§ Mr. AshdownTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the standard spending assessment per head of population for each English local authority for the most recent year for which information is available, ranked in descending order of allocated expenditure per head; and if he will make a statement. [121307]
§ Ms ArmstrongTwo tables have been placed in the Library. The first table gives the 2000–01 Standard Spending Assessments (SSAs), the mid-98 population estimate and the SSA per head, together with the ranking for education authorities. The second table provides similar information for shire districts. The tables have been sorted and ranked in descending order of SSA per head. It would be inappropriate to compare shire districts with education authorities since they have vastly different responsibilities.