§ Mr. John EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the metropolitan and London borough councils which have obtained a higher standard spending assessment settlement per person in the current year than St. Helens; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe table shows those London borough and metropolitan district councils which have a higher 1992–93 standard spending assessment per adult than St. Helens.
Standard spending assessments are calculated using the same principles applied to all authorities. They take account of each authority's own demographic, geographic and social characteristics.
Local authority SSA per adult(£ 000s) Hackney 2,117 Tower Hamlets 2,048 Islington 1,722 Newham 1,686 Westminster 1,675 Lambeth 1,667 Southwark 1,533 Brent 1,508 Manchester 1,490 Camden 1,450 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,439 Lewisham 1,402 Haringey 1,390 Wandsworth 1,388 Waltham Forest 1,305 kensington and Chelsea 1,298 Greenwich 1,298 Knowsley 1,287 Liverpool 1,286 Birmingham 1,284 Ealing 1,274 Bradford 1,230 Wolverhampton 1,180 Hounslow 1,137 Oldham 1,095 Salford 1,090 Sandwell 1,081 Coventry 1,080 Enfield 1,075 Barking and Dageham 1,072 Rochdale 1,069 Newcastle upon Tyne 1,053 Croydon 1,045 South Tyneside 1,029 Barnet 1,025 Bolton 1,023 Redbridge 1,018 Sunderland 1,017 St.Helens 1,011