§ Mr. BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) if he will list the percentage changes in(a) standard spending assessments and (b) revenue support grants for (i) shire counties and (ii) shire districts between the settlement for 1998–99 and the proposals for 1999–2000, ranked and numbered in descending order; [63074]
(2) if he will list for 1999–2000 the proposed (a) revenue support grants and (b) standard spending assessments for (i) district councils and (ii) shire counties as a sum per head of their populations, ranked and numbered in descending order. [63073]
§ Ms ArmstrongThe information requested has been placed in the library.
§ Mr. CotterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what the real terms percentage difference is between the SSAs for North Somerset Council for 1998–99 and 1999–2000. [63069]
§ Ms ArmstrongThe real terms percentage difference between the SSAs for North Somerset Council for 1998–99 and 1999–2000 is 1.6 per cent. i.e. 4.1 per cent. deflated by the GDP deflator.
§ Mr. CotterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what amount, per capita, is allotted in external support grants for 1998–99 and 1999–2000(a) as a national average and (b) for North Somerset Council. [63071]
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§ Ms ArmstrongThe two main external support grants covering services provided by unitary authorities are redistributed national non-domestic rates (NNDR) and revenue support grant (RSG). The table shows the per capita amounts for 1998–99 for England and for North Somerset, and the provisional amounts for 1999–2000.
£ 1998–99 Provisional 1999–2000 England North Somerset England North Somerset NNDR 225/hd 236/hd 276/hd 255/hd RSG 397/hd 240/hd 403/hd 234/hd Total 652/hd 475/hd 680/hd 489/hd
§ Mr. CotterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what the real terms difference between the education spending in 1998–99 by North Somerset Council and the Education SSA for the same authority in 1999–2000 is, expressed as(a) cash and (b) a percentage. [63070]
§ Ms ArmstrongThe 1999–2000 Education SSA (Expressed at 1998–99 prices) for North Somerset Council was £4.957 million (7.0 per cent.) less than the 1998–99 budgeted Net Revenue Expenditure. The Net Revenue Expenditure was £6.705 million (10.4 per cent.) more than the 1998–99 SSA. The actual SSAs and NRE used are shown.
- 1998–99 SSA for Education: £64.601m
- 1998–99 NRE1for Education: £71.306m
- 1999–2000 SSA for Education (adjusted using the GDP deflator to 1998–99 prices): £66.349m.
1 Includes an apportionment of Capital Expenditure charged to Revenue Account but excludes specific and special grants.
§ Mr. CotterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what the 1999–2000 SSA for North Somerset Council would be if the real terms percentage increase were the same as the national average. [63068]
§ Ms ArmstrongApplying the national average real terms percentage increase to the 1998–99 SSA for North Somerset would give £133.853 million.
§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list for each local authority, the 1999–2000 standard spending assessment(a) per five to 10 year old pupil and (b)per 11 to 15 year old pupil. [62887]
§ Ms Armstrong[holding answer 8 December 1998]: A table showing the Primary Education SSA per pupil aged 5 to 10 and the Secondary Education SSA per pupil aged 11 to 15 for each local education authority has been placed in the library.