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WALES

Local Government Finance

Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the estimated level of Government financial

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support for each of the new unitary local authorities and for Wales as a whole in constant prices for (a) 1994-95, (b) 1995-96 and (c) 1996-97, indicating the percentage yearly change in each case and the overall cumulative change (i) net of community care and the estimated cost of local government reorganisation and (ii) including community care and the estimated cost of local government reorganisation. [8885]

Mr. Gwilym Jones [holding answer 18 January 1996]: The figures for 1995-96, redistributed on a unitary authority basis, and final figures for 1996-97 estimated at 1995-96 prices are set out in the following table. No estimates are available for 1994-95.

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Government financial support for unitary authorities

		Central government support at constant 1995-96 prices (£ thousands)(34)
	Net of community care			Inclusive of community care
Unitary authority	1995-96(35)	1996-97(36)	Percentage change	1995-96(35)	1996-97(36)	Percentage change
Anglesey	48,805	47,280	-3.1	51,847	50,792	-2.0
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire	84,787	84,493	-0.3	90,412	91,115	0.8
Aberconwy and Colwyn	68,819	67,493	-1.9	74,766	73,804	-1.3
Denbighshire	61,226	63,680	4.0	66,039	68,712	4.0
Flintshire	89,704	87,472	-2.5	95,474	93,694	-1.9
Wrexham	78,626	76,836	-2.3	84,010	82,639	-1.6
Powys	92,555	90,351	-2.4	98,001	96,859	-1.2
Cardiganshire	46,862	49,953	6.6	49,926	53,605	7.4
Pembrokeshire	79,745	78,432	-1.6	84,412	83,879	-0.6
Carmarthenshire	120,020	115,764	-3.5	128,068	125,339	-2.1
Swansea	156,525	151,340	-3.3	166,929	163,108	-2.3
Neath and Port Talbot	98,393	99,205	0.8	105,028	106,790	1.7
Bridgend	88,495	85,476	-3.4	93,399	91,705	-1.8
The Vale of Glamorgan	74,708	71,330	-4.5	79,263	76,550	-3.4
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff	172,578	176,136	2.1	182,725	189,516	3.7
Merthyr Tydfil	46,985	46,759	-0.5	49,505	50,081	1.2
Caerphilly	120,393	119,816	-0.5	126,734	127,684	0.7
Blaenau Gwent	54,145	57,144	5.5	57,285	60,801	6.1
Torfaen	64,245	63,311	-1.5	67,720	67,289	-0.6
Monmouthshire	48,917	47,089	-3.7	52,245	50,924	-2.5
Newport	96,171	93,107	-3.2	101,632	99,485	-2.1
Cardiff	197,087	198,101	0.5	208,794	211,832	1.5
Wales	1,989,794	1,970,570	-1.0	2,114,214	2,116,203	0.1

(1) Comprises revenue support grant and the distributable amount from non-domestic rates, and, for 1996-97, grant under the council tax reduction scheme.

(2) Derived from indicative unitary authority standard spending assessments issued on 27 October 1995.

(3) Estimates derived from the final 1996-97 local government revenue settlement.

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Provision for reorganisation costs is separate from, and additional to, the revenue settlement. For 1995-96 the Welsh Office has issued supplementary credit approvals--SCAs--of £23.1 million to county and district authorities and unitary authorities and is paying special grant of £17.6 million to the new unitary authorities to cover their running costs. For 1996-97 a further £40.0 million in SCAs is being provided to the new authorities and £2 million in special grant to meet the balance of 1995-96 running costs.

The distribution of special grant resources is given in the following table. The distribution of SCAs for 1996-97 will not be known until later in the year.

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Special grant paid to unitary authorities£000

	Grant paid in 1995-96	Balance to be paid in 1996-97(34)
Anglesey	717	80
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire	848	94
Aberconwy and Colwyn	843	94
Denbighshire	782	87
Flintshire	813	90
Wrexham	801	89
Powys	825	92
Cardiganshire	715	79
Pembrokeshire	795	88
Carmarthenshire	881	98
Swansea	867	96
Neath and Port Talbot	862	96
Bridgend	753	84
Vale of Glamorgan	747	83
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff	921	102
Merthyr Tydfil	711	79
Caerphilly	881	98
Blaenau Gwent	719	80
Torfaen	730	81
Monmouthshire	724	80
Newport	758	84
Cardiff	857	95
Wales	17,550	1,950

(34) Subject to submission of audited claim.

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Mr. Win Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what is the annual increase in the 1996-97 standard spending assessment for each unitary authority excluding funding for the police and community care; [10281]

(2) if he will list the standard spending assessment for each local authority and for Wales as a whole excluding the amount specifically provided for community care (a) for 1995-96 and (b) 1996-97. [10282]

Mr. Gwilym Jones [holding answer 18 January 1996]: The information requested is given in the following tables. Table 1 gives the 1995-96 standard spending assessments excluding allocations for community care for counties and districts. Table 2 shows the indicative 1995-96 SSAs for unitary authorities and compares them to the final SSAs for 1996-97--excluding allocations for community care.

Table 1: Standard spending assessments 1995-96 (excluding community care)£ thousand

Alyn and Deeside	10,296
Colwyn	8,520
Delyn	9,339
Glyndwr	5,473
Rhuddlan	8,900
Wrexham Maelor	16,574
Carmarthen	7,869
Ceredigion	10,446
Dinefwr	6,027
Llanelli	13,294
Preseli Pembrokeshire	11,477
South Pembrokeshire	8,104
Blaenau Gwent	15,568
Islwyn	11,729
Monmouth	9,879
Newport	22,305
Torfaen	13,584
Aberconwy	8,609
Arfon	9,890
Dwyfor	6,035
Meirionnydd	6,187
Ynys Mon	11,242
Cynon Valley	13,659
Merthyr Tydfil	12,135
Ogwr	21,279
Rhondda	17,622
Rhymney Valley	15,879
Taff Ely	14,662
Brecknock	6,631
Montgomeryshire	7,679
Radnorshire	3,486
Cardiff	45,787
Vale of Glamorgan	15,063
Port Talbot	9,004
Lliw Valley	9,039
Neath	10,389
Swansea	32,710
Clwyd	247,421
Dyfed	225,558
Gwent	273,652
Gwynedd	149,413
Mid Glamorgan	345,059
Powys	85,432
South Glamorgan	252,734
West Glamorgan	224,574
Total Districts	466,373
Total counties	1,803,842
Total local authorities	2,270,215

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Table 2: Standard spending assessments (excluding community care)(£ thousand)

	1995-96(35)	1996-97	Difference	Percentage difference
Anglesey	56,029	57,194	1,164	2.1
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire	97,151	99,599	2,449	2.5
Aberconwy and Colwyn	81,199	83,563	2,365	2.9
Denbighshire	71,146	73,384	2,238	3.1
Flintshire	104,391	106,166	1,775	1.7
Wrexham	90,503	92,595	2,092	2.3
Powys	105,907	108,961	3,055	2.9
Cardiganshire	54,124	56,162	2,038	3.8
Pembrokeshire	91,748	94,833	3,085	3.4
Carmarthenshire	136,410	138,519	2,109	1.5
Swansea	178,516	181,451	2,935	1.6
Neath and Port Talbot	110,739	112,657	1,917	1.7
Bridgend	100,955	101,186	231	0.2
Vale of Glamorgan	87,991	89,270	1,280	1.5
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff	190,489	193,338	2,850	1.5
Merthyr Tydfil	51,315	52,446	1,131	2.2
Caerphilly	134,227	136,242	2,014	1.5
Blaenau Gwent	59,832	60,738	906	1.5
Torfaen	72,584	73,709	1,125	1.5
Monmouthshire	58,768	60,104	1,335	2.3
Newport	108,999	110,963	1.963	1.8
Cardiff	227,193	230,924	3,731	1.6
Wales	2,270,215	2,314,005	43,790	1.9

(35) Indicative SSAs released on 27 October 1995.

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Mr. Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list in (a) cash and (b) real terms the amount available to local authorities in Wales from non-domestic rates in each year from 1990-91 to 1996-97; and what proportion of local government revenue this was in each year. [10286]

Mr. Jones [holding answer 18 January 1996]: The information requested is given in the following table.

Distributable non-domestic rates (£ million)

	Cash terms	At 1990-91 prices	As a proportion of local government net revenue expenditure (per cent.)
1990-91	443	443	19.9
1991-92	525	494	21.1
1992-93	536	485	20.2
1993-94	470	413	17.9
1994-95	464	400	16.5
1995-96	520	437	17.6
1996-97(36)	459	375	n/a

(36) Revenue expenditure figures are not available for 1996-97.

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Mr. Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list (a) the total standard spending allocated to and (b) the amount spent by each local authority in each year from 1990-91. [10280]

Mr. Jones [holding answer 18 January 1996]: Table 1 shows the standard spending assessments for each local authority from 1990-91 to 1995-96, table 2 shows the standard spending assessments for 1996-97 and table 3 shows the net revenue expenditure for authorities over the same period as table 1. No data on expenditure are available for 1996-97.

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Table 1: Standard spending assessments for Welsh local authorities 1990-91 to 1995-96(37)£ thousand

	1990-91	1991-92	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96(38)
Alyn and Deeside	6,910	7,960	8,882	9,696	10,125	10,296
Colwyn	5,367	6,117	6,704	7,655	8,253	8,520
Delyn	5,796	6,811	7,580	8,615	9,262	9,339
Glyndwr	3,686	4,422	4,829	5,377	5,501	5,473
Rhuddlan	5,807	7,014	7,603	8,458	8,717	8,900
Wrexham Maelor	11,221	13,935	14,864	15,671	16,372	16,574
Carmarthen	5,488	6,421	6,952	7,723	7,762	7,869
Ceredigion	6,581	8,030	8,700	9,684	9,979	10,446
Dinefwr	3,542	4,335	4,977	5,602	5,866	6,027
Llanelli	8,366	10,624	11,581	12,539	12,868	13,294
Preseli Pembrokeshire	7,019	8,624	9,747	10,844	11,273	11,477
South Pembrokeshire	4,675	5,526	6,376	7,342	7,740	8,104
Blaenau Gwent	9,934	12,667	13,843	14,880	15,185	15,568
Islwyn	7,952	9,390	10,231	11,133	11,534	11,729
Monmouth	6,570	7,777	8,574	9,394	9,765	9,879
Newport	16,354	18,905	20,537	22,585	22,472	22,305
Torfaen	9,717	11,769	12,256	13,417	13,702	13,584
Aberconwy	5,341	6,672	7,410	8,488	8,740	8,609
Arfon	6,174	7,963	8,394	9,290	9,826	9,890
Dwyfor	3,734	4,729	5,108	5,882	5,996	6,035
Meirionnydd	3,911	5,099	5,282	5,757	6,068	6,187
Ynys Mon	7,218	8,943	9,539	10,812	11,248	11,242
Cynon Valley	8,517	10,524	11,675	12,966	13,374	13,659
Merthyr Tydfil	8,266	10,192	10,937	11,974	12,226	12,135
Ogwr	14,782	17,218	18,121	20,287	20,598	21,279
Rhondda	11,992	14,739	15,921	17,225	17,746	17,622
Rhymney Valley	10,610	13,426	14,128	15,410	15,882	15,879
Taff Ely	9,991	11,701	12,771	14,253	14,644	14,662
Brecknock	4,132	4,904	5,337	5,960	6,257	6,631
Montgomeryshire	4,682	5,420	5,987	6,669	7,132	7,679
Radnorshire	2,074	2,493	2,971	3,281	3,283	3,486
Cardiff	30,461	37,265	41,644	44,209	45,765	45,787
Vale of Glamorgan	10,325	12,086	13,309	15,017	15,257	15,063
Port Talbot	6,348	7,901	8,336	8,790	8,896	9,004
Lliw Valley	5,983	7,322	7,854	8,647	8,827	9,039
Neath	6,991	8,151	9,284	10,088	10,148	10,389
Swansea	23,580	28,427	29,857	32,346	32,781	32,710
Clwyd	225,384	258,105	278,847	266,580	280,306	266,705
Dyfed	202,326	232,562	251,704	242,976	253,355	241,288
Gwent	248,388	286,174	302,433	295,230	306,932	291,717
Gwynedd	142,239	159,307	168,892	162,795	169,002	160,883
Mid Glamorgan	320,076	363,783	381,246	376,664	388,857	366,613
Powys	77,653	87,670	93,187	90,374	93,656	90,776
South Glamorgan	228,696	258,854	273,622	269,164	280,920	268,620
West Glamorgan	205,437	236,544	254,570	243,329	255,622	241,661
Dyfed-Powys Police Authority	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	23,431
Gwent Police Authority	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25,280
North Wales Police Authority	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	33,329
South Wales Police Authority	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	77,734
Total district councils	310,100	375,500	408,100	447,964	461,071	466,373
Total county councils	1,650,200	1,883,000	2,004,500	1,947,112	2,028,650	1,928,262
Total police authorities	0	0	0	0	0	159,775
Total Wales	1,960,300	2,258,500	2,412,600	2,395,076	2,489,721	2,554,410

(37) No adjustments made for functional changes.

(38) For years prior to 1995-96, the SSAs for police authorities are included in the amounts for county councils.

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Table 2: Standard spending assessments for Welsh local authorities: 1996-97

	£ thousand
Anglesey	60,802
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire	106,403
Aberconwy and Colwyn	90,048
Denbighshire	78,555
Flintshire	112,559
Wrexham	98,558
Powys	115,649
Cardiganshire	59,915
Pembrokeshire	100,430
Carmarthenshire	148,358
Swansea	193,543
Neath and Port Talbot	120,451
Bridgend	107,587
The Vale of Glamorgan	94,634
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff	207,086
Merthyr Tydfil	55,859
Caerphilly	144,327
Blaenau Gwent	64,496
Torfaen	77,796
Monmouthshire	64,045
Newport	117,516
Cardiff	245,034
Dyfed-Powys Police Authority	24,338
Gwent Police Authority	31,419
North Wales Police Authority	34,659
South Wales Police Authority	75,827
Total unitary authorities	2,463,649
Total police authorities	166,242
Total Wales	2,629,891

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Table 3: Net revenue expenditure for Welsh local authorities 1990-91 to 1995-96 (£ thousand)

	1990-91 outturn	1991-92 outturn	1992-93 outturn	1993-94 outturn	1994-95 revised estimate	1995-96 budget(39)
Aslyn and Deeside	5,875	9,296	9,750	9,866	10,509	11,807
Colwyn	6,219	7,091	7,179	7,672	8,955	9,070
Delyn	7,530	6,247	8,552	8,473	12,542	11,138
Glyndwr	3,875	4,036	5,275	6,075	5,791	6,815
Rhuddlan	6,964	9,207	9,162	8,786	9,378	9,355
Wrexham Maelor	12,645	13,301	14,880	15,988	16,909	18,061
Carmarthen	4,800	5,019	5,091	6,598	8,690	11,560
Ceredigion	6,546	8,968	9,279	9,693	10,637	11,361
Dinefwr	3,332	3,878	4,877	5,667	5,695	6,410
Llanelli	8,795	10,557	11,775	13,054	15,544	17,397
Preseli Pembrokeshire	6,971	6,867	7,275	9,945	12,632	14,854
South Pembrokeshire	2,784	4,346	5,019	6,959	7,299	8,349
Blaenau Gwent	12,336	14,605	16,443	14,913	16,260	17,613
Islwyn	9,496	9,401	10,015	10,079	13,199	16,499
Monmouth	7,516	7,758	8,507	9,181	11,183	11,818
Newport	16,240	20,587	19,444	17,727	22,669	25,038
Torfaen	14,251	14,978	12,688	13,657	14,124	14,669
Aberconwy	6,478	8,450	9,129	9,428	9,087	9,490
Arfon	4,980	7,751	8,672	8,571	10,752	10,978
Dwyfor	5,699	4,692	5,106	5,217	7,138	8,172
Meirionnydd	5,495	6,505	6,257	6,003	6,399	7,075
Ynys Mon	9,688	9,686	10,253	10,735	12,514	14,287
Cynon Valley	8,783	10,334	11,845	12,078	13,027	15,248
Merthyr Tydfil	8,648	10,580	11,404	12,033	12,340	12,240
Ogwr	18,657	17,545	18,747	19,952	20,697	21,697
Rhondda	12,630	12,287	12,911	16,746	19,251	23,543
Rhymney Valley	12,826	13,988	15,202	16,863	16,175	16,178
Taff Ely	9,733	10,429	12,195	15,443	16,938	16,183
Brecknock	4,273	4,698	5,077	5,513	7,502	8,266
Montgomeryshire	4,476	5,341	5,671	6,093	7,683	7,978
Radnorshire	2,095	2,817	2,948	3,310	3,733	3,561
Cardiff	38,739	41,397	41,279	44,737	48,269	48,945
Vale of Glamorgan	8,831	12,057	13,280	15,579	16,593	17,330
Port Talbot	8,042	8,212	6,368	6,282	13,145	13,737
Lliw Valley	4,903	5,506	6,585	7,717	8,432	9,319
Neath	6,753	8,942	9,513	10,699	14,269	15,160
Swansea	31,486	36,201	35,091	32,116	35,300	35,904
Clwyd	241,714	269,547	291,250	261,453	288,281	280,517
Dyfed	210,684	234,897	258,161	253,894	266,584	261,088
Gwent	251,273	283,716	304,684	299,215	313,523	301,405
Gwynedd	144,793	158,369	168,423	164,470	175,719	170,079
Mid Glamorgan	323,255	361,185	378,157	381,519	408,049	391,938
Powys	75,332	86,954	95,386	92,917	97,015	97,284
South Glamorgan	232,522	259,964	272,136	270,076	280,334	274,040
West Glamorgan	219,065	238,965	261,812	252,306	268,065	258,048
Dyfed-Powys Police Authority	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	23,031
Gwent Police Authority	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25,280
North Wales Police Authority	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	33,328
South Wales Police Authority	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	74,733
Total district councils	349,390	393,560	412,744	439,448	501,260	537,105
Total county councils	1,698,638	1,893,597	2,030,009	1,975,850	2,097,570	2,034,399
Total police authorities	0	0	0	0	0	156,372
Total Wales	2,048,028	2,287,157	2,442,753	2,415,298	2,598,830	2,727,876

(39) Police authority budgets adjusted to exclude police grant. For years prior to 1995-96, the expenditure for police authorities is included in the amounts for county councils.

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Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for each unitary authority area and for Wales as a whole in 1996 prices the overall central Government support net of community care costs in (a) 1995-96 and (b) 1996-97. [12431]

Mr. Jones: The figures for 1995-96, redistributed on a unitary authority basis, and final figures for 1996-97, estimated at 1995-96 prices are set out in the following table.

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Government financial support for unitary authorities

		Central government support net of allocations for care in the community at constant 1995-96 prices (£ thousands)(40)
Unitary authority	1995-96(41)	(42)1996-97
Anglesey	48,805	47,280
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire	84,787	84,493
Aberconwy and Colwyn	68,819	67,493
Denbighshire	61,226	63,680
Flintshire	89,704	87,472
Wrexham	78,626	76,836
Powys	92,555	90,351
Cardiganshire	46,862	49,953
Pembrokeshire	79,745	78,432
Carmarthenshire	120,020	115,764
Swansea	156,525	151,340
Neath and Port Talbot	98,393	99,205
Bridgend	88,495	85,476
The Vale of Glamorgan	74,708	71,330
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff	172,578	176,136
Merthyr Tydfil	46,985	46,759
Caerphilly	120,393	119,816
Blaenau Gwent	54,145	57,144
Torfaen	64,245	63,311
Monmouthshire	48,917	47,089
Newport	96,171	93,107
Cardiff	197,087	198,101
Wales	1,989,794	1,970,570

(40) Comprises revenue support grant and the distributable amount from non-domestic rates, and, for 1996-97, grant under the council tax reduction scheme.

(41) Derived from indicative unitary authority standard spending assessments issued on 27 October 1995.

(42) Estimates derived from the final 1996-97 local government revenue settlement.

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