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To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the value was of each grant paid to public sector bodies in London in the last year before the creation of the Greater London Authority for transport and highways purposes, including the highways and transport element of rate support grant; what sum was...

Asked by

Andrew Turner (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

4 March 2003

For answer on

13 March 2003

Answered on

13 March 2003

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the value was of each grant paid to public sector bodies in London in the last year before the creation of the Greater London Authority for transport and highways purposes, including the highways and transport element of rate support grant; what sum was paid to the Greater London Authority in the last year for which information is available; and if he will make a statement on the methodology for determining that grant. [101550] Mr. Raynsford: Grants paid to public sector bodies in London in 1999/00 were as follows (figures in fan): _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (£) Traffic Director for London 24 Traffic Control Systems Unit/Woolwich Ferry/Consultancies 8 London Transport (incl. London Underground 816 Docklands Light Railway 29 Highways Agency London spend (est.) 140 London Borough LTP allocations 84 Highways Rate Support Grant 223 Total: 1,324 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In addition to these figures, a proportion of the expenditure on National Rail would have been spent in London. In 2002/03, the sum paid to the Greater London Authority in the form of GLA transport grant is £1,024,118,000. This does not include any funding for the London Underground, National Rail, or for rate support grant paid to the London boroughs and TfL. No account of concessionary fares funding for London boroughs has been taken with regard to these figures. Decisions on the level of GLA transport grant are taken by Ministers during comprehensive spending reviews, based on an assessment of London's need and competing national priorities. Grant is determined annually, following consultation with the Mayor of London.

Date

13 March 2003

Reference

101550; 401 c423-4W;401 c423W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans the Government has to integrate the grant for reducing infant class size into the rate support grant to local education authorities to enable this funding to be provided through the local management of schools formula. - (Holding answer...

Asked by

Lord Tyler (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 June 1999

Reference

86682; 333 c190W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he proposes to take to ensure that the rate support grant for rural local education authorities takes into account the cost of home to school transport with particular reference to Cornwall.

Asked by

Lord Tyler (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 June 1999

Reference

333 c64W; 86680

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of, and what representations he received on, the spending needs of Islington Council prior to the rate support grant announcement for 1999-2000.

Asked by

Jeremy Corbyn (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 March 1999

Reference

326 c523W; 73165

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, What plans he has to visit County Hall, Bedford, to discuss the 1999-2000 rate support grant settlement; and if he will make a statement. (Failed OPQ) - Inc figs.

Asked by

David Madel (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 January 1999

Reference

323 c166W; 63593

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

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...

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 December 1998

Reference

322 c38-9W; 62856

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will comment on the impact of the 1998-99 rate support grant on the provision of social services in rural areas.

Asked by

Lord Prior of Brampton (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 March 1998

Reference

34065; 309 c6W

House

House of Commons

Welsh Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list for each Welsh local authority with responsibilities for education, the amount by which the increase in revenue support grant adjusted for changes in nursery voucher funding and increased NNDR differs from the amount that has been passported through...

Asked by

Lembit Opik (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Welsh Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

23 February 1998

For answer on

4 March 1998

Answered on

4 March 1998

Mr. Opik: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list, for each Welsh local authority with responsibilities for education, the amount by which the increase in revenue support grant adjusted for changes in nursery voucher funding and increased NNDR differs from the amount that has been passported through the capping regime to raise standards in schools; what is the total figure for all local authorities; and if he will make a statement. [31541] Mr. Hain: Both the £37.1 million in re-instated nursery voucher funding and the £49.4 million of extra schools money which is being distributed to local authorities as standard spending assessments are included, pound- for-pound, in revenue support grant. No authority receives less in spending power under provisional capping principles than it will receive in revenue support grant. A breakdown of 1998-99 local authority capping limits is set out in the table. The information was placed in the House of Commons Library and issued to all local authorities on 9 February. Local authority 1997-98 budget requirements (column 1)--to which the 3 per cent. basic capping increase is applied--have been adjusted upwards to reflect the re-instatement of the £37.1 million nursery voucher money. The 3 per cent. basic increase (column 5) takes full account of the £49.4 million of extra schools money included in standard spending assessments. Passporting (column 6) ensures that individual authorities get the full benefit of SSA increases in their spending power. Under the passporting system capping limits take account of the cash increase in SSAs or the cash increase allowable under the basic increase and specific provisos (column 7), whichever is the greater. Increases in individual SSAs are the result of an increase in the overall amount available for distribution (including the extra schools' money), distribution formula changes, and changes in non-financial data such as relative population increases. It is not possible to isolate in any meaningful way the extent to which the schools' money has impacts on individual authorities' passports. 1998-99 County and County Borough provisional capping limits _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Components of budget increase 1997-98 1998-99 Maximum cash Maximum per Basic Headroom for Headroom for adjusted Capping limit increase £000 cent. increase (3 SSA increase specific budget £000 increase per cent.) (passporting) expenditure (Notional £000 £000 (provisos){2} amount{1} £000 £000 Isle of Anglesey 63,405 66,272 2,867 4.5 1,902 343 622 Gwynedd 115,746 120,356 4,610 4.0 3,472 0 1,138 Conwy 94,054 98,484 4,430 4.7 2,822 489 1,119 Denbighshire 85,490 91,721 6,231 7.3 2,565 2,760 906 Flintshire 122,728 132,896 10,168 8.3 3,682 5,263 1,223 Wrexham 106,584 111,827 5,243 4.9 3,198 921 1,124 Powys 121,825 126,590 4,765 3.9 3,655 0 1,111 Ceredigion 65,874 71,856 3,982 5.9 2.036 1,341 605 Pembrokeshire 105,336 110,386 5,050 4.8 3,160 878 1,012 Carmarthenshire 161,048 167,955 6,907 4.3 4,831 440 1,635 Swansea 205,846 214,113 8,267 4.0 6,175 0 2,091 Neath Port Talbot 134,744 140,138 5,394 4.0 4,042 0 1,352 Bridgend 118,976 123,715 4,739 4.0 3,569 0 1,170 The Vale of Glamorgan 98,919 105,804 6,885 7.0 2,968 2,897 1,020 Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 231,864 241,049 9,185 4.0 6,956 0 2,229 Merthyr Tydfil 60,953 63,341 2,388 3.9 1,829 0 559 Caerphilly 156,973 163,193 6,220 4.0 4,709 0 1,511 Blaenau Gwent 72,132 74,979 2,847 3.9 2,164 0 683 Torfaen 82,634 87,002 4,368 5.3 2,479 1,083 806 Monmouthshire 66,863 71,347 4,484 6.7 2,006 1,767 711 Newport 121,906 126,764 4,858 4.0 3,657 0 1,201 Cardiff 266,235 279,815 13,580 5.1 7,987 2,860 2,733 Total 2,662,135 2,789,603 127,468 4.8 79,864 21,043 26,561 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} 1997-98 budget requirements adjusted upwards for return of £37.1 million for nursery vouchers. {2} Additional community care (£21 million), 4 year old provision (£4.4 million) and national grid for learning (£1.2 million).

Date

4 March 1998

Reference

31541; 307 c673-4W;307 c673W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To comment on the recent attempt by Westminster City Council to seek leave for judicial review over its proposed RSG settlement.

Asked by

Karen Buck (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 February 1998

Reference

27325; 305 c633W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will give an estimate of the legal costs incurred in the recent court case brought by Westminster City Council against the Government over Westminster's proposed RSG settlement.

Asked by

Andrew Dismore (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 February 1998

Reference

27324; 305 c633W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

If he will list for each local authority the (a) rate support grant for 1997-98 and (b) rate support grant for 1998-99 as set out in the 1996 Red Book (HC90 of Session 1996-97) and adjusted by the Budget Statement of 2nd July applying the distribution methodology used in the...

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 July 1997

Reference

9595; 298 c624W;298 c622W

House

House of Commons

Welsh Office

How much rate support grant the Welsh Office (a) provided to the Vale of Glamorgan in 1996-97 and (b) plans to provide in 1997-98. - Inc table.

Asked by

Walter Sweeney (Conservative)

Answering body

Welsh Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 March 1997

Reference

20527; 292 c538-9W

House

House of Commons

Welsh Office

How many representations he has received concerning the impact of his rate support grant allocation on the work of LEAs in Wales.

Asked by

Lord Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Welsh Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 March 1997

Reference

19207; 292 c239W

House

House of Commons

Dept of 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. - Includes table.

Asked by

John Stanley (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

30 January 1997

Answered on

30 January 1997

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.

Date

30 January 1997

Reference

13424; 289 c317-8W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment

If he will list the RSG capping levels for each (a) inner London borough, (b) shire county and (c) metropolitan district local education authority in 1996-97 and proposed for 1997-98. - Information is available in the Library of the House.

Asked by

Lord Rooker (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 January 1997

Reference

12336; 288 c677W

House

House of Commons

Welsh Office

When he next expects to meet local authority leaders to discuss the 1997-98 rate support grant settlement. (Failed OPQ).

Asked by

Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour)

Answering body

Welsh Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 December 1996

Reference

5236; 286 c539W;286 c537W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment

If he will place in the Library in machine readable form a table showing for each authority for each year from 1979-80 to 1996-97 the amount that each authority was deemed to need to spend in cash and in real terms for the purposes of distributing rate support grant; to...

Asked by

Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

14 October 1996

Answered on

14 October 1996

Ms Armstrong: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will place in the Library in machine-readable form a table showing for each authority for each year from 1979-80 to 1996-97 the amount that each authority was deemed to need to spend in cash and in real terms for the purposes of distributing rate support grant; to what extent the figures are comparable, taking account of (a) changes in functions of local authorities, (b) abolition of the Greater London council, the Inner London education authority and metropolitan counties, (c) the local government review and (d) changed arrangements for (i) the assessment of needs, (ii) for the payment of the needs element of the rate support grant and (iii) precepting arrangements; if he will indicate for each authority on a comparable basis of ranking the assessed needs in each year on the basis (1) the percentage of total local government spending and (2) the amount assessed needs per head of population; and if he will make a statement about the needs of (A) Liverpool and (B) Westminster over the period. [40157] Sir Paul Beresford: Information on the amount which each local authority was deemed to need to spend for the purposes of distributing rate support grant and revenue support grant has been placed in the Library as printed tables and in machine readable form. The data consist of damped needs assessment for 1979-80 and 1980-81, grant-related expenditure assessments for 1981-82 to 1989-90, and standard spending assessments for 1990-91 to 1996-97. Information has been provided in cash terms, in real terms, as an amount per head and as a percentage of the total needs assessment for all English authorities. The figures in real terms are based on the gross domestic product deflator. The information includes, for 1992-93 and later years, figures recalculated so as to be comparable to those for the year immediately following. These adjusted figures take account of changes in function and geographical responsibility, but not changes in data, methodology, or the national totals. Adjusted figures are not available for earlier years. The damped needs assessments of 1979-80 for Liverpool and Westminster included allowance for the needs of the authorities which precepted on the two cities. In 1996-97, the needs of precepting authorities are calculated separately. For comparability, therefore, the 1996-97 figures are the total standard spending assessments per head of both the cities and the authorities which precept on them. On this basis, the damped needs assessment for Liverpool in 1979-80 was £327 per head, some 33 per cent. below that for Westminster. In 1996-97, standard spending assessments for the Liverpool area were £1,053 per head, some 25 per cent. below those for the Westminster area. Thus the Liverpool area now has standard spending assessments £111 per head greater than if it had continued to have an assessment 33 per cent. below Westminster's, as it did in 1979-80.

Date

14 October 1996

Reference

40157; 282 c806-7W;282 c804-5W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment

What were the needs assessments for local government expressed through the local government grant systems for (a) Westminster City Council and (b) Liverpool City Council in each year since 1979; and various questions on the payment of rate support grant. - Figs not given. Inc ref to information on standard...

Asked by

Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 July 1996

Reference

282 c302W; 38279;38280

House

House of Commons

Environment Bill (HL) 1994/95

Environment Bill (HL). Committee stage sixteenth sitting (morning). New clauses considered.

Type

Debates on bills; Public Bill Committee proceedings

Date

13 June 1995

Reference

SCB

House

House of Commons

Ullswater, Viscount

Which metropolitan district received the highest rate support grant and which comparable metropolitan district received the lowest for 1995-96; what were the amounts; and how the difference was determined. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Lord Sefton of Garston (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 May 1995

Reference

564 c37WA

House

House of Lords

Librarians' tools

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