Public Expenditure: Greater Manchester
(asked on 27th May 2015) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Exchequer's per annum and per capita revenue contribution, excluding welfare payments, to Greater Manchester City Region (a) was in each of the last three years and (b) will be in each of the three years following implementation of the agreement between that city region and the Government.
With regard to contributions over the last three years, the annual determination of funding to local government is set out in the local government finance settlement which is laid before the house and published on GOV.UK each year.
The final settlement for 2015/16, including the settlement for each local authority, can be found online: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/final-local-government-finance-settlement-england-2015-to-2016.
Determinations for future years will be set as part of the spending review process.
Population estimates for Greater Manchester are provided by the ONS which can be found at the following website: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/taxonomy/index.html?nscl=Population+Estimates.
With regards to future years, on 3 November 2014, the Government signed an historic deal with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, whereby Greater Manchester will create the first directly elected metro-wide Mayor outside of London with control of a reformed earn back deal totalling £900 million over 30 years and control of a £300 million housing investment fund.
Greater Manchester Combined Authority will also be given new powers to support business growth, skills and employment, transport, and planning. In February, GM and NHS England also agreed to arrangements which will bring together £6bn of NHS and social care budgets so that joint planning of these services can deliver better care for patients.
The government also announced at Budget 2015 that it will, subject to the formal approval of GMCA, pilot a scheme in Greater Manchester and Cheshire East to enable the retention of 100% of any additional business rate growth, starting in April 2015.