HC Deb 15 February 1996 vol 271 c663W
Mr. John Townend

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what resources he will make available to those local authorities which are to be reorganised on 1 April and which were asked to reconsider whether the reorganisations in their area could be implemented more economically. [15858]

Mr. Curry

The councils of the East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull city, Bristol city, Bath and North East Somerset and York district were asked to reconsider their estimates of the amount of expenditure they expect to incur on transitional costs of reorganisation in 1996–97. On the basis of the revised information provided by the five authorities, I have decided the maximum amounts to allocate towards such costs in 1996–97. The amounts are as follows:

Maximum amounts: £ thousands rounded
Authority 1996–97 Cumulative total 1995–96 and 1996–97
East Riding of
Yorkshire Council 7,000 8,200
Hull City Council 3,000 6,000
Bristol City Council 3,500 6,500
Bath and North East
Somerset Council 4,000 5,810
York District Council 3,500 6,050

I shall make a further announcement about the allocations to authorities for which reorganisation orders have not yet been made.