§ Mr. GapesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make available in a form useful to local authorities the programme used for calculating standard spending assessments.
§ Mr. BaldryStandard spending assessments are calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in the local government finance report. Local authorities already receive from my Department all the information they need to calculate their own standard spending assessments. My Department will discuss with the local authority associations whether other ways of presenting this material would be useful.