HC Deb 03 December 1992 vol 215 cc299-301W
Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the standard spending assessment element for fire and civil defence for each county council and metropolitan fire and civil defence authority in England in each year since 1983–84; and what are the figures for 1993–94.

Mr. Robin Squire

[holding answer 1 December 1992]: Standard spending assessments were first introduced for the settlement year 1990–91 as a replacement for grant related expenditure assessments. The SSA elements for fire and civil defence for each county council and metropolitan fire and civil defence authority in England are shown in table 2 of the SSA handbooks for 1990–91, 1991–92 and 1992–93, all of which are in the Library. The provisional figures for 1993–94 are given in the table.

1993–94 Provisional SSA Elements for Fire and Civil Defence
Authority £ million
Greater Manchester Fire and Civil Defence Authority 70.787
Merseyside Fire and Civil Defence Authority 47.118
South Yorkshire Fire and Civil Defence Authority 28.117
Tyne and Wear Fire and Civil Defence Authority 34.449
West Midlands Fire and Civil Defence Authority 67.514
West Yorkshire Fire and Civil Defence Authority 49.002
London Fire and Civil Defence Authority 242.568
Isles of Scilly 0.053
Avon county council 20.473
Bedfordshire county council 11.073
Berkshire county council 16.601
Buckinghamshire county council 12.360
Cambridgeshire county council 12.039
Cheshire county council 20.103
Cleveland county council 19.464
Cornwall county council 7.181
Cumbria county council 8.753
Derbyshire county council 17.067
Devon county council 19.557
Dorset county council 12.065
Durham county council 12.973
East Sussex county council 14.891
Essex county council 31.445
Gloucestershire county council 9.605
Hampshire county council 31.585
Hereford and Worcester county council 12.116
Hertfordshire county council 20.328
Humberside county council 21.322
Isle of Wight county council 2.229
Kent county council 30.998
Lancashire county council 32,276
Leicestershire county council 16.924
Lincolnshire county council 9.583
Norfolk county council 13.010
Northamptonshire county council 11.260
Northumberland county council 5.823
North Yorkshire county council 12.001
Nottinghamshire county council 21.087
Oxfordshire county council 11.284
Shropshire county council 7.839
Somerset county council 7.693
Staffordshire county council 19.345
Suffolk county council 11.023
Surrey county council 22.133
Warwickshire county council 8.993
West Sussex county council 14.836
Wiltshire county council 10.054
Total England 1,139.000

Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the actual expenditure on fire and civil defence services by each county council and metropolitan fire and civil defence authority in England for each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Robin Squire

[holding answer 1 December 1992]: I have arranged for the information to be placed in the Library of the House.