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House of Commons

 
 

Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Tuesday 7 February 2012

 

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:

 

4089-90 and 4091-92

 

Consideration of Bill


 

Local Government Finance Bill, As Amended

 

Determination of central and local shares

 

Hilary Benn

 

Helen Jones

 

Jack Dromey

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods

 

Chris Williamson

 

NC6

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

In determining the central share and the local share for any relevant authority, the

 

Secretary of State must have regard to—

 

(a)    

the level of need in that authority, and

 

(b)    

the likely capacity of the authority to benefit from business rate growth.

 

(2)    

Any assessment of the level of need shall include—

 

(a)    

the ranking of the local authority in the Index of Multiple Deprivation,

 

(b)    

the level of unemployment within the authority’s area,

 

(c)    

the proportion of adults within the authority’s area who have a limiting

 

long-term illness,

 

(d)    

the number of adults within the area who are in receipt of social care,

 

(e)    

the number of looked-after children within the authority, and

 

(f)    

the level of child poverty within the authority’s area.

 

(3)    

The Secretary of State must lay his assessment before the House at the same time

 

as the Local Government Finance Report.’.

 


 
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