(2) what the (a) cash and (b) percentage change has been in Government support per 1,000 people in each London local authority since 1997.
Information on the amount of and percentage change in Government funding for each London local authority since 1997, both actual and per 1,000 people, has been made available in tables which have been placed in the Library of the House.
Government funding is defined here as the sum of specific grants inside Aggregate External Finance (AEF), formula grant (Revenue Support Grant, Redistributed business rates and Police Grant) and General Greater London Authority (GLA) Grant.
The figures exclude grants outside AEF (i.e. where funding is not for an authority’s core services, but is passed to a third party; for example, as in the case of mandatory student awards), capital grants, funding for local authorities’ housing management responsibilities and those grant programmes (such as European funding) where authorities are simply one of the recipients of funding paid towards an area.
The grants made to Westminster city council in each year since 1997-98 by this Department, as recorded by the council in the Communities and Local Government Revenue returns, are shown in the following table (all figures in £000s):
Grants £000 1997-98 Nil 1998-99 Other grants within AEF 50 1999-2000 The Private Finance Initiative 341 2000-01 The Private Finance Initiative 524 Other grants within AEF 1,014 2001-02 Neighbourhood Renewal Fund 749 The Private Finance Initiative 504 Other grants within AEF 2,002 2002-03 Supporting People Implementation Grant 313 Neighbourhood Renewal Fund 1,123 The Private Finance Initiative 491 Other grants within AEF 690 2003-04 Local Public Service Agreement Performance Reward 36 Neighbourhood Renewal Fund 1,779 Planning Delivery 51 The Private Finance Initiative 472 Supporting People Administration 344 Supporting People Programme 18,193 Other 6,791 2004-05 Homelessness Strategies 6,896 Local Public Service Agreement Performance Reward 193 Neighbourhood Renewal Fund 1,468 Neighbourhood Wardens 256 Planning Development 426 Supporting People Administration 336 Supporting People Programme—Housing 17,787 Other 2,969 2005-06 Homelessness Strategies 6,195 Local Authority Business Growth Incentives scheme 109 Local Public Service Agreement Performance Reward 61 Neighbourhood Renewal Fund 1,486 Planning Delivery 394 Supporting People Administration 269 Supporting People Programme—Housing 17,681 Other grants within AEF 3,050 2006-07 Homelessness Strategies 6,500 Local Authority Business Growth Incentives scheme 1,444 Local Public Service Agreement Performance Reward Grant 299 Neighbourhood Renewal Fund 2,347 Planning Delivery 675 Supporting People Administration Grant 269 Supporting People Programme—Housing 17,022 Other grants within AEF 3,108
The table sets out the specific grants inside aggregate external finance (AEF) (i.e. revenue grants paid for councils’ core services) paid to Westminster and excludes grants outside AEF such as capital grants, funding for local authorities' housing management responsibilities, European funding, or where authorities are simply one of the recipients of funding paid towards an area. Revenue support grant and other elements of formula grant (such as redistributed business rates and police grant) have also been excluded.
Revenue outturn data have been used from 1997-98 to 2005-06 (the last year available) and revenue account data have been used for 2006-07.
There are a number of smaller grants included in an “Other” category on the revenue returns submitted by local authorities. The totals of these are included above, although it is possible that there are grants from other Government Departments in this category. It is not possible to identify these separately within the return. The Private Finance Initiative grant has also been included above, although this will cover projects outside the policy responsibility of this Department.
Information on the amount of capital receipts reported by each London local authority over the last 10 years has been made available in a table which has been placed in the Library of the House.
Capital receipts shown are gross, excluding the portion of receipts applied in defraying the administrative costs arising from the disposal of land or housing held under Part II of the Housing Act 1985 (regulation 23(e)).