§ Mr. Simon CoombsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to announce the outcome of consultation on the local government finance settlement; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GummerI am today laying before the House the Local Government Finance Report (England) 1995–96, the Limitation of Council Tax and Precepts (Relevant Notional Amounts) Report (England) 1995–96 and the Special Grant Report (No. 12). These reports establish the 469W amounts of revenue support grant and non-domestic rates to be paid to local authorities in 1995–96, and the basis of their distribution; specify the amounts which are to be used as the basis of comparison for measuring increases in certain local authorities' budgets in 1995–96 for the purpose of capping, and provide for a special grant to be paid to certain authorities for 1995–96. Two hundred authorities made written representations and Ministers met 90 delegations from local councils.
I shall be sending copies of these reports to all authorities as soon as possible, together with a table showing each authority's standard spending assessment and its entitlement to RSG, NDR and special grant. I have also placed copies of the reports and the table in the Library and the Vote Office.
§ Dame Elaine Kellett-BowmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what reserves are currently held by each county council;
(2) what reserves were held by each county council at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Robert B. JonesThe latest available estimate of the level of reserves as at 1 April 1994 are given. These estimates are subject to amendment as authorities finalise their accounts. Compatible data on the use of balances in 1994–95 which would be needed to derive an estimate of the level of reserves at 1 April 1995 are not yet available.
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Estimated Level of Reserves1 at 1 April 19942 Outturn £000 Avon 27,608 Bedfordshire 22,788 Berkshire 83,457 Buckinghamshire 47,590 Cambridgeshire 56,532 Cheshire 48,563 Cleveland 22,713 Cornwall 31,725 Cumbria 11,336 Derbyshire 311,600 Devon 51,858 Dorset 10,201 Durham 20,359 East Sussex 35,010 Essex 74,504 Gloucestershire 19,293 Hampshire 92,717 Hereford and Worcester 24,376 Hertfordshire 56,403 Humberside 32,436 Isle of Wight 3,774 Kent 47,747 Lancashire 72,114 Leicestershire 16,845 Lincolnshire 46,650 Norfolk 33,850 Northamptonshire 12,820 Northumberland 18,239 North Yorkshire 36,604 Nottinghamshire 13,203 Oxfordshire 25,557 Shropshire 7,232 Somerset 36,476 Staffordshire 48,424 Suffolk 28,102 Surrey 74,955 Warwickshire 15,591 West Sussex 16,818 Wiltshire 23,957 Notes: 1 These reserves include those held for local management of schools and other purposes which may not be available to the council for general use.
2 Source: Level of reserves—outturn—at 1 April 1993 +/-appropriations to/withdrawals from reserves 1993–94—(RS return for 1993–94. 3 Level of reserves—revised estimate—at 1 April 1994—RA returns for 1994–95.
§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the total proposed expenditure in each local authority area by(a) urban development corporations, (b) English Partnerships and (c) inner-city tasks forces for 1995–96.
§ Mr. CurryPlanned gross expenditure in 1995–96 by each urban development corporation is set out in table A. Where the urban development area crosses local authority boundaries, each local authority is listed.
Planned expenditure by English Partnerships in 199596 is expected to be £263.2 million including the use of receipts.
The national allocation for task forces in 1995–96 is £13.0 million and the local authority areas where task force expenditure is expected are set out in table B. Budgets for individual task forces have not yet been decided, but those task forces which remain open for the whole financial year will each receive a budget of about £1 million. For task forces which have closed, expenditure will be limited to commitments made before closure.
TABLE A: Planned gross expenditure by UDCs in 1995–96 UDC Gross expenditure £000 Local authority Birmingham Heartlands 13,438 Birmingham City Council Black Country 37,270 Sandwell BC Walsall BC Wolverhampton BC Bristol 13,322 Bristol City Council Central Manchester 12,558 Manchester City Council Leeds 200 Leeds City Council London Docklands1 89,900 LB Newham LB Southwark LB Tower Hamlets Merseyside 34,000 Liverpool City Council Sefton BC Wirral BC Plymouth 11,750 Plymouth City Council Sheffield 17,156 Sheffield City Council Teeside 52,650 Hartlepool BC Langbaurgh BC Stockton on Tees BC Middlesborough BC Trafford Park 29,400 Trafford BC Salford City Council Tyne and Wear 53,731 Newcastle City Council North Tyneside BC South Tyneside BC Sunderland BC Note: 1 Excludes DLR proposed gross expenditure of £38.7 million. 471W
TABLE B: Local authority areas with task force expenditure in 1995–96 Local authority area Task force Bradford Bradford Kingston upon Hull Hull London Borough of Lewisham 1Deptford London Borough of Hackney Hackney London Borough of Southwark 2North Peckham London Borough of Haringey Tottenham
TABLE B: Local authority areas with task force expenditure in 1995–96 Local authority area Task force London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham 2West London South Tyneside South Tyneside Stockton on Tees Stockton and Thornaby Derby Derby Nottingham 1Nottingham Birmingham Newtown/Ladywood Birmingham 2East Birmingham Manchester 1Moss Side and Hulme Wirral Metropolitan Borough Wirral Liverpool Granby/Toxteth Plymouth Plymouth Bristol 2Bristol 1Closing at the end of 1994–1995. 2Closed.
§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the allocation made to each local authority in 1993–94 from(a) the urban partnership (b) estate action and (c) the derelict and grant programmes.
§ Mr. CurryExpenditure by local authority area in 1993–94 on the urban partnership fund, estate action and derelict land grant is set out in the table.
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Expenditure in 1993–94 on the Urban Partnership Fund (UPF), Estate Action and Derelict Land Grant (DLG). £000s Local authority UPF Estate action DLG Allerdale — 900 898 Alnwick — 866 — Amber Valley — — 47 Barking and Dagenham — — 254 Barnet — 1,202 — Barnsley — 4,599 1,576 Barrow in Furness — 600 52 Basildon — 850 — Bassetlaw — — 1 Bath — 1,195 152 Bedford — — 11 Bedfordshire — — 4 Bexley — — 14 Birmingham 245 19,342 1,008 Blackburn — 4,953 39 Blackpool — 650 75 Blyth Valley — 1,277 — Bolsover 94 106 Bolton 224 2,025 569 Boston — 81 — Boothferry — — 12 Bradford — 4,800 1,312 Braintree — — 6 Brent 125 — 36 Bristol 500 6,285 — Broxbourne — 323 — Burnley 137 2,291 103 Bury — 485 1,260 Calderdale — 3,230 3,278 Cambridge — 4 26 Camden — 305 4 Cannock Chase — 300 278 Canterbury — 156 — Caradon — — 677 Carlisle — 2,255 — Carrick — — 87 473W
Expenditure in 1993–94 on the Urban Partnership Fund (UPF), Estate Action and Derelict Land Grant (DLG). £000s Local authority UPF Estate action DLG Charnwood — — 17 Cheltenham — 323 — Cheshire — — 3,229 Chester — 750 20 Chesterfield — 659 154 Chester le Street — 250 — Chorley — — 970 Cleveland — — 6 Colchester — 481 — Congleton — — 86 Copeland — 1,050 — Corby — 2,900 1,811 Cornwall — — 536 Coventry 2,600 5,937 123 Craven — 778 — Crewe and Nantwich — 300 1 Croydon — — 27 Cumbria — — 4,123 Darlington — 535 235 Dartford — — 22 Daventry — — 57 Derby 175 6,577 11 Derbyshire — — 2,221 Derbyshire Dales — — 92 Derwentside — 3,062 2,203 Devon 1,239 — — Doncaster 70 1,867 1,629 Dudley 282 2,834 3,742 Durham — 130 1,065 Ealing — 510 36 Easington — 1,572 117 East Yorkshire — 270 — Eden — 300 — Ellesmere Port and Neston — 2,239 1,990 Enfield — 141 — Erewash — 413 1,346 Fenland — 155 — Forest of Dean — — 36 Gateshead 378 200 2,169 Gedling — — 5 Gillingham — 272 — Glanford — — 5,164 Gloucester — 721 — Gosport — — 5 Gravesham — — 84 Great Grimsby — 600 4 Great Yarmouth — 532 47 Greenwich 345 2,970 266 Guildford — — 33 Hackney 125 9,081 — Halton — 1,956 1,166 Hammersmith and Fulham 81 2,077 — Haringey — 4,616 — Harrogate — 298 — Hartlepool 150 1,486 — Hastings — — 35 Hereford and Worcester — — 14 Hertfordshire — — 14 High Peak — 1,055 — Hillingdon — 750 — Hinckley and Bosworth — — 6 Hounslow — 2,221 — Humberside — — 50 Huntingdonshire — 378 12 Hyndburn — 1,494 297 Ipswich — 292 17 Islington 1,040 5,233 — Kensington and Chelsea — 1,450 — Kent — — 48 Kerrier — — 1,502 474W
Expenditure in 1993–94 on the Urban Partnership Fund (UPF), Estate Action and Derelict Land Grant (DLG). £000s Local authority UPF Estate action DLG King's Lynn and West Norfolk — — 2 Kingston upon Hull 25 4,323 176 Kingswood — — 3 Kirklees 1,140 4,013 1,927 Knowsley 1,000 3,174 610 Lambeth — 6,652 263 Lancashire — — 243 Lancaster — — 3,276 Langbaurgh on Tees 127 1,523 85 Leeds 300 6,472 253 Leicester 233 7,127 4 Leicestershire — — 404 Lewisham 9,884 32 Lichfield — — 103 Lincoln — 290 313 Lincolnshire — — 55 Liverpoool 1,065 19,338 986 Luton — — 8 Macclesfield — 191 217 Maidstone — 744 — Manchester 350 17,327 3,249 Mansfield — 500 1,812 Melton — 106 — Merton — 199 23 Middlesbrough 36 678 44 Newark and Sherwood — 790 188 Newcastle under Lyme — 213 433 Newcastle upon Tyne 250 3,064 455 Newham 326 7,600 292 North Cornwall — — 7 North East Derbyshire — 363 323 North Kesteven — 158 — North Norfolk — — 49 North Tyneside 729 2,723 518 North Warwickshire — — 12 North West Leicestershire — — 46 North Wiltshire — 110 — Northampton — 100 9 Northavon — — 245 Northumberland — — 789 Norwich — 631 5 Nottinghamshire 65 — 2,085 Nottingham 370 6,111 333 Nuneaton and Bedworth — 500 152 Oadby and Wigston — 100 — Oldham 340 3,050 1,805 Peak National Park Joint Planning — — — Board — — 110 Pendle — — 82 Penwith — — 24 Peterborough — 253 — Plymouth 960 1,411 54 Poole — 503 — Portsmouth — 220 10 Preston 348 2,716 — Reading — 1,150 1 Redbridge — 2,738 — Redditch — 605 — Reigate and Banstead — — 6 Restormel — — 63 Ribble Valley — 116 — Richmond upon Thames — 75 — Richmondshire — — 36 Rochdale 240 3,826 354 Rossendale — 710 378 Rotherham 685 — 3,354 Rushcliffe — — 1 Rushmoor — 574 — Salford 870 6,002 2,225 Sandwell 215 9,285 5,412
Expenditure in 1993–94 on the Urban Partnership Fund (UPF), Estate Action and Derelict Land Grant (DLG). £000s Local authority UPF Estate action DLG Scunthorpe — 486 — Sedgefield — 1,346 148 Sefton 310 2,798 561 Sheffield 675 6,625 664 Shropshire — — 1,569 South Cambridgeshire — — 34 South Derbyshire — — 16 South Hams — 245 15 South Lakeland — — 29 South Ribble — 174 7 South Staffordshire — — 6 South Tyneside 500 718 139 Southampton — 679 — Southwark 1,000 17,223 21 St. Edmundsbury — 213 17 St. Helens — 5,415 787 Stafford — 444 — Staffordshire — — 616 Staffordshire Moorlands — — 10 Stevenage — 496 — Stockport — 3,260 1,117 Stockton on Tees 119 2,035 532 Stoke on Trent — 1,969 1,021 Stroud — 963 — Sunderland 1,000 5,511 520 Surrey — — 31 Sutton — 565 — Tameside — — 1,075 Teesdale — — 6 Teignbridge — — 1 Thamesdown — 100 16 The Wrekin — — 383 Thurrock — 1,000 2 Torbay — — 25 Tower Hamlets — 11,767 236 Trafford — 751 — Vale Royal — 835 2 Wakefield — 2,144 2,790 Walsall — 1,549 4,325 Waltham Forest — 3,797 16 Wandsworth 670 — — Warrington — 600 20 Warwickshire — — 4 Watford — 242 — Wealden — — 111 Wear Valley — 1,701 290 Westminster — 179 — West Devon — — 8 West Sussex — — 54 Weymouth and Portland — 131 — Wigan 420 2,147 3,058 Wirral 75 4,681 496 Wolverhampton 250 2,293 915 Worcester — 1,050 — Wyre — 763 — York — 1,280 30 Total 22,409 357,437 104,148