Local Government Finance: Tyne and Wear
(asked on 13th July 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the change in the core spending power of the (a) South Tyneside and (b) Gateshead local authorities has been in each year since 2010-11.
The definition of spending power has changed over the period 2010-11 to 2019-20, with core spending power being first introduced at the 2016-17 Local Government Finance Settlement. The changes in definition mean that combining these year on year changes to calculate an overall change for the period 2010-11 to 2019-20 is not meaningful. The table below shows the year on year change in spending power over the period 2010-11 to 2019-20:
| 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 |
South Tyneside | -8.8% | -5.6% | -1.2% | -4.6% | -3.8% | -4.1% | 2.0% | 0.3% | 1.6% |
Gateshead | -7.3% | -3.6% | -1.4% | -4.3% | -3.6% | -3.9% | 1.9% | 0.7% | 1.9% |