§ Mr. EdwardsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what announcements he has made regarding the reduction in standard spending assessment for Monmouth borough council for 1992–93 since it was first announced; and what was the reason for the reduction.
§ Mr. David HuntThe final local authority standard spending assessments were set out in the settlement reports laid before the House on 10 February and debated and approved by Parliament on 12 February. Recalculation of the provisional SSAs laid before the House on 20 January took account of the increase in resources for teachers' pay. To achieve consistency, it was also necessary to take account of other data changes. These altered the relativity of individual district authority SSAs within the overall amount of total standard spending allocated to district authorities which was unchanged.