HC Deb 25 October 1994 vol 248 c540W
Mr. Tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the percentage increase in standard spending assessment for counties in each English region from 1989–90 to 1994–95; and what were the percentage increases for all English counties and for all local authorities in England over the same period.

Mr. Robert B. Jones

The first year of Standard Spending Assessments was 1990–91. Comparative figures for 1990–91 and 1994–95 for non-metropolitan county councils, which make no allowance for changes in function, are:

1990–91

£ million

 1994–95

£ million

 Change
Northern 1,029.163 1,273.801 +23.8 per cent.
North West 1,217.646 1,477.878 +21.4 per cent.
Yorkshire and

Humberside

 798.783 976.481 +22.2 per cent.
East Midlands 2,014.564 2,469.158 +22.6 per cent.
West Midlands 1,251.442 1,530.181 +22.3 per cent.
East Anglia 966.003 1,216.725 +26.0 per cent.
South West 2,207.561 2,757.969 +24.9 per cent.
South East

(outside Greater

London)

 5,152.553 6,629.815 +28.7 per cent.
Total shire counties 14,637.716 18,332.008 +25.2 per cent.
All local authorities 29,805.300 37,847.700 +27.0 per cent.