HC Deb 13 May 2004 vol 421 cc512-3W
Mr. Djanogly

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the standard spending assessment for youth and community in(a) Cambridgeshire and (b) the constituency of Huntingdon (i) was in each of the last five years and (ii) is for 2004–05. [172635]

Mr. Raynsford

The Youth and Community block is a sub-block within the Education service block and was introduced in 2003–04. In the same year the Government replaced Standard Spending Assessments (SSA) with Formula Spending Shares (FSS). Huntingdonshire is a district council and does therefore not provide Education services. The Youth and Community FSS figures for Cambridgeshire are:

£
2003–04 4,036.647
2004–05 4,211.442

Chris Ruane

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister which local authorities have been capped in the last 25 years. [172931]

Mr. Raynsford

The local authorities capped each year in England were:

Local authorities
1990–91 Avon; Barnsley; Basildon; Brent; Bristol; Calderdale; Camden; Derbyshire; Doncaster; Greenwich; Hammersmith and Fulham; Haringey; Hillingdon; Islington; Lambeth; North Tyneside; Rochdale; Rotherham; Southwark; St. Helens; Wigan
1991–92 Basildon; Bristol; Greenwich; Ipswich; Lambeth; Langbaurgh; Middlesbrough; Milton Keynes; Norwich; Reading; Somerset; Stoke; Warwickshire; Wirral
1992–93 Basildon; Cheltenham; Gloucester; Gloucestershire; Greenwich; Hillingdon; Lambeth; Langbaurgh; Middlesbrough; Warwickshire
1993–94 Castle Point; Gloucestershire; Harlow
1994–95 Langbaurgh; Sheffield; Slough
1995–96 Norwich; Barnsley; Sheffield; Newcastle upon Tyne; Devon; Gloucestershire; Shropshire
1996–97 Cambridgeshire; Oxfordshire
1997–98 Oxfordshire; Somerset; Warwickshire
1998–99 Derbyshire

Capping legislation was originally introduced in 1984. More flexible reserve capping powers were taken in 1999. These have not been used until this year. My Statement in the House on 29 April 2004, Official Report, column 1019, sets out the action the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is taking this year.

Diana Organ

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the standard spending assessment for youth and community services in Gloucestershire(a) was in each of the last four financial years and (b) is for 2004–05. [169874]

Mr. Raynsford

The youth and community block is a sub-block within the education service block and was introduced in 2003–04. In the same year the Government replaced standard spending assessments (SSA) with formula spending shares (FSS). The youth and community FSS figures for Gloucestershire are:

£
2003–04 4,138,595
2004–05 4,303,748