HC Deb 05 February 1996 vol 271 cc34-6W
Mr. David Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish(a) the proposed or actual total external support in 1994–95, 1995–96 and 1996–97 and (b) the proposed or actual spending limit, taking into account the revision of Somerset's spending limit during 1995–96 for each of the seven counties of the south-west plus Kent, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire. [11827]

Sir Paul Beresford

The information is given in the following tables.

Total external support (revenue support grant + income from non-domestic rates + damping grants)
£ million
Local authority 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97
Somerset 199.328 186.054 197.383
Cornwall 215.42 208.475 220.175
Devon 449.441 434.932 463.274
Dorset 255.181 247.173 260.960
Avon 413.732 387.500 —
Wiltshire 238.899 222.890 233.338
Gloucestershire 224.118 215.769 227.311
Kent 754.492 714.126 744.804
Oxfordshire 234.920 221.320 229.819
Warwickshire 198.916 186.319 197.072
Provisional cap limits
£ million
Local authority 1994–95 1995–96 21996–97
Somerset 280.204 1264.920 279.277
Cornwall 294.73 280.749 296.637
Provisional cap limits
£ million
Local authority 1994–95 1995–96 21996–97
Devon 622.177 592.045 627.857
Dorset 373.866 358.274 379.241
Avon 588.244 558.317 n/a
Wiltshire 336.801 313.981 330.177
Gloucestershire 318.382 300.713 317.968
Kent 1005.828 955.879 1004.539
Oxfordshire 330.891 315.959 332.024
Warwickshire 288.339 273.596 287.877
1 Figure shown is the cap imposed on Somerset; Somerset's provisional cap limit for 1995–96 was £262.320 million.
2 Cap limits implied by provisional criteria for 1996–97, announced on 31 January 1996.

Mr. Luff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was(a) the per capita and (b) the total standard spending assessment in both current and real terms for Hereford and Worcester county council for (a) social services, (b) education and (c) total council expenditure in (i) 1992–93, (ii) 1993–94, (iii) 1994–95, (iv) 1995–96 and (v) 1996–97. [12070]

Sir Paul Beresford

The information is as follows:

SSA for each category of spending in education for the years 1991–92 to 1996–97 inclusive
SSA element
Local authority Primary education Secondary education Post 16 education Under 5 education Other education Total
1991–92
Lancashire 179.247 198.909 92.713 22.900 24.031 517.800
Essex 183.498 218.819 90.652 21.632 23.523 538.123
Kent 181.129 213.555 92.536 22.099 23.990 533.309
Hampshire 179.192 197.356 101.458 22.770 24.140 524.916
1992–93
Lancashire 191.442 209.223 102.651 24.919 25.012 553.247
Essex 196.384 232.814 102.760 23.912 24.945 580.814
Kent 192.767 225.967 100.210 24.136 25.051 568.131
Hampshire 193.503 209.809 109.316 24.830 25.182 562.640
1993–94
Lancashire 193.978 211.548 18.347 24.725 24.562 473.160
Essex 203.468 240.749 34.788 25.188 26.534 530.727
Kent 201.056 235.907 47.953 25.740 26.704 537.360
Hampshire 203.178 219.978 11.352 26.346 27.623 488.477
1994–95
Lancashire 200.410 211.902 18.264 25.773 23.593 479.942
Essex 214.362 246.484 34.373 28.051 25.248 548.518
Kent 211.578 240.234 48.900 27.953 24.857 553.522
Hampshire 213.330 224.759 11.244 28.230 25.427 502.990
1995–96
Lancashire 204.835 211.310 17.384 26.372 24.078 483.978
Essex 218.850 235.083 31.779 28.851 25.892 540.456
Kent 217.906 237.703 49.414 28.640 25.400 559.063
Hampshire 217.771 221.297 9.239 28.678 25.572 502.556
1996–97
Lancashire 216.964 223.726 18.074 28.439 23.246 510.448
Essex 230.935 248.624 31.758 30.963 24.701 566.981
Kent 229.337 246.442 51.288 30.520 24.147 581.733
Hampshire 229.349 230.093 10.680 30.660 24.371 525.153

Hereford and Worcester County Council Standard Spending Assessments
SSA
Year Education Social services Total
1992–93 358 70 587
1993–94 308 (299) 75 (73) 543 (528)
1994–95 314(299) 89 (85) 562 (536)
1995–96 320 (297) 101 (94) 531 (493)
1996–97 331 (299) 114(103) 556 (502)
SSA
Year Education Social services Total
1992–93 241.88 47.19 397.04
1993–94 211.59 51.24(49.78) 372.57 (362.00)
1994–95 216.53 61.28 (58.45) 388.04 (370.09)
1995–96 219.79 69.57 (64.57) 364.55 (338.39)
1996–97 229.01 78.60 (71.01) 384.19 (347.07)

£ million (figures in parenthesis are at 1992–93 prices, using the current GDP deflators).

Mr. Pope

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give figures for standard spending assessments to cover each category of spending in education for the counties of(a) Lancashire, (b) Essex, (c) Kent and (d) Hampshire each year since 1991–92. [12492]

Sir Paul Beresford

The information is given in the table.