§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to the answer from the Secretary of State for Health on 4 May, how much more money would be received by Greenwich council from taxpayers through central Government grant if the standard spending assessment for 1993–94 were increased by the figure indicated by the social factor information now available from the 1991 census.
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§ Mr. Robin SquireMy hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health,Official Report, 4 May 1993, col 45, indicated that the percentage increase in the standard spending assessment for personal social services for Greenwich, if information on social factors from the 1991 census information were to be included, would be 9.8 per cent. The equivalent increase for the total standard spending assessment would be 4.7 per cent, amounting to some £9 million. This is also broadly the amount by which the level of revenue support grant would increase. The current review of standard spending assessments will involve a number of further changes and may result in a different outcome for 1994–95 when it is completed later this year.