§ Mr. GorrieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the additional responsibilities and statutory obligations placed on Scottish councils which involved expenditure by councils in each year from 1991–92 to 1997–98; what estimate the Scottish Office has made of the additional(a) annual cost and (b) one-off cost each of these involved for Scottish councils; and what additional amounts were provided by the Scottish Office to councils through aggregate external finance specifically to meet these costs. [33222]
§ Mr. Macdonald[holding answer 6 March 1998]The statutory new burdens and transfers of responsibility recognised in the local government finance settlements each year from 1991–92 to 1997–98 are set out in the table below:
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£ million Financial year Additional spending pressure Amount added to AEF 1993–94 Education: Support for Senior Promoted Staff 5.0 Premature Retirement Costs 0.5 Staff Appraisal 6.0 Social Work: Community Care—DSS Transfer 40.6 Independent Living Fund 2.8 Community Care Implementation 22.1 Child Care 4.0 Independent Living Fund 2.1 Fire: Firefighting at Sea 1.0 Fire Safety in Workplace 0.5 River Purification: Nitrate Directive 0.2 Cleansing: Waste Regulation/Recycling etc. 5.0 Planning: Contaminated Land 0.2 Consumer Protection: Children's Protection—Tobacco 0.5 1994–95 Education: Devolved School Management 13.2 Workload Senior Promoted Staff 5.0 Normalisation of TVEI 3.0 Staff Appraisal 2.0 Speech Therapy 1.0 Including Fees of Independent Schools 1.0 Social Work: Community Care—DSS Transfer 65.6 Independent Living Fund 4.0 Community Care Implementation 14.2 Mental Illness Specific Grant 4.0 Scotland's Health—Policy 2.0 Child Care 10.0 Supplementary Accommodation for Young 0.6 People Police: Disposal of Police Houses 3.0 Fire: Fire Service Pensions 2.0 Health and Safety Regulations 0.6 Homelessness 2.0 Consumer Protection Trading Standards 1.5 Visual Display Equipment Eye Tests 3.0 Local Government Reform 5.0 Water and Sewerage Restructuring Costs 1.0 NHS Laboratories Transfer 1.2 1995–96 Education: Devolved School Management 3.0 Workload—Senior Promoted Staff 2.0 School Transport Safety 4.0 Staff Appraisal 2.0 Records of Special Education Needs 0.5 Social Work: Community Care—DSS Transfer 52.1 Independent Living Fund 3.8 Community Care Implementation 5.1 Mental Illness Specific Grant 4.0 Child Care 6.0 Transport Safety 1.0 Transport: Air passenger Duty 0.04 Aids and Adaptations for the 1.0 Disabled Housing Benefit Transfer 0.07 New Towns Responsibilities 3.3 Port Health Transfer 0.06 Cost of Shadow Elections 5.0 1996–97 Education: Devolved School Management 6.0 Workload of Senior Staff 2.0 Social Work: Community Care—DSS Transfer 39.5 Community Care Implementation 11.6 Children (Scotland) Act 1995 3.0 DSS—Occupational Pensions 0.09 Fire: Pensions 3.0 Transport: Rail Restructuring 71.5 Air Passenger Duty 0.04 Housing Benefit Transfer 0.7 New Towns Responsibilities 0.8 Homelessness 0.02 Trading Standards 0.2 Reorganisation 40.0
£ million Financial year Additional spending pressure Amount added to AEF 1997–98 Education: School Security 13.3 Special Teaching Needs 0.5 Social Work: Community Care—DSS Transfer 33.4 Community Care Implementation 15.0 Children (Scotland) Act 1995 5.0 DSS—Occupational Pensions 0.03 Capital Disregard 6.9 Flood Prevention 3.0 Environmental Health: Air Quality 0.8 Sheep Scab 0.03 Trading Standards 0.003 Homelessness 0.001 PFI Preparatory Costs 2.5 Home Energy 0.3 Housing Benefit Transfer 0.7 New Towns Responsibilities 0.15 DTI European Directives 0.03