HC Deb 19 June 2000 vol 352 cc62-5W
Mr. David Taylor

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the predicted weighted case load and cash limit allocation for 2000–01 for each magistrates courts committee ranked by cost per case on the weighted case load used in the grant formula.[126465]

Jane Kennedy

The formula for distributing revenue grant is currently under review. The cash allocation for 2000–01 and 1999–2000 was distributed using the same proportion of the available funds as allocated for 1998–99. The weighted case load was therefore based on 1997–98 figures. Additional payments were made in cases of hardship. Weighted case load accounts for 35 per cent. of the cash allocation. The cash limit allocations by MCC are in table A, the latest cost per case information is in table B. Cash allocations are not based on cost per case. We aim to complete the review of the grant formula so that a new formula is applied to the 2001–02 allocation. We will be consulting stakeholders on the elements that should constitute the formula.

Table A: Cash limit allocations
Magistrates courts committees Revised cash limit 2000–01 at 100 per cent.
Avon and Somerset 8,027,417
Barking and Dagenham 1,054,757
Barnet 1,761,392
Barnsley 1,353,526
Bedfordshire 3,081,376
Bexley 1,253,819
Brent 2,499,716
Bromley 1,569,672

Table A: Cash limit allocations
Magistrates courts committees Revised cash limit 2000–01 at 100 per cent.
Cambridgeshire 3,461,107
Cheshire 4,831,675
City of London 2,347,036
Cleveland 3,989,437
Croydon 2,064,339
Cumbria 3,350,845
Derbyshire 4,297,539
Devon and Cornwall 7,389,005
Doncaster 1,990,778
Dorset 3,539,365
Durham 3,326,219
Dyfed-Powys 3,442,142
Ealing 1,856,339
East Sussex 4,058,389
Enfield 1,594,178
Essex 7,389,218
Gloucestershire 3,389,357
Gwent 3,596,672
Hampshire (New) 9,093,776
Haringey 1,916,403
Harrow 913,146
Havering 1,145,676
Hereford and Worcester 3,830,034
Hertfordshire 5,079,372
Hillingdon 1,551,170
Hounslow 1,812,834
Humberside 5,061,266
Inner London 37,484,300
Kent 7,091,588
Kingston upon Thames 1,009,570
Lancashire 7,450,875
Leicestershire 4,767,764
Lincolnshire 3,350,669
Manchester 4,745,616
Merseyside 10,216,373
Merton 2,154,383
Newham 2,139,976
Norfolk 4,429,585
North and West Manchester 7,940,109
North Wales 4,103,506
North Yorkshire 3,370,299
Northamptonshire 3,473,385
Northumbria 9,929,374
Nottinghamshire 8,200,795
Oldham 1,653,789
Redbridge 1,282,912
Richmond upon Thames 1,058,590
Rotherham 1,628,044
Sheffield 3,158,241
Shropshire 2,548,447
South Wales (New) 9,084,555
Staffordshire 5,569,068
Stockport 1,778,043
Suffolk 3,295,557
Surrey 4,801,547
Sutton 913,153
Tameside 1,666,227
Thames Valley 10,490,546
Trafford 1,313,371
Waltham Forest 1,380,069
Warwickshire 2,330,096
West Midlands 16,973,847
West Sussex 3,859,367
West Yorkshire 14,630,093
Wiltshire 3,621,690
England and Wales 331,814,415

Table B: Cost per case
Magistrates courts committees 1999–2000 Weighted case load 1999–2000 Gross expenditure (£) 1999–2000 Cost per unit of weighted case load (£)
City of London JR 37,343 2,086,714 55.88
Inner London Area 705,337 37,953,523 53.81
Bromley 30,975 1,647,774 53.20
Brent 49,218 2,490,085 50.59
Sutton 18,077 914,498 50.59
Barnet 34,577 1,749,086 50.58
Hounslow 41,902 2,008,890 47.94
Kingston upon Thames 21,413 1,005,068 46.94
Croydon 43,817 2,048,383 46.75
Richmond upon Thames 24,187 1,074,143 44.41
Newham 50,844 2,165,278 42.59
Suffolk 79,672 3,316,615 41.63
Merton 31,780 1,303,869 41.03
Waltham Forest 35,117 1,390,992 39.61
East Sussex 106,114 4,162,679 39.23
Hillingdon 40,238 1,569,226 39.00
Surrey 129,339 5,025,000 38.85
Redbridge 33,639 1,277,858 37.99
Havering 31,186 1,163,255 37.30
Enfield 42,597 1,582,890 37.16
Barking and Dagenham 28,081 1,037,041 36.93
North Wales 115,258 4,180,733 36.27
Bexley 36,175 1,262,848 34.91
Ealing 51,812 1,808,201 34.90
Haringey 54,822 1,907,273 34.79
Dyfed-Powys 104,270 3,379,269 32.41
Dorset 112,202 3,553,073 31.67
Bedfordshire 106,370 3,341,768 31.42
West Sussex 125,617 3,923,357 31.23
Tameside 52,249 1,609,685 30.81
Nottinghamshire 265,768 8,123,700 30.57
Cambridgeshire 115,341 3,448,394 29.90
Northamptonshire 117,209 3,444,244 29.39
Thames Valley 353,143 10,328,845 29.25
Wiltshire 125,124 3,608,012 28.84
Cheshire 177,016 5,059,214 28.58
Hertfordshire 184,246 5,233,408 28.40
Norfolk 161,518 4,531,210 28.05
Manchester 225,988 6,266,081 27.73
Warwickshire 86,138 2,384,348 27.68
Shropshire 97,766 2,659,840 27.21
Stockport 65,675 1,779,731 27.10
Cumbria 123,865 3,317,011 26.78
Gloucestershire 116,889 3,128,079 26.76
Rotherham 60,900 1,612,949 26.49
Trafford 52,774 1,381,208 26.17
Lincolnshire 133,240 3,461,023 25.98
West Midlands 680,775 17,450,676 25.63
Kent 283,765 7,264,799 25.60
Derbyshire 182,455 4,536,086 24.86
Harrow 36,190 883,938 24.42
Hampshire and Isle of Wight 383,190 9,339,010 24.37
Durham 144,004 3,437,960 23.87
Humberside 220,536 5,262,855 23.86
North Yorkshire 142,510 3,383,793 23.74
Merseyside 411,511 9,694,336 23.56
Staffordshire 237,912 5,594,140 23.51
Avon and Somerset 349,902 8,111,671 23.18
Barnsley 59,248 1,365,733 23.05
Essex 327,537 7,425,224 22.67
Hereford and Worcester 179,273 4,050,214 22.59
South Wales 411,930 9,169,279 22.26
Gwent 164,996 3,638,723 22.05
N&W Greater Manchester 365,678 8,019,428 21.93

Table B: Cost per case
Magistrates courts committees 1999–2000 Weighted case load 1999– Gross expenditure (£) 1999–2000 Cost per unit of weighted case load (£)
Northumbria 425,620 9,236,646 21.70
Sheffield 149,246 3,208,789 21.50
Doncaster 91,618 1,956,100 21.35
Lancashire 355,853 7,414,212 20.84
Oldham 79,916 1,657,104 20.74
West Yorkshire 688,478 14,092,226 20.47
Devon and Cornwall 406,654 7,594,050 18.67
Leicestershire 252,921 4,597,220 18.18
Cleveland 212,184 3,724,598 17.55
Total 12,080,719 333,815,179 27.63