HC Deb 10 March 1994 vol 239 cc373-5W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans he has to improve the standard spending assessment system.

Mr. Baldry

We will be looking carefully at the priorities for future work and research into the standard spending assessment system in consultation with the local authority associations. We are always prepared to consider new evidence in support of changes in SSAs.

Mr. Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the standard spending assessments for each of the local authorities in Greater Manchester for 1994–95.

Mr. Baldry

The standard spending assessments for the local authorities in Greater Manchester for 1993–94 are as follows:

Authority £ million £ head
Bolton 188.498 715
Bury 12.651 622
Manchester 412.867 958
Oldham 169.177 768
Rochdale 158.355 770
Salford 175.339 754
Stockport 175.121 602
Tameside 149.805 678
Trafford 144.103 664
Wigan 202.121 654
Greater Manchester police authority 157.194 61
Greater Manchester fire and civil defence authority 73.054 28

Mr. Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what will be the total level of Government grant per head of population for 1994–95 for(a) Wandsworth, (b) Westminster and (c) each of the district councils in Greater Manchester.

Mr. Baldry

Authorities receive revenue support grant annually and, where their standard spending assessment for 1994–95 has been reduced by more than 2 per cent. as a result of incorporating the results of the SSA review and 1991 census data, will receive SSA reduction grant. The figures, expressed as pounds per head, for Wandsworth, Westminster and the district councils in Greater Manchester are given.

Authority RSG SSA reduction grant Total
Wandsworth 507 105 612
Westminster 760 41 801
Bolton 386 — 386
Bury 282 — 282
Manchester 635 — 635
Oldham 443 — 443
Rochdale 442 — 442
Salford 430 — 430
Stockport 247 — 247
Tameside 349 — 349
Trafford 310 — 310
Wigan 329 — 329

In addition, these authorities will receive redistributed national non-domestic rates of £196 per head.

Mr. Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total amount of capital receipts currently held by each of the district authorities in Greater Manchester; and what is the total amount of reserved receipts held.

Mr. Baldry

Figures for usable receipts and for unapplied provision for credit liabilities are given. No separate figures are available for unapplied reserved receipts set aside as provision for credit liabilities.

Usable receipts at 31 March 1993 £ million Provision for credit liabilities(PCL) at31 March 1993 £ million
Bolton 1.8 2.0
Bury 0.6 14.5
Manchester 1.4 70.2
Oldham Nil 35.9
Rochdale 3.8 23.8
Salford 0.5 19.5
Stockport Nil 15.3
Tameside 2.0 115.8
Trafford 7.6 29.5
Wigan 1.4 25.1
1 At 31 March 1992.