To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is the provisional level of total spend per adult at standard spending assessment in 1991–92 for (a) Wandsworth, (b) Westminster and (c) each of the 10 district authorities of Greater Manchester;
(2) what has been the total spend per adult at standard spending assessment in 1990–91 for (a) Wandsworth, (b) Westminster and (c) each district authority in Greater Manchester.
[holding answer 13 December 1991]: A standard spending assessment represents the Government's view of the appropriate amount of revenue expenditure which would enable a prudent authority to provide a standard level of service, taking into account its physical, social and demographic characteristics.The SSAs for 1990–91 and 1991–92 expressed in £s per adult for all inner London boroughs and districts in Greater Manchester are given in the table.
1991–92 SSA | 1990–91 SSA | |
(£/adult) | (£/adult) | |
Camden | 1,403 | 1,166 |
Greenwich | 1,191 | 986 |
Hackney | 1,920 | 1,569 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 1,335 | 1,118 |
Islington | 1,551 | 1,267 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 1,178 | 1,192 |
Lambeth | 1,718 | 1,392 |
Lewisham | 1,295 | 1,019 |
Southwark | 1,455 | 1,171 |
Tower Hamlets | 1,872 | 1,591 |
Wandsworth | 1,262 | 982 |
Westminster | 1,548 | 1,276 |
Bolton | 970 | 816 |
Bury | 823 | 681 |
Manchester | 1,448 | 1,170 |
Oldham | 1,055 | 879 |
Rochdale | 1,024 | 809 |
Salford | 1,019 | 855 |
Stockport | 816 | 678 |
Tameside | 913 | 730 |
Trafford | 916 | 754 |
Wigan | 857 | 716 |