To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the bids for reorganisation costs for 1996–97 that have been made by those local authorities subject to reorganisation on 1 April 1995, 1996 and 1997 and the proportion of the bids which have now been allocated supplementary credit approval cover for 1996–97. [10840]
The amounts are as follows:
Bid | Allocation | Allocation as percentage of bid | |
1995 Reorganisation | |||
Isle of Wight Council | 1,029 | 500 | 49 |
1996 Reorganisations | |||
Hartlepool Borough | |||
Council | 3,638 | 2,150 | 59 |
Redcar and Cleveland | |||
Council | 3,980 | 3,400 | 85 |
Middlesbrough Borough | |||
Council | 3,200 | 2,750 | 86 |
Stockton on Tees Borough | |||
Council | 7,209 | 3,250 | 45 |
Bath and North East | |||
Somerset Council | 11,742 | 1— | |
Bristol City Council | 13,826 | 1— | |
North West Somerset | |||
Council | 5,301 | 3,000 | 57 |
South Gloucestershire | |||
Council | 9,541 | 3,000 | 37 |
East Riding Yorkshire | |||
Council | 18,940 | 1— | |
Kingston-upon-Hull | |||
Council | 10,544 | 1— | |
North Lincolnshire Council | 5,625 | 3,500 | 62 |
North-East Lincolnshire | |||
Council | 6,808 | 4,000 | 59 |
North Yorkshire County | |||
Council | 492 | 400 | 81 |
Selby District Council | 100 | 100 | 100 |
York District Council | 19,975 | 1— |
Bid
| Allocation
| Allocation as percentage of bid
| |
1997 Reorganisations
| |||
Bedfordshire County | |||
Council | 4,000 | 300 | 8 |
Luton Borough Council | 6,355 | 3,250 | 51 |
Milton Keynes Borough | |||
Council | 3,452 | 2,500 | 72 |
Derbyshire County Council | 6,180 | 300 | 5 |
Derby City Council | 7,840 | 2,500 | 32 |
Bournemouth Borough | |||
Council | 8,210 | 2,500 | 30 |
Poole Borough Council | 2,980 | 2,500 | 84 |
Durham County Council | 965 | 300 | 31 |
Darlington Borough | |||
Council | 4,702 | 2,500 | 53 |
East Sussex County | |||
Council | 3,585 | 300 | 8 |
Brighton Borough Council | 1,254 | 350 | 28 |
Hove Borough Council | 1,710 | 350 | 20 |
Hampshire County Council | 5,131 | 300 | 6 |
Portsmouth City Council | 9,561 | 2,500 | 26 |
Southampton City Council | 6,040 | 2,500 | 41 |
Staffordshire County | |||
Council | 5,326.7 | 300 | 6 |
Stoke on Trent City | |||
Council | 11,539 | 2,500 | 22 |
Wiltshire County Council | 1,555 | 100 | 6 |
Thamesdown Borough | |||
Council | 9,193 | 2,500 | 27 |
1 The councils of the East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull City, Bristol City, Bath and North-East Somerset and York District have been asked to reconsider whether the reorganisations in their area could be implemented more economically. If they submit revised bids by the end of January, they will be considered and allocations made during February. |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will update his answers of (a) 17 July 1995, Official Report, columns 868–69, to the hon. Member for Greenwich (Mr. Raynsford) and (b) 17 July 1995, Official Report, column 869, to the hon. Member for Wallsend (Mr. Byers) for the financial year 1994–95. [10942]
A list by region of the amounts of accumulated usable capital receipts for each English local authority at 31 March 1995 has been placed in the Library of the House. Figures for the amounts set aside as provision for credit liabilities at 31 March 1995 are not yet available.The regional totals for these amounts are:
Amounts held at 31 March 1995 (£ million) | |
Region | Usable receipts |
South-East | 958 |
South-West | 123 |
East Anglia | 74 |
West Midlands | 78 |
East Midlands | 64 |
North-West | 91 |
Yorkshire and Humberside | 37 |
Northern | 39 |
Miscellaneous authorities (all regions) | 86 |
Total | 1,550 |