HC Deb 21 February 1996 vol 272 cc137-8W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what are the total amounts of rate support grant, national non-domestic rates and standard spending assessment reduction grant and, as appropriate,

PQ 15676
£ million
Notional 1995–96 Actual 1996–97
Local authority RSG NNDR 1995–96 SSA reduction grant RSG NNDR SSA reduction grant 1996–97 STG
Total inner London boroughs including City 1,899.599 504.815 86.284 1,771.381 566.587 75.189 33.942
Total outer London boroughs 1,861.229 939.168 42.759 1,792.205 1,054,969 20.476 39.273
Total Metropolitan districts 4,767.745 2,334.076 12.087 4,603.092 2,604.277 2.978 103.294
Total Shire counties 6,908.355 5,050.302 6,534.490 5,715.567 219.448
Total Shire unitary authorities 900.070 585.944 1.162 861.611 656.801 22.029
Isles of Scilly 1.805 0.445 1.682 0.486 0.023 0.014
Total all education authorities 16,338.804 9,414.750 142.292 15,564.462 10,598.687 98.666 418.000
Total England 18,986.076 11,354.000 261.417 18,001.406 12,736.000 219.756 418.000
1. Notional figures for 1995–96 include as amounts of RSG community care special transitional grant and metropolitan rail grant estimated to be payable for that year. This takes account of changes in functions between years and local government reorganisation.
2. For 1996–97 STG is payable in respect of responsibilities additional to those for which STG was payable for 1995–96.

PQ 15675
£ million
Notional 1995–96 Actual 1996–97
Local authority RSG NNDR 1995–96 SSA reduction grant RSG NNDR 1996–97 SSA reduction grant
Bath and North East Somerset 40.650 35.254 37.703 39.549
Bristol 126.487 85.71 118.560 96.151
South Gloucestershire 49.897 49.599 0.221 47.755 55.990
North Somerset 41.778 39.265 39.358 44.003
Hartlepool 41.090 19.829 39.599 22.212
Middlesbrough 72.988 31.440 70.689 35.386
Redcar and Cleveland 59.989 31.012 58.323 34.390
Stockton-on-Tees 70.292 38.328 67.489 42.907
East Riding of Yorkshire 83.357 65.068 77.313 73.634
Kingston upon Hull 119.690 57.750 0.941 118.575 64.819
North East Lincolnshire 61.572 34.924 60.160 38.867
North Lincolnshire 51.826 32.934 49.609 36.892
York City 38.424 37.931 36.598 41.981
North Yorkshire CC 127.422 99.632 123.309 113.378
Total—new/reorganised authorities 985.463 658.678 1.162 945.040 740.160
Total England 18,986.076 11,354.000 261.417 18,001.406 12,736.000 219.756
1. Notional figures for 1995–96 include as amounts of RSG community care special transitional grant and metropolitan rail grant estimated to be payable for that year. This takes account of changes in functions between years and local government reorganisation.
2. For 1996–97 STG is payable in respect of responsibilities additional to those for which STG was payable for 1995–96.

community care and metropolitan rail grants provided in (a) 1996–97 and (b) 1995–96 for each local authority responsible for education in 1996–97 (i) by class and (ii) in total allowing for changes in functions; [15676]

(2) what are the total amounts of rate support grant, national non-domestic rates and standard spending assessment reduction grant, the 1995–96 notional calculation being consistent with the calculation of notional 1995–96 SSAs and council taxes set out in statutory instrument 1996/176 and including 1995–96 community care and metropolitan rail grants treated as part of RSG in 1996–97, and allowing for other changes in function provided in (a) 1996–97 and (b)1995–96 for new local authorities assuming responsibility for education in 1996–97 (i) for each authority and (ii) in total. [15675]

Mr. Curry

[holding answer 19 February 1996]: The information is shown in the tables.