§ Mr. ElletsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what funds he plans to make available to authorities that have been or are to be reorganised on 1 April 1995,1996,1997 or 1998 for reorganisation costs incurred by them in 1997–98; and if he will make a statement. [10336]
§ Mr. CurryOn 10 October, I invited authorities that have or are to be reorganised on or before 1 April 1998 to submit estimates of the amount of expenditure they expect to incur on transitional costs of reorganisation in 1997–98. On the basis, inter alia, of the information provided by the authorities, I have decided the maximum amounts to allocate towards such costs in 1997–98. I have given priority to authorities to be reorganised in 1997 and 1998. The majority of authorities to be reorganised in 1998 asked for allocations in respect of redundancy to be deferred until the mid-year review in October 1997. Accordingly, the allocations listed for authorities reorganising in 1998 are not intended to cover redundancy costs.
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Maximum amounts: £000 rounded Authority 1997–98 1996 reorganisations Hartlepool Borough Council 1,200 Redcar and Cleveland Council 900 Middlesbrough Borough Council 1,300 Stockton on Tees Borough Council 800 Bristol City Council 900 North Somerset Council 800 Bath and North East Somerset Council 900 South Gloucestershire Council 1,000 Kingston upon Hull Council 700 East Riding of Yorkshire Council 2,500
Maximum amounts: £000 rounded Authority 1997–98 North Lincolnshire Council 700 North East Lincolnshire Council 700 York City Council 800 1997 reorganisations Bedfordshire County Council 700 Luton Borough Council 3,300 Milton Keynes Borough Council 2,200 Derbyshire County Council 900 Derby City Council 2,600 Dorset County Council 400 Bournemouth Borough Council 2,700 Poole Borough Council 2,600 Durham County Council 400 Darlington Borough Council 1,660 East Sussex County Council 1,700 Brighton and Hove Council 4,000 Hampshire County Council 1,400 Portsmouth City Council 2,600 Southampton City Council 2,700 Leicestershire County Council 800 Leicester City Council 3,100 Rutland District Council 1,260 Staffordshire County Council 500 Stoke-on-Trent City Council 2,400 Wiltshire County Council 80 Thamesdown Borough Council 800 1998 reorganisations Berkshire County Council 1,100 Bracknell Forest Borough Council 2,100 Newbury District Council 2,400 Reading Borough Council 2,700 Slough Borough Council 1,900 Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead 2,200 Wokingham District Council 2,900 Hereford and Worcester County Council 300 Hereford City Council 100 Leominster District Council 150 Malvern Hills District Council 200 South Herefordshire District Council 50 Devon County Council 1,000 Plymouth City Council 2,600 Torbay Borough Council 3,000 Essex County Council 500 Southend on Sea Borough Council 2,100 Thurrock Borough Council 2,400 Nottinghamshire County Council 400 Nottingham City Council 2,700 Cheshire County Council 500 Halton Borough Council 2,200 Warrington Borough Council 3,000 Shropshire County Council 300 The Wrekin District Council 2,400 Kent County Council 1,000 Gillingham Borough Council 200 Rochester City Council 400 Cambridgeshire County Council 400 Peterborough City Council 2,900 Lancashire County Council 800 Blackburn Borough Council 2,700 Blackpool Borough Council 2,700 The Isle of Wight and Buckinghamshire county council did not submit bids. Initial allocations will be made to the new shadow authorities of Herefordshire, Worcester, East Malvern and Tenbury, and Rochester and Gillingham shortly after they are established in May 1997.