HC Deb 26 January 1993 vol 217 cc605-6W
Mr. Straw

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will recalculate his proposals for 1993–94 standard spending assessments for every authority

Local authority Total pupils Primary Education SSA £ million Secondary Education SSA £ million Post-16 Education SSA £ million Total of primary secondary and post-16 Education SSA £ per pupil
Essex 205,308 203.468 240.749 34.788 2,333
Hampshire 191,786 203.178 219.978 11.352 2,266
Kent 206,183 201.057 235.907 47.953 2,352
Lancashire 190,639 193.978 211.551 18.347 2,223
All shire counties 3,900,976 3,827.319 4,317.165 658.495 2,257

Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimates of the number of elderly people on income support for each local authority area in 1992–93 and 1993–94 were used in determining standard spending assessment levels.

Mr. Robin Squire

Estimates of the number of elderly people on income support in shire counties, metropolitan districts and London boroughs are produced by the Department of Social Security from its quarterly 1 per cent. sample inquiries of claimant records for use in the calculation of standard spending assessments. The estimates relate to the average number of persons over eight quarters who are, or whose partner is, aged 60 years and over and in receipt of income support. For 1992–93 SSAs, the eight quarters cover the period May 1989 to February 1991; and for 1993–94, they cover the period May 1990 to February 1992.

on the notional basis of the Isle of Wight becoming a unitary authority comprising the present county council and district councils from 1 April 1993; and if he will make a statement on the effects on SSAs of local government reorganisations, in particular any changes in SSAs of those authorities not being reorganised being brought about by the impact on non-linear SSAs of data in respect of reorganised authorities being aggregated or disaggregated.

Mr. Howard

No; it is too early to produce such figures. The detailed implications of local government reorganisation for standard spending assessments will be discussed with representatives of the local authority associations in due course.