§ Mr. Robert BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will set out the amounts of the council tax which are currently owing to the Harrogate borough council and each of the other district councils in North Yorkshire.
(2) if he will set out the amounts of community charge which are currently owing to the Harrogate borough council and each of the other district councils in North Yorkshire.
§ Mr. Robert B. JonesInformation on uncollected community charge and council tax for each local authority
Table 1—Interest rates and control totals Interest receipts element in the All Other Services block Interest receipts element in the Capital Financing block Notional interest rate Per cent. National control total £million Notional interest rate Per cent. National control total £ million 1993–94 10.4 –525.8 9.9 –301.0 1994–95 5.9 –432.4 9.2 222.0 1995–96 5.4 –351.0 9.1 –237.0 The interest rate used for the interest receipts element in the all other services block is the average LIBOR short-term interest rate. The rate used for the capital
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Table 2: Interest receipt SSA elements for County Councils All other services block Capital Financing block Local Authority 1993–94 £Million 1994–95£million 1995–96 £million 1993–94£million 1994–95£million 1995–96£million Avon -7.410 -6.027 -4.446 -0.757 -0.840 -0.865 Bedfordshire -4.761 -3.881 -2.844 -0.470 -0.513 -0.525 Berkshire -6.176 -5.054 -3.786 -0.760 -0.828 -0.859 Buckinghamshire -5.419 -4.486 -3.248 -0.847 -0.920 -0.934 is not available centrally. However, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy regularly publish estimates for individual authorities: figures for 31 March 1994 are available in its "Revenue Collection Statistics 1993–94" publication and are as follows:
Community charge arrears (£000) Council tax arrears (£) Craven 752 302 Hambleton 618 467 Harrogate 4,288 1,261 Richmondshire 1,234 254 Ryedale 671 413 Scarborough 2,144 2,811 Selby n/a n/a York 2,783 866 The figures for Selby were not published by CIPFA.
Mr. RendellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is the assumed rate of interest for 1995–96 in respect of local authorities' assumed interest receipts; and what were the corresponding figures for 1993–94 and 1994–95;
(2) what is the control total for the interest receipts element of the standard spending assessments for 1995–96;
(3) what is the assumed amount of interest receipts for each county council for 1995– 96; and what were the corresponding figures for 1993–94 and 1994–95.
§ Mr. Robert B. Jones[holding answer 6 March 1995]: Interest receipts appear in both the all other services and the capital financing SSA elements. The former element includes allowance for interest which local authorities might earn on cash balances, reserves and usable receipts; the latter an allowance for interest which could be earned on reserved receipts–the portion of a capital receipt which has to be set aside as provision for credit liabilities.
Table 1 shows the interest rates used for each SSA element for 1993–94, 1994–95 and 1995–96, together with the national control totals. Table 2 shows the assumed amounts for each county council.
financing element is an average of short and long-term interest rates.
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Table 2: Interest receipt SSA elements for County Councils All other services block Capital Financing block Local Authority 1993–94£million 1994–95£million 1995–96£million 1993–94£million 1994–95£million 1995–96£million Cambridgeshire -5.084 -4.221 -3.165 -0.694 -0.772 -0.797 Cheshire -7.498 -6.160 -4.597 -0.947 -1.058 -1.128 Clevelire -5.272 -4.262 -3.125 -0.661 -0.730 -0.761 Cornwall -3.664 -3.040 -2.308 -0.586 -0.643 -0.658 Cumbria -3.945 -3.221 -2.365 -0.531 -0.595 -0.619 Derbyshire -7.040 -5.831 -4.340 -1.010 -1.116 -1.114 Devon -7.944 -6.526 -4.947 -0.986 -1.096 -1.132 Dorset -4.797 -3.943 -2.995 -0.612 -0.678 -0.689 Durham -4.844 -4.072 -2.995 -0.595 -0.667 -0.684 East Sussex -5.524 -4.529 -3.421 -0.768 -0.853 -0.910 Essex -12.594 -10.523 -7.729 -1.559 -1.697 -1.745 Gloucestershire -4.050 -3.289 -2.482 -0.563 0.627 -0.657 Hampshire -12.037 -9.909 -7.285 -1.529 -1.697 -1.795 Hereford and Worcester -5.040 -4.151 -3.105 -0.569 -0.621 -0.633 Herefordshire -7.978 -6.658 -5.164 -0.843 -0.915 -0.930 Kent -7.400 -5.998 -4.439 -0.985 -1.086 -1.106 Lancashire -12.842 -10.590 -7.852 -1.772 -2.010 -2.221 Leicestershire -11.543 -9.466 -7.017 -1.615 -1.765 -1.816 Lincolnshire -7.348 -5.942 -4.428 -0.969 -1.052 -1.068 Norfolk -4.723 -3.868 -2.868 -0.599 -0.671 -0.711 Northamptonshire -5.713 -4.724 -3.503 -0.669 -0.749 -0.781 Northumberland -4.792 -3.843 -2.875 -0.667 -0.720 -0.729 North Yorkshire -2.327 -1.958 -1.582 -0.319 -0.362 -0.389 Nottinghamshire -5.251 -4.336 -3.282 -0.690 -0.776 -0.915 Oxfordshire -8.342 -6.741 -4.986 -0.821 -0.909 -0.915 Shropshire -4.272 -3.557 -2.633 -0.421 -0.476 -0.503 Somerset -3.156 -2.590 -1.949 -0.499 -0.557 -0.581 Staffordshire -3.535 -2.907 -2.147 -0.486 -0.541 -0.558 Suffolk -7.997 -6.571 -4.867 -1.015 -1.105 -1.111 Surrey -4.852 -3.925 -2.794 -0.731 -0.812 -0.851 Warwickshire -7.143 -5.935 -4.524 -0.882 -1.018 -1.097 West Sussex -3.637 -2.977 -2.197 -0.361 -0.401 -0.413 Wiltshire -5.324 -4.480 -3.361 -0.596 -0.642 -0.651 Isle of Wight CC -4.319 -3.547 -2.613 -0.539 -0.583 -0.590 Isle of Wight Council -1.014 -0.843 — -0.177 -0.200 — — — -0.969 — — -0.882 The 1995–96 figures do not include interest receipts in respect of shire police authorities. However, the figures for 1993–94 and 1994–95 for all shire countries, except Northumberland, contain an element in respect of police services since the SSA elements for police-related expenditure formed part of the county council SSA in those years.
The figures for the Isle of Wight Council cover the whole Isle of Wight area.
The interest receipts element in the capital financing block assumes that all reserved receipts are set aside to repay debt, ie no part of such receipts is used to repay debt early.