HC Deb 11 December 1996 vol 287 cc213-4W
Ms Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is the (i) total standard spending assessment and police grant and (ii) total external support including revenue support grant, non-domestic rates, SSA reduction grant and police grants to be received by(a) all local authorities, (b) each class of local authority, (c) education authorities, (d) authorities other than police authorities and (e) all authorities, in (1) 1997–98 and (2) 1996–97 and for each the change over 1996–97 in pounds and percentages, adjusting 1996–97 amounts for local government reorganisation and for changed local authority functions and responsibilities, and the further transfer for responsibilities for care in the community from central Government budgets in 1997–98; and if he will list each such adjustment and its monetary value; [8002]

Table 1: Total Standard Spending and Aggregate External Finance for Education Authorities
Adjusted 1996–97 (£ million) Provisional 1997–98 (£ million) Change (£ million) Change Percentage
Total Standard Spending for Education Authorities 35,198.8 36,011.4 812.6 2.3
Total Standard Spending for Education Authorities (adjusted for 1997–98 Community Care STG) 35,517.5 36,011.4 494.0 1.4
Aggregate External Finance for Education Authorities 27,426.3 27,879.8 453.5 1.7
Aggregate External Finance for Education Authorities (adjusted for 1997–98 Community Care STG) 27,745.0 27,879.8 134.90.5

Notes:

1. The aggregates for TSS and AEF presented in the table include only those types of specific and special grants which are allocated solely to education authorities (whether or not the grant relates to education). Some £150 million of further specific grants are allocated both to some Education Authorities and to other classes of authority. These are housing benefit administration grant, council tax benefit administration grant, national parks grant and part of the ethnic minorities (s11) grant.

2. The figures for adjusted TSS and AEF are derived from information about standard spending assessments for education authorities and total external support for education authorities set out in tables 3 and 4 of the information provided in the answer referred to above. The notes to those tables provide details of the derivation of the figures.

3. All figures for TSS and AEF exclude 1997–98 reorganisation SCAs. They also exclude funding for specified bodies, the city offset and reorganisation: transitional reduction grant.

(2) what is the (i) total standard spending and (ii) total aggregate external finance for (a) all local authorities and (b) all local authorities other than police authorities in England in 1997–98 and 1996–97, and for each the change over 1996–97 in pounds and percentages, adjusting 1996–97 totals for changed local authority functions and responsibilities, and the further transfer for responsibilities for care in the community from central Government budgets in 1997–98; and if he will list each such adjustment and its monetary value. [8003]

Sir Paul Beresford

[holding answer 9 December 1996]: I have placed the information requested in the Library.

Ms Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is (i) the total standard spending and (ii) the total aggregate external finance for(a) all local authorities and (b) all education authorities in England in (1) 1997–98 and (2) 1996–97; and in each case what was the change over 1996–97 in pounds and percentages, adjusting 1996–97 totals for changed local authority functions and responsibilities in 1997–98, and the further transfer of responsibilities for care in the community from central Government budgets in 1997–98; [8564]

(2) what are (i) the total standard spending assessments and police grant external support and (ii) the total external support to be received by (a) all local authorities, (b) each class of authority, (c) education authorities, (d) all authorities other than policy authorities and (e) all authorities, in (1) 1997–98 and (2) 1996–97; and in each case what was the change over 1996–97 in pounds and percentages, adjusting 1996–97 amounts for local government reorganisation and for changed local authority functions and responsibilities in 1997–98. [8565]

Sir Paul Beresford

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave earlier. The remaining information is contained in the table.