§ Mr. FlookTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the rurality factor given to each of the(a) county councils and (b) unitary authorities in England for the latest local authority financial settlements. [150601]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe formula spending shares (FSS) formulae listed in the following table have sub blocks which contain a sparsity factor.
Formula Sub block Environmental Protective and Cultural Services (EPCS) Lower Tier EPCS Education Primary Education Local Education Authorities Personal Social Services (PSS) Older Peoples The sparsity top up for each county council and unitary authority for each of the above formulae is listed in the following table:
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Education formulae PSS EPCS Primary education LEA Older People LT EPCS Child aged 5–10 Sparsity top up (£) per Resident pupil aged 3–18 person 65+ Resident Hampshire 56.51 45.55 2.29 — Haringey 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.08 Harrow 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.38 Hartlepool 15.23 12.28 0.99 2.07 Havering 0.00 0.00 0.40 1.16 Herefordshire 224.49 180.94 8.97 25.24 Hertfordshire 30.10 24.26 1.82 — Hillingdon 0.00 0.00 0.26 0.61 Hounslow 0.00 0.00 0.16 0.31 Isle of Wight Council 85.79 69.15 3.38 9.75 Isles of Scilly 252.53 203.54 10.57 28.96 Islington 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Kensington and Chelsea 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Kent 49.65 40.02 2.81 — Kingston upon Hull 0.00 0.00 0.26 0.45 Kingston upon Thames 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.30 Kirklees 28.79 23.20 1.33 3.10 Knowsley 16.26 13.10 1.06 1.79 Lambeth 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Lancashire 47.57 38.34 2.56 — Leeds 12.11 9.76 0.98 2.26 Leicester 0.00 0.00 0.17 0.31 Leicestershire 66.58 53.66 3.28 — Lewisham 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 Lincolnshire 169.39 136.53 6.68 — Liverpool 0.00 0.00 0.21 0.36 Luton 0.00 0.00 0.13 0.24 Manchester 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.20 Medway 17.10 13.78 0.75 1.96 Merton 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.21 Middlesbrough 0.00 0.00 0.23 0.45 Milton Keynes 38.37 30.93 1.70 3.76 Newcastle upon Tyne 0.00 0.00 0.43 0.86 Newham 0.00 0.00 0.11 0.14 Norfolk 139.41 112.36 5.85 — North East Lincolnshire 29.02 23.39 1.15 2.82 North Lincolnshire 101.56 81.86 5.61 14.66 North Somerset 49.84 40.17 2.22 6.10 North Tyneside 0.00 0.00 0.51 1.12 North Yorkshire 215.57 173.75 7.10 — Northamptonshire 71.82 57.89 4.01 — Northumberland 129.48 104.36 6.02 — Nottingham 0.00 0.00 0.16 0.38 Nottinghamshire 50.68 40.85 2.65 — Oldham 10.08 8.12 0.61 1.20 Oxfordshire 91.54 73.78 4.44 — Peterborough 32.78 26.42 1.49 3.43 Plymouth 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.29 Poole 0.00 0.00 0.16 0.43 Portsmouth 0.00 0.00 0.19 0.39 Reading 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.37 Redbridge 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.20 Redcar and Cleveland 31.13 25.09 1.42 3.25 Richmond upon Thames 0.00 0.00 0.25 0.64 Rochdale 0.00 0.00 0.92 1.90 Rotherham 20.32 16.38 1.85 3.67 Rutland 210.25 169.46 8.52 28.11 Salford 0.00 0.00 0.46 0.82 Sandwell 0.00 0.00 0.18 0.27 Sefton 0.00 0.00 0.63 1.34 Sheffield 8.00 6.45 0.50 1.00 Shropshire 193.67 156.10 8.62 — Slough 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.23 Solihull 21.19 17.08 0.89 2.44 Somerset 129.42 104.31 5.97 — South Gloucestershire 49.33 39.76 2.00 5.80 South Tyneside 0.00 0.00 0.49 0.89 Southampton 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.14 Southend-on-Sea 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.23 Southwark 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 St Helens 8.58 6.91 0.97 1.91 Staffordshire 59.27 47.77 3.24 —
Education formulae PSS EPCS Primary education LEA Older People LT EPCS Child aged 5–10 Sparsity top up (£) per Resident pupil aged 3–18 Person 65+ Resident Stockport 0.00 0.00 0.25 0.69 Stockton-on-Tees 17.80 14.34 1.06 2.49 Stoke-on-Trent 0.00 0.00 0.24 0.53 Suffolk 109.96 88.63 5.29 — Sunderland 0.00 0.00 0.43 0.81 Surrey 27.67 22.30 1.77 — Sutton 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.17 Swindon 25.15 20.27 1.16 3.05 Tameside 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.80 Telford and the Wrekin 38.88 31.33 2.53 5.25 Thurrock 14.93 112.03 1.74 4.04 Torbay 0.00 0.00 0.46 1.12 Tower Hamlets 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.13 Trafford 0.00 0.00 0.27 0.58 Wakefield 9.00 7.25 1.56 3.19 Walsall 0.00 0.00 0.33 0.64 Waltham Forest 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.14 Wandsworth 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.12 Warrington 3.13 2.52 1.36 3.09 Warwickshire 80.60 64.96 3.99 — West Berkshire 87.56 70.57 4.14 12.26 West Sussex 48.61 39.18 2.27 — Westminster 0.00 0.00 0.18 0.24 Wigan 0.00 0.00 1.04 1.97 Wiltshire 159.07 128.21 6.06 — Windsor and Maidenhead 40.69 32.79 1.53 4.48 Wirral 0.00 0.00 0.43 0.89 Wokingham 31.19 25.14 1.02 3.60 Wolverhampton 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.19 Worcestershire 53.30 42.96 3.52 — York 23.19 18.69 1.79 5.26 The figures are from the 2004–05 Local Government Finance Settlement, laid in Parliament on Thursday, 29 January and are consistent with the simple presentation guide to that settlement, available on the ODPM website.