§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the cost was of each local government reorganisation since 1972. [83903]
§ Mr. RaynsfordFollowing the 1972 reorganisation, a number of unitary authorities were established in England during the 1990's. The information requested on these reorganisations is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Nevertheless supplementary credit approvals (SCAs) were given to authorities affected by reorganisation to enable them to borrow money to meet the one off indirect costs of reorganisation. The SCAs to all reorganised authorities in England totalled £492.3million.