HC Deb 24 March 1994 vol 240 cc392-3W
Mrs. Bridget Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the total Government spending in the London boroughs of(a) Lewisham, (b) Bromley, (c) Wandsworth, (d) Hammersmith and Fulham and (e) Kingston.

Mr. Baldry

The latest available information on central Government financial support for the London boroughs concerned is as follows:

council tax as any other council tax payer in a given property band. The amount of revenue support grant which any local authority receives will thus depend on the services for which that authority is responsible, and on the social, demographic and physical characteristics of the area.

In most areas of England provision of local services is split between different classes of local authority. The average revenue support grant figures for 1994–95 in pounds per capita for the main classes of English local authorities are as follows:

Sir George Young

Estate Action bids are considered by my Department and discussed with local authorities in the context of their overall housing requirements. Authorities are invited to work up bids that go furthest in meeting current Estate Action guidelines and offer the best value for money. Two hundred and seventy bids were received for schemes planned to start in 1994–95, of which 115 could be funded within available resources. Information on the regional split of the 155 unsuccessful schemes is as follows:

Number of 1994–95 unsuccessful Estate Action bids
DOE region Number
Yorkshire and Humberside 8
Merseyside 26
North West 15
Northern 9
South West 21
London 37
East Midlands 10
West Midlands 16
South East 3
Eastern 10
Total 155

Information about previous years could be provided only at disproportionate cost.