HC Deb 01 March 2004 vol 418 cc769-71W
Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what grants that fall outside the revenue support grant were awarded to local authorities in(a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley by his Department in each of the last three years. [156512]

Mr. Raynsford

A table made available in the Library of the House shows the grants within aggregate external finance distributed to local authorities in Lancashire in each of the last three years, except for general grant support (Revenue Support Grant and National Non Domestic Rates). For 2003–04, this information is taken from the information supplied by the local authorities to the Office on the Revenue Account (Special Grant) form, which gives details of their budgeted revenue grants. For the earlier years, this information is taken

£000
Grant issuing

Depart-

ment

 Dorset Dorset

Police

 Bourne-

mouth

 Poole Christ-

church

 East

Dorset

 North

Dorset

 Purbeck West Dorset Weymouth

and

Portland
Civil Defence CO 0 0 70 62 0 0 0 0 0 0
National Parks and Broads DEFRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Waste Re-Cycling Challenge DEFRA 0 0 0 0 196 0 0 70 0 0
Childcare DfES 989 0 455 415 0 0 0 0 0 0
Excellence in Cities DfES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leadership Incentive DfES 0 0 350 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
School Standards DfES 6,290 0 2,005 1,904 0 0 0 0 0 0
Standards Fund DfES 7,840 0 2,150 2,913 0 0 0 0 0 0
Teachers' Pay Reform DfES 4,876 0 2,081 1,508 0 0 0 0 0 0
GLA Transport Grant DfT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Metropolitan Railway Passenger Services DfT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rural Bus Challenge DfT 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rural Bus Subsidy DfT 865 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urban Bus Challenge DfT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Access and Systems Capacity DoH 1,346 0 650 457 0 0 0 0 0 0
AIDS/HIV Support DoH 0 0 87 24 0 0 0 0 0 0
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services DoH 292 0 141 95 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carers DoH 673 0 352 248 0 0 0 0 0 0
Children's Services DoH 2,377 0 1,693 1,102 0 0 0 0 0 0
Deferred Payments DoH 517 0 210 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Delayed Discharges DoH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mental Health DoH 869 0 210 319 0 0 0 0 0 0
National Training Strategy DoH 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Performance DoH 742 0 361 229 0 0 0 0 0 0
Preserved Rights DoH 3,504 0 3,200 1,203 0 0 0 0 0 0
Residential Allowance DoH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Teenage Pregnancy Local Implementation DoH 63 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0
Training Support DoH 342 0 169 126 0 0 0 0 0 0
Council Tax Benefit Administration DWP 0 0 416 275 98 124 97 84 178 141
Housing Benefit Administration DWP 0 0 712 331 126 153 142 97 211 253
Workstep DWP 574 0 415 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HB and CTB administration due to New Tax Credits DWP 0 0 36 19 7 9 8 6 14 12
HB and CTB administration due to Pension Credits DWP 0 0 89 62 27 31 25 21 45 29
HB and CTB administration due to New Tax Credits

Special Subsidy Provision

 DWP 0 0 10 5 2 2 2 2 4 3
HB and CTB administration due to Pension Credit set-up DWP 0 0 15 9 5 6 5 5 8 7
Airwaves Communication Project HO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asylum Seekers HO 176 0 1,170 59 0 0 0 0 0 0
Basic Command Units Challenge Fund HO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Community Support Officers HO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Counter Terrorism HO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crime Fighting Fund HO 0 2,298 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
London and South East Allowance HO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Police Negotiating Board HO 0 430 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rural Policing Fund HO 0 442 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Street Crime Initiative HO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Magistrates Courts LCD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Local Public Service Agreement Performance Reward ODPM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neighbourhood Renewal Fund ODPM 0 0 400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neighbourhood Wardens ODPM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Planning Delivery ODPM 0 0 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 0
The Private Finance Initiative ODPM 1,893 2,915 1,761 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Supporting People (Administration) ODPM 349 0 120 177 0 0 0 0 0 0
Supporting People (Programme) ODPM 7,475 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other inside 0 0 0 282 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 42,182 6,085 19,352 11,894 535 478 290 285 599 445

from the information supplied by councils on the Revenue Outturn (Income from Specific and Special Grants) form.

Jim Knight

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what grants were awarded to local authorities in Dorset by his Department in financial year 2003–04 that fall outside the revenue support grant. [156210]

Mr. Raynsford

The following table shows the grants within aggregate external finance distributed to authorities in Dorset in 2003–04, except for general grant support (Revenue Support Grant and National Non Domestic Rates). This information is taken in the main from the information supplied by the local authorities to the Office on the Revenue Account (Special Grant) form for 2003–04, which gives details of their budgeted revenue grants, although it also takes account of additional information supplied by the Department for Works and Pensions.

Mr. Drew

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has to set up a separate formula spending settlement for waste; and what discussions he has had on this issue with the Local Government Association. [156385]

Mr. Raynsford

The Government have no plans to set up a separate formula spending share for waste. In the course of the review of formula grant distribution, which led to the new formulae introduced for 2003–04, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister examined possible options in consultation with local government. Analyses undertaken demonstrated a very poor fit between expenditure levels on waste and any combination of plausible indicators.