HC Deb 11 November 1996 vol 285 cc7-8W
Ms Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is the standard spending assessment reduction grant and police standard spending assessment reduction grant paid to each local authority and police authority in 1996–97; and for each authority, what is that grant as a proportion of(a) band D equivalent dwellings and (b) chargeable dwellings, as used for council tax setting in 1996–97; [3440]

(2) what is the standing spending assessment reduction grant and police standing spending assessment reduction grant paid to each class of local authority and police authority in 1996–97; and for each such class, what is that grant as a proportion of its aggregate number of (a) band D equivalent dwellings and (b) chargeable dwellings, as used for council tax setting in 1996–97. [3439]

Sir Paul Beresford

The information requested has been placed in the Library.

Ms Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what changes to the standard spending assessment formula methodology he is assessing for implementation in 1997–98; and for each individual option what is its potential financial impact on each class of local authority in England expressed(a) as the net change in its SSA and (b) as the net change in its SSA divided by (i) the aggregate number of band D equivalent dwellings and (ii) chargeable dwellings, as used for council tax setting in 1996–97, for that class of authority; [3444]

(2) what changes to the standard spending assessment formula methodology he is assessing for implementation in 1997–98; and for each individual option what is its potential financial impact on each local authority in England (a) expressed as the net change in its SSA and (b) as the net change in its SSA divided by the number of (i) band D equivalent dwellings and (ii) chargeable dwellings as used for council tax setting in 1996–97, for that authority. [3445]

Sir Paul Beresford

The report of this year's discussions between local and central government on possible changes to the methodology of the SSA formulae has been placed in the Library. The report describes each of the possible changes and gives an estimate of its effect on the SSA of each authority and each class of authority. Tables expressing these estimated changes in terms of the number of band D equivalent dwellings and the number of chargeable dwellings have also been placed in the Library.