§ Mr. SutcliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what extra funding, excluding the metropolitan railway grant, and care in the community adjustments he proposes to make available to each metropolitan district council next year, over that of the current year, in the form of revenue support grant and non-domestic rates, which will be available for each of these councils to fund local services. [7811]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe table sets out the amount of revenue support grant and non-domestic rates which it is proposed each metropolitan district council will receive in 1996–97, in comparison with the amount each district received in RSG, NDR, metropolitan railway grant and community care special transitional grant in 1995–96. For 1996–97, the MRG and 1995–96 STG have been incorporated into authorities' standard spending assessments, and so will attract RSG. The 1996–97 figures do not include the additional resources available for community care, to be funded through the 1996–97 STG.
In addition to these grants, local authorities may raise revenue through the council tax and other local sources of income.
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Local Authority 1995–1996 RSG, NDR, MRG and STG £ million 1996–97 RSG, and NDR £ million Change Percentage Change Percentage Greater Manchester1 Bolton 160.167 159.327 -0.389 -0.5 Bury 91.042 91.527 0.485 0.5 Manchester 372.765 369.848 -2,918 -0.8 Oldham 149.413 149.501 0.088 0.1 Rochdale 133.318 130.672 -2.647 -2.0 Salford 152.279 151.556 -0.723 -0.5 Stockport 130.305 128.150 -2.156 -1.7 Tameside 127.053 126.977 -0.076 -0.1 Trafford 115.707 115.757 0.050 0.0 Wigan 167.614 166.764 -0.850 -0.5 Merseyside Knowsley 123.928 125.232 1.304 1.1 Liverpool 375.694 384.800 9.105 2.4 St. Helens 109.194 111.534 2.341 2.1 Sefton 168.637 171.759 3.121 1.9 Wirral 202.471 209.620 7.149 3.5 South Yorkshire Barnsley 124.237 127.573 3.335 2.7 Doncaster 183.386 187.720 4.333 2.4 Rotherham 155.713 159.978 4.266 2.7 Sheffield 318.635 321.283 2.648 0.8 Tyne and Wear Gateshead 129.627 129.702 0.076 0.1 Newcastle Upon Tyne 191.110 190.940 -0.170 -0.1 North Tyneside 115.089 115.698 0.609 0.5 South Tyneside 101.544 102.876 1.331 1.3 Sunderland 193.367 195.019 1.652 0.9 West Midlands Birmingham 765.414 778.022 12.608 1.6 Coventry 192.253 195.367 3.114 1.6
Local Authority 1995–1996 RSG, NDR, MRG and STG £ million 1996–97 RSG, and NDR £ million Change Percentage Change Percentage Dudley 158.566 161.400 2.834 1.8 Sandwell 199.842 201.327 1.485 0.7 Solihul 97.332 98.577 1.245 1.3 Walsall 175.272 177.150 1.878 1.1 Wolverhampton 167.501 168.497 0.996 0.6 West Yorkshire Bradford 342.353 344,751 2.398 0.7 Calderdale 116.226 118.512 2.286 2.0 Kirkless 220.667 222.269 1.602 0.7 Leeds 424.628 430.867 6.239 1.5 Wakefield 180.651 182.566 1.916 1.1 1Greater Manchester districts have opted out of railway support in 1996–97. For these authorities, the 1995–96 figures do not include the MRG. However, it is not possible to adjust the 1995–96 figures to remove the amount of RSG which Greater Manchester authorities also received for supporting rail services. Consequently, the amount of external support for greater Manchester districts appears to fall from 1995–96 to 1996–97.