HC Deb 26 June 2003 vol 407 c954W
Mr. Paul Marsden

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what additional funding he has made available to(a) Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council and (b) Shropshire County Council in respect of increased costs of record checks by the Criminal Records Bureau. [121726]

Mr. Raynsford

Funding to meet a range of cost pressures was included in the general increase in formula grant announced as part of the 2002 Spending Review; the amount of funding relating to the increased costs of record checks by the Criminal Records Bureau was not separately identified.

Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council received a 7.1 per cent. formula grant increase in 2003–04 on a like-for-like basis with 2002–03; Shropshire County Council received a 5.4 per cent. formula grant increase.