HC Deb 18 February 1997 vol 290 cc452-3W
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list(a) for each unitary council and (b) for Wales in 1997 prices for the financial years 1996–97 and 1997–98 the (a) standard spending assessment, (b) capping limit for spending and (c) spending on care in the community, indicating the percentage change in each case. [15339]

Mr. Gwilym Jones

Table 1 gives the standard spending assessments and table 2 the capping limits on spending for 1996–97 and 1997–98 at constant 1997–98 prices. No adjustments have been made for changes in local authority funding arrangements between 1996–97 and 1997–98.

Outturn expenditure figures for care in the community are not centrally available. Identified allocations for care in the community within authorities standard spending assessments for 1996–97 1997–98 prices, are shown in table 3.

Table 1: Standard spending assessments
Council 1997–98 (£000) 11996–97 (£000) Change (£000) Percentage change
Blaenau Gwent 65,269 65,786 -517 -0.8
Bridgend 110,865 109,739 1,125 1.0
Caerphilly 147,190 147,213 -23 0.0
Cardiff 250,773 249,935 839 0.3
Carmarthenshire 151,724 151,325 399 0.3
Ceredigion 61,527 61,113 413 0.7
Conwy 92,824 91,849 975 1.1
Denbighshire 79,476 80,126 -650 -0.8
Flintshire 115,628 114,810 819 0.7
Gwynedd 109,516 108,531 985 0.9
Isle of Anglesey 61.760 62,018 -258 -0.4
Merthyr Tydfil 56584 56,976 -393 -0.7
Monmouthshire 65,860 65,325 535 0.8
Neath Port Talbot 122,316 122,860 -544 -0.4
Newport 118,639 119,867 -1,228 -1.0
Pembrokeshire 101,848 102,438 -590 -0.6
Powys 119,200 117,962 1,239 1.1
Rhondda, Cynon Taff 212,409 211,228 1,181 0.6
Swansea 196,438 197,414 -976 -0.5
Torfaen 79,336 79,352 -17 0.0
Table 1: Standard spending assessments
Council 1997–98(£000) 11996–97(£000) Change(£000) Percentage change
The Vale of Glamorgan 95,846 96,526 -680 -0.7
Wrexham 100,625 100,529 96 0.1
All councils 2,515,652 2,512,922 2,730 0.1
11996–97 local government revenue settlement estimated at 1997–98 prices.

Table 2: Capping limits on spending
Council 1997–98(£000) 11996–97(£000) Change(£000) Percentage change
Blaenau Gwent 71,106 70,955 151 0.2
Bridgend 117,264 116,250 1,015 0.9
Caerphilly 154,611 154,447 164 0.1
Cardiff 261,849 261,232 617 0.2
Carmarthenshire 159,313 158,311 1,002 0.6
Ceredigion 67,642 67,394 248 0.4
Conwy 92,824 91,849 975 1.1
Denbighshire 84,344 85,145 -801 -0.9
Flintshire 120,836 120,120 716 0.6
Gwynedd 114,524 113,639 884 0.8
Isle of Anglesey 62,582 62,313 269 0.4
Merthyr Tydfil 60,122 59,966 156 0.3
Monmouthshire 65,860 65,325 535 0.8
Neath Port Talbot 132,996 132,365 631 0.5
Newport 120,000 119,867 134 0.1
Pembrokeshire 103,921 103,553 367 0.4
Powys 120,411 119,196 1,215 1.0
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 228,967 228,261 706 0.3
Swansea 203,116 202,013 1,103 0.5
Torfaen 81,389 81,256 132 0.2
The Vale of Glamorgan 97,404 97,452 -48 0.0
Wrexham 105,055 103,414 1,641 1.6
All councils 2,626,136 2,614,325 11,812 0.5
11996–97 local government revenue settlement estimated at 1997–98 prices.

Table 3: Allocations within total standard spending assessments in respect of care in the community
Council 1997–98(£000) 11996–97(£000) Change(£000) Percentage change
Blaenau Gwent 4,240 3,831 409 10.7
Bridgend 7,276 6,526 750 11.5
Caerphilly 9,148 8,242 905 11.0
Cardiff 15,991 14,385 1,606 11.2
Carmarthenshire 11,142 10,031 1,111 11.1
Ceredigion 4,258 3,826 432 11.3
Conwy 7,326 6,611 715 10.8
Denbighshire 5,792 5,271 521 9.9
Flintshire 7,257 6,518 740 11.4
Gwynedd 7,704 6,937 767 11.1
Isle of Anglesey 3,987 3,679 309 8.4
Merthyr Tydfil 3,821 3,480 342 9.8
Monmouthshire 4,540 4,018 522 13.0
Neath Port Talbot 8,909 7,946 963 12.1
Newport 7,356 6,681 675 10.1
Pembrokeshire 6,353 5,706 647 11.3
Powys 7,548 6,818 730 10.7
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 15,553 14,016 1,538 11.0
Swansea 13,596 12,328 1,268 10.3
Torfaen 4,627 4,167 459 11.0
The Vale of Glamorgan 5,993 5,468 525 9.6
Wrexham 6,793 6,080 713 11.7
All councils 169,209 152,562 16,647 10.9
11996–97 local government revenue settlement estimated at 1997–98 prices.

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