HC Deb 30 January 1997 vol 289 cc326-7W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the financial allocation to West Dunbartonshire council for 1997–98. [12819]

Mr. Kynoch

The grant aided expenditure assessment for West Dunbartonshire council for 1997–98 is £112.3 million, and provision of £13.7 million has been made for loan and leasing charges. Government support for the council's expenditure in 1997–98 is shown in the table.

£ million
Basic aggregate external finance (AEF) 109.0
Additional AEF from self-financed mismatch scheme 1.9
Supplementary mismatch scheme 0.9
District equalisation scheme 0.15
Total 111.9

The council's total level of AEF is 59 per cent. per head of population higher than the average level for English local authorities.