§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if the figure for the council tax base of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead given in tables accompanying his statement of 4 December includes an estimate of non-collection. [21723]
§ Mr. Byers[holding answer 10 December 2001]: No. The council taxbase figures given in tables accompanying my statement of 4 December are for the taxbase used in the calculation of local authorities' revenue support grant
1999–2000 Outturn London borough councils2 Metropolitan district Unitary authorities Shire counties3 Shire districts Corporate and Democratic Core4 (£ million) 166.82 187.41 167.04 134.62 317.21 Administration and support services5 (£ million) 1,096.55 1,101.22 1,054.81 788.40 1,929.57 Cost of local elections (£ million) 1.11 4.75 3.99 0.32 19.02 Population figures (million) 7.29 11.13 8.30 23.04 23.04 Corporate and Democratic Core cost per capita (£) 22.90 16.83 20.14 5.84 13.77 Administration and support services cost per capita (£) 150.52 98.91 127.15 34.22 83.76 Cost of local elections per capita (£) 0.15 0.43 0.48 0.01 0.83 1 Total expenditure consisting of employee expenses plus running expenses (includes joint arrangements). 2 Includes City of London. 3 Includes Isles of Scilly. 4 Includes expenditure in Councillors' allowances and expenses. 5 Some authorities may record some administrative and support services expenditure under individual services.