Written question asked by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 2 December 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 December 1998. It was answered by Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top (Labour) on Monday, 7 December 1998 on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will set out for each notifiable authority the change between revenue support grant in 1998-99 and the provisional rate support grant in 1999-2000 in (a) percentage and (b) cash terms. - In Library as DEP 98/1435.

Answer: Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will set out for each notifiable authority the change between revenue support grant in 1998-99 and the provisional rate support grant in 1999-2000 in (a) percentage and (b) cash terms. [62856] Ms Armstrong: A table showing the information requested has been placed in the Library. The table also shows the percentage change, and the change in cash terms, between the total of Revenue Support Grant (RSG) and redistributed National Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR) for 1998-99 and the provisional total of Revenue Support Grant and redistributed National Non-Domestic Rates for 1999-2000.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 322 c38-9W; 62856
Session: 1998-99
Subjects: Finance Local government Business rates Rate support grants Revenue support grant
Contains statistics: Yes