§ Mr. BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions by how much the financial settlement for district councils would change if the calculations based on enhanced population figures were removed from the provisional standing spending assessments for 2000–01; and if he will rank these figures in descending order. [106411]
§ Ms Beverley HughesThe provisional standard spending assessments for 2000–01 were updated on 16 December 1999. These have been compared with figures obtained by removing (i) section(a) from the formula in paragraph 4.41 of "The Local Government Finance Report (England) 2000–01" and (ii) sections (a) (i) and (b) (i) in paragraph 4.47. The differences have been ranked in descending order and the information has been placed in the Library.