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Mr. Janner : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when his Department last conducted a survey of the ethnic origins of its employees ; when it next plans to do so ; and whether he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar : A survey of the ethnic origins of staff was carried out last summer and the database is now
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continually updated as now staff join the Department. This Department launched its own programme of action to achieve equality of opportunity for people of ethnic minority origin in June last year. We have already achieved the objective to establish ethnic origin data on98 per cent. of our staff.Health Education and Physical Education
Mr. Rathbone : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the position of health education and physical education in the core curriculum and on how they relate to each other.
Mr. Atkins : Health education is a cross-curricular theme within the curriculum as a whole, including physical education. The terms of reference of the national curriculum working group on physical education asked it to consider the contribution which physical education can make to health education. The interim report of the group, published in February 1991, identified ways in which this contribution can be made. A copy of the report has been placed in the Library.
Licensed Teachers
Mr. Cartwright : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list those local education authorities who are currently employing licensed teachers indicating (i) the numbers employed by each authority, (ii) how many are graduates and (iii) how many are non-graduates who met the necessary criteria.
Mr. Fallon : On 28 February 439 licensed teachers were employed by local education authorities in England and Wales and, of these, 290 were graduates. The number of licensed teachers employed by individual local education authorities is as follows :
|Number
-------------------------------------
Avon |2
Barking and Dagenham |2
Barnet |28
Bedfordshire |14
Berkshire |9
Bexley |16
Brent |22
Bromley |1
Buckinghamshire |2
Calderdale |4
Cambridgeshire |4
City of London |1
Cleveland |3
Coventry |4
Cumbria |1
Essex |18
Gloucestershire |2
Hackney |24
Hammersmith and Fulham |17
Hampshire |8
Havering |15
Hereford and Worcester |4
Hertfordshire |49
Hillingdon |12
Hounslow |6
Islington |46
Kent |15
Kingston upon Thames |9
Lincolnshire |5
Newham |17
Northamptonshire |14
Redbridge |9
Shropshire |2
Staffordshire |1
Stockport |1
Suffolk |3
Surrey |6
Sutton |8
Tower Hamlets |8
Waltham Forest |2
Wandsworth |9
West Sussex |4
Westminster |10
Wiltshire |2
Secondary Schools, Torquay
Mr. Steen : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects to reply to the letter dated 28 July 1990 concerning secondary school placement in Torquay from Mr. I. W. Morton of Kingshurst, Paignton road, Stoke Gabriel, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6SJ.
Mr. Fallon : Mr. Morton's letter, and those of seven other parents on the same subject, raised difficult questions about the Sex Discrimination Act and have required detailed consultation with the local education authority. Two letters have been sent to Mr. Morton advising him of the problem and apologising for the unavoidable delay. We will reply fully to Mr. Morton's inquiries as soon as we are in a position to do so.
National Association of Governors and Managers
Mr. Dunn : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will undertake a review of the decision by his Department to grant funds to the National Association of Governors and Managers ; and if he will make a statement.
(2) if he will suspend further payments to the National Association of Governors and Managers.
Mr. Fallon : A grant of up to £40,000 has been agreed for 1991- 92. My right hon. and learned Friend is now considering a further application for funds.
Student Loans
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the current rate of student take-up of loans from the Student Loans Company ; and what number of loans he estimates will have been taken out by the end of the 1990-91 academic year and 1991-92.
Mr. Alan Howarth : As at 28 February 1991, over 109,000 students have applied for a loan from the Student Loans Company. It is too early to say what the take-up rate will be for the current academic year or, of course, for the academic year 1991-92.
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what number and percentage of applications the Student Loans Company has rejected to date.
Mr. Alan Howarth : The Student Loans Company does not reject any valid applications from students whose institutions have correctly certified them as eligible.
Where the application form is invalid--because it has not been completed correctly--the company may need, in
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certain circumstance, to invite the student to reapply. I am asking the managing director of the company, which is responsible for the administration of the scheme, to write direct to the hon. Member, giving the number of cases where this has happened.Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what costs he expects the Student Loans Company to face in collecting due loans, separating out (a) collection costs per loan for each year from 1990 to 2027, (b) annual collection costs for each year from 1990 to 2027 and (c) annual loss from loans deemed uncollectable, for the same period.
Mr. Alan Howarth : Information is not available in the form requested. The Student Loans Company expects to collect significant numbers of repayments from April 1992. The company does not yet have an approved budget for the financial year 1992-93. However, the Government have consistently forecast annual operational costs for the next few years within the range of £10 to 20 million. The company will not regard any loans as uncollectable. Where a borrower is granted deferment, he need not make any repayments, although his outstanding loan will continue to be indexed in line with inflation. Where a borrower qualifies for cancellation, the student loans legislation provides for the debt to be cancelled : there is, therefore, nothing to collect. Where a borrower defaults on his repayments, the company will seek recovery of the full sum owed, if necessary by taking him to court.
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the latest available figure for the number of student loans outstanding ; and how much is owed.
Mr. Alan Howarth : As at 28 February 1991, the Student Loans Company had made 82,176 loans, to a total value of £31.095 million.
Chief Inspector of Schools (Annual Report)
Mr. Straw : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when the latest annual report of Her Majesty's senior chief inspector of schools was (a) made available to the press, and (b) placed before Parliament ; and in what manner.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke : Copies of the report were made available to the press at 12.00 on 13 February, the day of publication. Copies were dispatched to the Vote Office by first-class post on the day before publication. Opposition spokesmen were sent copies and further copies were placed in the Library on the day of publication.
Mr. Straw : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make copies of the latest annual report of Her Majesty's senior chief inspector of schools available to hon. and Right hon. Members through the Vote Office.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke : On 12 February 200 copies were sent to the Vote Office.
Mr. Straw : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science on what date he first saw a draft of the latest annual report of Her Majesty's senior chief inspector of schools, and whether any amendments to the draft were made at the suggestion of Ministers.
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Mr. Kenneth Clarke : The senior chief inspector submitted his annual report to me on 4 February and it was published on 13 February.
Ministers made no suggestions of any changes to the report which was published in the form in which it was submitted.
Mr. Straw : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will set out in detail the procedures for the forthcoming appointment of a new holder of the office of Her Majesty's senior chief inspector of schools, including the nature of the involvement of Ministers in the appointment.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke : The Civil Service Commission is organising an open competition which is being advertised widely in terms which I approved. Selection will be on merit and those selected for interview will appear before a board, chaired by the first civil service commissioner, on which my Department will be represented by senior officials and which will include a distinguished outside member. The board's recommendation will be made to me in the usual way. Her Majesty's inspectors of schools are appointed by Her Majesty the Queen, on the recommendation of the holder of my office, as required by section 77(2) of the Education Act 1944.
Wavertree Church of England School
Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what capital works required at Wavertree Church of England school he authorised at the time of its establishment ; when they will be completed ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Fallon : Statutory proposals approved on 22 June 1990 provided for the site and buildings of Wavertree Church of England voluntary controlled school to be upgraded and extended as necessary in order to accommodate about 210 pupils, including pupils displaced by the closure of St. Mary's and St. Bridget's CE voluntary controlled primary schools.
In setting Liverpool's annual capital guideline (ACG) for 1991-92 we have taken full account of the authority's plans for this project. It is, however, for local education authorities to decide what capital projects to undertake, and when, taking account of their obligation to implement approved statutory proposals.
Barkestone Church of England School
Mr. Latham : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement on the future of the premises and property of Barkestone Church of England school, Leicestershire.
Mr. Fallon : The future of the premises and property of Barkestone Church of England school will be determined strictly in accordance with the provisions of the proposed Diocese of Leicester (Educational Endowments) Order 1991. The order authorises the Leicester diocesan board of education to sell any of the property of the schools comprised in the order and, until sale, to let or otherwise manage such properties according to the general law applicable to the management of property held on trust for charitable purposes. In the case of Barkestone Church of England school, the diocesan board of education has indicated that it will not sell the former school premises
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but make them available for local community purposes under a lease. The diocesan board has indicated also that the teacher's house will not be sold for the time being, although there are plans to sell the agricultural land which comprises part of the trust property.NORTHERN IRELAND
Low-energy Light Bulbs
Mr. Cartwright : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he is taking to encourage the use of low-energy light bulbs in his Department's offices and other buildings.
Dr. Mawhinney : The use of low-energy lighting is being promoted as part of a major Government effort to increase energy efficiency, with the target of a 15 per cent. reduction in overall energy consumption in Government buildings by 1995. A recent consultative paper on energy efficiency issued by the Department of Economic Development highlighted a wide range of energy conservation measures, including low-energy lighting. Departments have been asked to identify areas where energy efficiency can be improved. Moreover, where necessary, the cost of worthwhile projects will be taken into account when financial allocations are being made.
Royal Mail
Mr. McGrady : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what discussions he has had with the chairman of the Post Office on the reorganisation of the royal mail service in Northern Ireland ;
(2) what assessment he has made of the effect of the reorganisation of the royal mail service in Northern Ireland on unemployment in the constituency of South Down.
Railway Crossings
Mr. Clifford Forsythe : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the enabling legislation authorising Northern Ireland Railways to install automatic half barriers to selected open crossings is to be tabled ; and if he will name the crossings concerned.
Mr. Needham : Orders in relation to the conversion of 13 automatic open crossings to automatic half-barrier level crossings are in preparation and are scheduled to come into operation as follows :
Crossing |Operation date ------------------------------------------------------ Slaght |2 September 1991 Killagan |16 September 1991 Galgorm |30 September 1991 Broughdone |14 October 1991 Glarryford |28 October 1991 Dunloy |11 November 1991 Caldanagh |25 November 1991 Ballyboyland |9 December 1991 Barmouth |6 January 1992 Umbra |20 January 1992 Magilligan |3 February 1992 Bellarena |17 February 1992 Cromore |2 March 1992
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Residential Homes
Rev. Martin Smyth : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish tables, broken down by area health and social service board showing, for each of the last three years where figures are available, (i) social security expenditure on income support for residents of private and voluntary residential care and nursing homes, broken down by age and client group, and (ii) expenditure on board residential care and other services for elderly people.
Mr. Hanley [holding answer 28 February 1991] : The only readily available information about expenditure on income support relates to the position at 1 October 1990 and is as follows :
Weekly expenditure on income support at 1 October 1990
|Up to 59 |60 years or
|years |over
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|£ |£
Homes for persons in need
Age and infirmity |3,059 |104,824
Elderly and blind or elderly and
entitled to the higher rate of
attendance allowance |- |26,060
Mental disorder |5,313 |10,210
Drug or alcohol dependence |950 |918
Mental handicap |19,541 |4,198
Physical disablement under
pensionable age |6,372 |5,095
Physical disablement over
pensionable age |- |4,891
Nursing homes
Mental disorder |1,180 |13,165
Mental handicap |6,967 |4,419
Drug or alcohol dependence |776 |959
Physical disablement under
pensionable age |29,654 |49,988
Physical disablement over
pensionable age |- |29,401
Terminal illness |8,374 |338,671
Others |693 |71,064
Totals |82,919 |663,863
Grand totals 746,782
Expenditure by each health and social services board for the last three years available on residential accommodation for the elderly was :
<
Year ended 31 March
|1988 |1989 |1990
Board |£ million|£ million|£ million
------------------------------------------------------------
Northern |7.0 |7.2 |7.3
Southern |4.2 |4.5 |4.6
Eastern |11.4 |11.8 |12.6
Western |4.1 |4.2 |4.6
|-- |-- |--
Total |26.7 |27.7 |29.1
However, for facilities such as day centres and services such as home help and meals it is not possible to separate expenditure on a specific client group such as the elderly and this expenditure has not been included in the above figures.
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ENVIRONMENT
Fire Services
Mr. O'Hara : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment following the decision to transfer funding for the Fire Service College to local fire brigades, what amount has been added to the RSG in respect of this commitment ; where information is available as to the sums allocated to each authority ; who may inspect this information ; what account was taken of these changes indetermining the standard spending assessments for metropolitan fire and civil defence authorities ; and where this information is available.
Mr. Key : In 1990-91 the Fire Service College will receive £7,595, 000 as its share of the revenue support grant total for England. In 1991-92 it will receive £5,630,734. Additionally, for 1991 -92 the total standard spending assessment for the fire and civil defence block takes account of the new arrangements whereby the college recovers part of its costs through charges. This is reflected in the standard spending assessments of individual authorities. However, grant is distributed on the basis of authorities' total SSAs and it is therefore not possible to say what proportion of their grant entitlements relates to any specific task or function.
Local Government Finance
Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will consider extending the grounds for exemption from the poll tax to include severe physical handicap as well as severe mental impairment.
Mr. Key : Our review of local government finance is considering all aspects of the community charge. Under the present arrangements people with disabilities may be helped by the community charge benefit disability and severe disability premiums.
Mr. Graham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will make it his policy to exempt from the poll tax wives whose husbands were sole earners and have either absconded or been jailed.
Mr. Key : Our review of local government finance is considering all aspects of the community charge.
Mr. Graham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many ex-service men who receive a war pension are exempted from paying (a) all and (b) 80 per cent. of the poll tax ; and in how many cases the war pension payable to ex-service men is taken into account in calculating the liability of the pensioner's partner for the poll tax.
Mr. Key : This information is not available. Although entitlement to a war pension does not confer exemption from the personal community charge, local authorities must disregard the first £10 of and have the discretion to disregard the whole or part of the rest of a person's war disablement pension when calculating community charge benefit. If a partner is in prison, the decision whether a community charge benefit claim should be assessed on a joint basis will depend on whether, in the opinion of the local authority, the partners are still members of the same household.
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Mr. Fraser : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the actual current expenditure of each London borough per poll tax payer.
Mr. Key : The available information is as follows :
Net revenue expenditure per head of relevant population ------------------------------------- City of London |26,186 Camden |1,392 Greenwich |1,428 Hackney |1,802 Hammersmith and Fulham |1,460 Islington |1,563 Kensington and Chelsea |1,420 Lewisham |1,212 Southwark |1,400 Tower Hamlets |1,883 Wandsworth |1,176 Westminster |1,286 Barking and Dagenham |914 Barnet |751 Bexley |757 Brent |1,230 Bromley |648 Croydon |799 Ealing |1,067 Enfield |871 Harrow |841 Havering |753 Hillingdon |885 Hounslow |1,037 Kingston-upon-Thames |818 Merton |896 Newham |1,340 Redbridge |771 Richmond-upon-Thames |733 Sutton |819 Waltham Forest |1,147
Lambeth and Haringey have not supplied figures which enable the calculation to be made.
Mr. Fraser : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the standard spending assessment for each London borough expressed in terms of spending per poll tax payer.
Mr. Key : The standard spending assessments for each London borough for 1991-92 in pounds per charge payer are listed in the table :
|1991-92
|SSA
|(£ /adult)
-----------------------------------------------
City of London |11,762
Camden |1,403
Greenwich |1,191
Hackney |1,920
Hammersmith and Fulham |1,335
Islington |1,551
Kensington and Chelsea |1,178
Lambeth |1,718
Lewisham |1,295
Southwark |1,455
Tower Hamlets |1,872
Wandsworth |1,262
Westminster |1,548
Barking and Dagenham |976
Barnet |882
Bexley |847
Brent |1,339
Bromley |754
Croydon |950
Ealing |1,187
Enfield |966
Haringey |1,345
Harrow |906
Havering |795
Hillingdon |881
Hounslow |1,011
Kingston upon Thames |885
Merton |865
Newham |1,519
Redbridge |914
Richmond upon Thames |740
Sutton |846
Waltham Forest |1,210
Mr. Blair : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many students were estimated to be in Cambridge for the purposes of calculating the community charge ; what factors have led to the increase in charge levels for 1991-92 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Key : The number of students notified to the Department of the Environment by Cambridge city council and used for the purposes of calculating revenue support grant was 15,020. The community charge set by each district council is a matter for it to decide.
Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much assistance a couple living in a property of (a) half and (b) three quarters average rateable value in Rugby and Kenilworth will receive under the community charge reduction scheme in 1991-92.
Mr. Key : If Rugby borough council sets its community charge next year at or above £332, a couple who have not moved since 31 March 1990 living in a property of half average rateable value could look forward to a reduction of £272 between them and for a couple living in a property of threequarters average rateable value, £128 between them. If Warwick council sets its community charge next year at or above £344, the reduction for a couple living in that area who have not moved since 31 March 1990 would be (a) £248 between them and (b) £80 between them.
Mr. Norris : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many households in Hackney were in receipt of transitional protection in 1990-91.
Mr. Key : No information is available on the numbers of households in each authority area in receipt of transitional relief. Relief grant claim forms from the local authority indicate that 19,000 charge payers in Hackney have benefited from transitional relief this financial year.
Mr. Latham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will set out in tabular form details of the exact effects on community charge payers in (a) Charnwood borough, (b) Melton borough and (c) Rutland district councils of the community charge reduction scheme ; and how many charge payers are likely to benefit in each case.
Mr. Key : No information is yet available on the numbers of people in each charging authority area who will benefit from a reduction. The figures in the table show the benefit of the community charge reduction scheme in
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Charnwood, Melton and Rutland for couples who have not moved since 31 March 1990 living in properties of (a) three quarters average rateable value and (b) half average rateable value for the area if the authorities concerned set a community charge in 1991-92 which is at or above their scheme charge.
.
Benefit for couples from 1991-92 community
charge reduction
scheme
|Scheme|(a) |(b)
|charge
|£ |£ |£
----------------------------------------------
Charnwood borough |342 |202 |328
Melton borough |339 |220 |338
Rutland district |340 |173 |307
Mr. Latham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will list the district councils within Leicestershire which have increased their levels of community charge in 1991-92 by more than the benefit which their charge-payers have received from central funding of the safety net ; to what factors he attributes these increases ; and how they will be affected by the community charge reduction scheme.
Mr. Key : As far as I am aware, no district council in Leicestershire has yet decided upon its community charge for 1991-92.
A list of the authorities in Leicestershire which are contributing to the safety net, together with the amount of their contributions, is given in the table. Contributions will not be required in 1991-92.
|£
------------------------------------------
Blaby |881,265
Charnwood |3,208,998
Harborough |1,444,158
Hinckley and Bosworth |505,101
Oakby and Wigston |502,287
Rutland |684,308
Entitlement to reductions under the community charge reduction scheme will be based on the scheme listed in the Community Charge Reduction Scheme Report (England), laid before Parliament on 18 February, or the local authority's set charge in 1991-92, whichever is the lower.
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is his estimate of the number of local authorities who will receive special grant payments for income forgone because of exempting Gulf personnel from the poll tax ;
(2) if he intends to publish any further details on the operation of the scheme to compensate local authorities for income forgone due to exempting Gulf personnel from the poll tax ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Portillo : The number of authorities which will benefit from the scheme is not yet known. Further details of the operation of the scheme will be issued shortly, following discussions between my Department and the local authority associations.
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the information available, including forecasts, from the capital monitoring returns from local authorities on the likely level of (a) housing capital receipts, (b) non-housing capital receipts and (c)
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all capital receipts generated in 1990-91 in (i) England and (ii) in each class of authority ; and what is the amount that will have to be set aside as provision for credit liabilities.Mr. Portillo : The quarterly capital payments return (CPR2) submitted by local authorities covers outturn data for April to September 1990-91 and provides a forecast for the whole of 1990-91. The returns made by local authorities together with estimates for non-response suggest the likely level of all capital receipts generated in 1990-91 to be as follows :
|£ million
---------------------------------------------------
County councils |284
Metropolitan districts |697
London boroughs |873
Non-Metropolitan districts |1,558
Other authorities |218
All England |3,629
Local authorities report that of the £3,629 million they expect to receive in 1990-91, £1,195 million will be usable capital receipts, hence the reserved part will be £2,434 million which must be set aside as provision for credit liabilities.
Local authorities are not required to provide separate forecasts for housing and non-housing capital receipts.
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish details of the information sent to local authorities during February on the treatment of service men in the Gulf regarding poll tax liability.
Mr. Portillo : My Department has not issued any such advice to local authorities during February. On 19 February my right hon. Friend the Member for Henley explained to the House that it was the Government's intention that soldiers and associated civilians posted to the Gulf should not pay the charge for the duration of their posting. In the light of the recent High Court judgment in the case of Bradford MBC v. Anderton we are currently considering what steps need to be taken to realise this objective.
Mr. Dunn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much assistance a couple living in a property of half average rateable value in Sevenoaks will receive under the community charge reduction scheme in 1992.
Mr. Key : If Sevenoaks council sets its community charge next year at or above £281, a couple who have not moved since 31 March 1990 living in a property of half average rateable value could look forward to a reduction of £221 between them.
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing for (a) each local authority, (b) each class of authority and (c) England as a whole the capital receipts accumulated by 31 March 1990 and his best estimates of the amount set aside as provision for credit liabilities in 1990-91 from (i) housing capital receipts, (ii) non-housing capital receipts and (iii) all capital receipts.
Mr. Portillo : I have today arranged for the available information to be placed in the Library of the House.
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the cost of implementing and
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administering the community charge in each of the 32 London boroughs and in the City of London (i) during 1989-90 and (ii) during 1990-91, (a) funded by the Government and (b) in fact incurred ; and what is the estimate of the cost of the same activity for each of the same local authorities for the financial year 1991-92.Mr. Key [holding answer 1 March 1991] : I will write to the hon. Member.
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the cost to his Department of (a) implementing and (b) monitoring the community charge in England in the financial years (i) 1989- 90 and(ii) 1990-91 ; and what is his estimate of the cost for 1991-92.
Mr. Key [holding answer, 1 March 1991] : The information is not available in the form requested. The outturn costs for 1989-90 and 1990 -91 and estimated costs for 1991-92, excluding accommodation, publicity and publications, of the local government finance policy directorate in my department, which deal with all aspects of local government finance, including the community charge, are as follows :
£ 000s |Total --------------------------- 1989-90 |2,591 1990-91 |2,705 1991-92 |2,983
Mrs. Currie : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for every year since 1975 the total spent by local authorities in cash and real terms, and the proportions of funds from Government, from business and from households or individuals with an estimate for 1990-91.
Mr. Key [holding answer 26 February 1991] : The available information is as follows :
Local authority net expenditure financed from relevant
grants, rates and balances
Cash At 1990-91 prices
|England |England |England |England
|and Wales |and Wales
|£ million|£ million|£ million|£ million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
<1>1975-76 |10,102 |- |36,534 |-
1976-77 |11,293 |- |35,972 |-
1977-78 |12,195 |- |34,169 |-
1978-79 |13,631 |- |34,445 |-
1979-80 |15,956 |- |34,556 |-
1980-81 |19,307 |- |35,336 |-
1981-82 |21,314 |20,106 |35,574 |33,558
1982-83 |- |21,952 |- |34,209
1983-84 |- |23,263 |- |34,650
1984-85 |- |24,119 |- |34,188
<2>1985-86 |- |24,284 |- |32,644
1986-87 |- |26,629 |- |34,614
1987-88 |- |28,943 |- |35,678
1988-89 |- |31,334 |- |35,998
<3>1989-90 |- |33,403 |- |36,075
<4>1990-91 |- |36,434 |- |36,434
<1> Figures for 1975-76 are estimates
<2> London Regional Transport excluded from 1985-86
<3> Polytechnics excluded from 1989-90
<4> Revenue expenditure to compare with TSS
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Proportions met by relevant grants and rates
|Government |Non-domestic |Domestic
|grants<1> as |rates<2> as |rates/
|percentage |percentage |community
|of local |of local |charges<3> as
|authority |authority |percentage
|expenditure |expenditure |of local
|authority
|expenditure
----------------------------------------------------------------------
<4>1975-76 |67 |23 |14
<4>1976-77 |66 |22 |14
<4>1977-78 |63 |23 |17
<4>1978-79 |61 |22 |16
<4>1979-80 |60 |22 |17
<4>1980-81 |59 |23 |17
1981-82 |56 |25 |20
1982-83 |53 |26 |21
1983-84 |54 |26 |19
1984-85 |54 |26 |20
1985-86 |54 |28 |21
1986-87 |50 |28 |22
1987-88 |49 |28 |23
1988-89 |46 |28 |24
1989-90 |44 |28 |25
1990-91 |42 |29 |28
<1> For the years 1975-76 to 1989-90 Government grants comprise
aggregate Exchequer grant and rate rebate grants. For 1990-91
Government grants are made up of revenue support grant, special
grants, specific grants, aggregate external finance, community charge
benefits and transitional relief grants.
<2> Net of rate rebates.
<3> Net of rate rebates for the years 1979-80 to 1989-90. Net of
community charge benefits and transitional relief in 1990-91.
<4> England and Wales.
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