.639 2.016 1.619 2.102 East Anglia 0.677 0.816 0.689 0.874 South West 1.694 1.842 1.671 2.003 South East 4.078 4.143 4.261 4.415 Greater London 2.950 2.824 2.720 2.946