HC Deb 26 March 2003 vol 402 cc268-70W
Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to his Answer of 13 March 2003,Official Report, columns 424–25W, what the value is of the allocation to each authority. [105003]

Mr. Raynsford

The table shows the Formula Spending Shares (FSS) allocation as a result of coastline for each authority. The allocation is zero for all other authorities.

£
Authority Coastline allocations
Merseyside 655,329
Tyne and Wear 367,787
Isles of Scilly 387,848
Cornwall 4,433,500
Cumbria 1,638,322
Lincolnshire 1,297,284
Norfolk 1,364,154
Northumberland 1,404,276
Somerset 682,077
Suffolk 635,268
West Sussex 528,275
Isle of Wight Council 896,062

In addition the following authorities as part of combined fire authorities:

£
Authority Allocation Total for

combined fire

authority

Bath and North East 112,750
Somerset
Bristol 216,853
South Gloucestershire 153,484
North Somerset 125,432
As part of Avon Fire Authority 608,520
Hartlepool 66,193
Middlesbrough 97,979
Redcar and Cleveland 104,237
Stockton-on-Tees 139,500
As part of Cleveland Fire Authority 407,909
East Riding of Yorkshire 576,576
Kingston upon Hull 352,831
North East Lincolnshire 241,057
North Lincolnshire 247,186
As part of Humberside Fire Authority 1,417,650
York 165,230
North Yorkshire 563,657
As part of North Yorkshire Fire Authority 728,886
Bournemouth 252,249
Poole 227,947
Dorset 676,660
As part of Dorset Fire Authority 1,156,856
Darlington 23,850
Durham 109,891
As part of Durham Fire Authority 133,741
Brighton and Hove 221,504
East Sussex 480,634
As part of East Sussex Fire Authority 702,138
Portsmouth 61,293
Southampton 67,604
Hampshire 506,371
As part of Hampshire Fire Authority 635,268
Plymouth 591,031
Torbay 371,694
Devon 2,146,744
As part of Devon Fire Authority 3,109,469
Southend-on-Sea 182,882
Thurrock 148,079
Essex 1,541,407
As part of Essex Fire Authority 1,872,368
Medway 173,033
Kent 1,050,693
As part of Kent Fire Authority 1,223,726
Blackburn with Darwen 41,712
Blackpool 48,372
Lancashire 398,069
As part of Essex Fire Authority 488,153

The allocation in combined fire authorities has been split in relation to taxbase and does not reflect the length of coastline in constituent authorities.