§ Mr. Laurence RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how much (a) Tewkesbury's, (b) Cheltenham's and (c) Gloucestershire's revenue support grant has been changed as a result of the area cost adjustment in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [21404]
§ Dr. WhiteheadThe Area Cost Adjustment (ACA) is used in calculating Standard Spending Assessments (SSA) for each authority. The table compares total SSA for the 2001–02 local government finance settlement, with what total SSA would have been if the ACA was not included in the grant distribution formulae:
Local Authority 2001–02 Settlement SSA (£ million) Without ACA (£ million) Absolute difference (£ million) Percentage difference Gloucestershire 395.746 400.394 4.648 1.20 Cheltenham 10.644 11.191 0.546 5.10 Tewkesbury 6.919 7.072 0.152 2.20 There is an interaction between the ACA and deprivation indicators in the formulae which means that if the ACA is excluded, the weighting given to deprivation changes. This is why the impact of leaving out the ACA varies between authorities. The figures should be treated as approximate. This is because, if the ACA is excluded, it is possible that the analyses on which the formulae are based would find that some of the deprivation and other indicators that appear in the formulae would change. We have assumed that, apart from the ACA, all the other indicators that appear in the formula are the same.
582WThe ACA methodology has not been changed since 1994–95. The consequence of leaving out the ACA will therefore be broadly the same as the above figures for other years since then.
§ Mr. Laurence RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list the local authorities which were net recipients under the area cost adjustment scheme in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [21405]
§ Dr. WhiteheadFor the 2002–03 Local Government Finance Settlement, announced for consultation on 4 December, the authorities listed receive an area cost adjustment (ACA).
- Camden
- Greenwich
- Hackney
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Islington
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Lambeth
- Lewisham
- Southwark
- Tower Hamlets
- Wandsworth
- Westminster
- Barking and Dagenham
- Barnet
- Bexley
- Brent
- Bromley
- Croydon
- Ealing
- Enfield
- Haringey
- Harrow
- Havering
- Hillingdon
- Hounslow
- Kingston upon Thames
- Merton
- Newham
- Redbridge
- Richmond upon Thames
- Sutton
- Waltham Forest
- Bedfordshire
- Buckinghamshire
- East Sussex
- Essex
- Hampshire
- Hertfordshire
- Isle of Wight Council
- Kent
- Oxfordshire
- Surrey
- West Sussex
- Council for the Isles of Scilly
- Broxbourne
- Dartford
- Elmbridge
- Epping Forest
- Epsom and Ewell
- Hertsmere
- Reigate and Banstead
- South Bucks
- Spelthorne
- Three Rivers
583W - Watford
- Slough
- Basildon
- Brentwood
- Chiltern
- Crawley
- Dacorum
- East Hertfordshire
- Guildford
- Harlow
- Mole Valley
- Sevenoaks
- St. Albans
- Surrey Heath
- Tandridge
- Waverley
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Woking
- Bracknell Forest
- Thurrock
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Adur
- Arun
- Ashford
- Aylesbury Vale
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Bedford
- Braintree
- Canterbury
- Castle Point
- Chelmsford
- Cherwell
- Chichester
- Colchester
- Dover
- East Hampshire
- Eastbourne
- Eastleigh
- Farreham
- Gosport
- Gravesham
- Hart
- Hastings
- Havant
- Horsham
- Lewes
- Maidstone
- Maldon
- Mid Bedfordshire
- Mid Suffex
- New Forest
- North Hertfordshire
- Oxford
- Rochford
- Rother
- Rushmoor
- Shepway
- South Bedfordshire
- South Oxfordshire
- Stevenage
- Swale
- Tendring
- Test Valley
- Thanet
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Tunbridge Wells
- Uttlesford
- Vale of White House
- Wealden
- West Oxfordshire
584W - Winchester
- Worthing
- Wycombe
- Bigton and Hove
- Luton
- Medway
- Milton Keynes
- Portsmouth
- Reading
- Southampton
- Southend-on-sea
- West Berkshire
- Workingham
- Bedfordshire Police authority
- Essex Police authority
- Hampshire Police authority
- Kent police authority
- Surrey police authority
- Sussex police authority
- Thames Valley police authority
- Greater London authority
The geographical coverage of the ACA has remained the same since 1993–94, although local government reorganisation has taken place over the period. Some of the authorities listed above have changed from district to unitary status, though they received an area cost adjustment in both cases. In some cases, former districts were combined at the time of reorganisation. The predecessor authorities as listed, also received an area cost adjustment:
Predecessor billing authority Reorganised authority 1 April 1995 The Council of: The Borough of Medina The Isle of Wight The Borough of South Wight The Borough of Brighton The Borough of Brighton and Hove The Borough of Hove 1 April 1998 The Borough of Gillingham The District of the Medway Towns (now Medway) The City of Rochester upon Medway The Greater London Authority took responsibility of the functions of the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District and the London Fire and Civil Defence Authority from July 2000.
§ Mr. Laurence RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what plans he has to review the area cost adjustment; and if he will make a statement. [21403]
§ Dr. WhiteheadWe are reviewing the area cost adjustment as part of our current review of all the grant distribution formulae. We intend to implement changes in the 2003–04 local government finance settlement. We are actively involving local government in the review process, and all relevant papers are available on the Local Government Association website.