§ Ms Janet AndersonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimate he has(a) for each local authority, (b) for each region and (c) for England for the amount and proportion of local authority income coming from (i) council tax, (ii) national non-domestic rate, (iii) transitional relief and (iv) council tax benefit; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BaldryI have today placed in the Library figures for the amount of national non-domestic rate which authorities are entitled to receive from the non-domestic rate pool in 1993–94, the amounts in respect of council tax, including transitional relief and council tax benefit, which 271W they have budgeted to receive, and the percentages of each authority's budget requirement which they represent. A summary for each region and England is given in the table.
Transitional relief grant and council tax benefit grant are paid only to billing authorities and together with receipts of council taxes from council taxpayers constitute
Budget requirement (including parish precepts) Income from non-domestic rate Council tax requirement Region £ million £ million Per cent. £ million Per cent. The South-West 3,180 1,140 36 900 28 West Midlands 4,020 1,260 31 910 23 Yorkshire 3,800 1,190 31 850 22 North-west 5,560 1,650 30 1,280 23 The North 2,090 620 30 470 23 East Midlands 2,850 970 34 680 24 East Anglia 1,370 500 37 340 25 London 7,270 1,670 23 1,460 20 The South-East 7,390 2,580 35 2,050 28 England 37,530 11,580 31 8,930 24 Notes:
The budget requirement is the amount authorities have budgeted to receive from revenue support grant, non-domestic rates and council taxes.
The income from non-domestic rates is the amount of redistributed non-domestic rates payable to an authority's general fund.
The council tax requirement either (a) includes income required to cover any estimated deficit on the collection fund brought forward from 1992–93 or (b) excludes income met from an estimated surplus on the collection fund brought forward from 1992–93.