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Dept of the Environment

Answer

Sir John Stanley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was (a) the overall percentage increase or decrease in cash terms of the settlement for county councils in England in each financial year since 1979-80 and (b) the rate of inflation at the start of each of those financial years. [13424] Mr. Curry: The information requested is in the table. From 1990-91, non-domestic rates have been pooled nationally and then redistributed between areas as a constant amount per head. These redistributed amounts are not included in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Rate support grant Block grant Revenue support Year on year Percentage change grant percentage change in GDP deflator on in grant previous year (£ million) (£ million) (£ million) 1979-80 £2,231 16.7 1980-81 £2,703 +21.2 18.3 1981-82 £4,003 9.7 1982-83 £3,956 -1.2 7.1 1983-84 £3,973 +0.4 4.6 1984-85 £4,010 +0.9 5.0 1985-86 £3,832 -4.4 5.5 1986-87 £3,614 -5.7 3.0 1987-88 £3,846 +6.4 5.3 1988-89 £3,773 -1.9 6.7 1989-90 £3,471 -8.0 7.0 1990-91 (see note 2) 8.0 1991-92 (see note 2) 6.4 1992-93 (see note 2) 4.2 1993-94 £7,108 2.9 1994-95 £7,943 +11.7 1.8 1995-96 £7,324 (see note 3) 2.5 1996-97 £6,998 (see note 3) 2.5 1997-98 £6,173 (see note 3) 2.0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. The figures for 1979-80 and 1980-81 include cover in respect of districts. 2. From 1990-91 to 1992-93 revenue support grant for county areas was paid into the collection funds of district councils. 3. The figures for 1995-96 1996-97 and 1997-98 relate only to payments to the county councils as they existed in the relevant year. Local government reorganisation obscures meaningful comparisons of the change in grant for these years. 4. Figures for the period 1979-80 to 1989-90 are from the most recent edition of the rate support grant (England) report. 5. Redistributed national non-domestic rates are not included in the table.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

13424; 289 c317-8W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Block grant Local government finance Rate support grants Revenue support grant

Contains statistics

Yes