To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much money per head of population has been given in

The available information is in the following tables. The figures given are for formula grant, which comprises revenue support grant, redistributed business rates and Standard Service Assessment reduction grants (where appropriate).There have been many changes to the functions and funding of local government services over the last ten years, and like-for-like comparisons of grants between ears cannot be made for years when changes have taken place unless figures are adjusted to take account of the changes.For years from 1999–2000, adjusted figures for individual shire county councils exist because the were needed to allow like-for-like comparisons as part of the floors and ceilings calculations.For years before 1999–2000, adjusted grant figures for individual shire count councils do not exist. A like-for-like comparison between 1998–99 and 1999–2000 can, however, be made using unadjusted figures. This is because there were no changes in function or funding between 1998–99 and 1999–2000 that needed reflecting by adjusting the grant figures for 1998–99.