UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

<intervention id='in16'>
<speaker>
<name>O'Brien, Bill</name>
<birth_date>19290125</birth_date>
<birth_place>UK</birth_place>
<status>Mr</status>
<gender>male</gender>
<institution>
<ni country="UK">HC</ni>
</institution>
<constituency country="UK" region="Normanton"/>
<affiliation>
<hc group="NA"/>
<national_party>Lab</national_party>
</affiliation>
</speaker>
<speech id='sp16' language="EN">When considering local government expenditure and finance, will my right hon. Friend
examine the major problem that is developing in many areas because health and social care is funded by the Department
of Health and local government? Will he take into consideration the need for local authorities properly to fund health
and social care?</speech>
</intervention>

<intervention id='in17'>
<speaker>
<name>Raynsford, Nick</name>
<status>Rt Hon</status>
<gender>male</gender>
<institution>
<ni country="UK">HC</ni>
</institution>
<constituency country="UK" region="Greenwich and Woolwich"/>
<affiliation>
<hc group="NA"/>
<national_party>Lab</national_party>
</affiliation>
<post>The Minister for Local and Regional Government</post>
</speaker>
<speech id='sp17' language="EN">My hon. Friend makes a fair point, but he will be aware that under recent
settlements there has been a sustained increase in local government funding, with a 33 per cent. increase
in real terms since 1997. Specifically, the funding that is targeted on social care has increased above the
average, so the Government are well aware of the need and are putting money into local government to ensure
that the needs of communities are met without imposing unreasonable council tax increases.</speech>
</intervention>

<intervention id='in18'>
<speaker>
<name>Spelman, Caroline</name>
<status>Mrs</status>
<gender>female</gender>
<institution>
<ni country="UK">HC</ni>
</institution>
<constituency country="UK" region="Meriden"/>
<affiliation>
<hc group="NA"/>
<national_party>Con</national_party>
</affiliation>
</speaker>
<speech id='sp18' language="EN">Since 1997, council tax has risen by 70 per cent. and average bills are set
to top £1,000--the highest ever. At the same time, council tax receipts to the Treasury have soared by 80
per cent. Does the Minister accept that the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has been filling the Chancellor's
coffers by stealth and that the sooner it is gone, the sooner we can restore fairness and accountability to local
government? <omit>12 Jan 2005 : Column 284</omit></speech>
</intervention>

<intervention id='in19'>
<speaker>
<name>Raynsford, Nick</name>
<status>Rt Hon</status>
<gender>male</gender>
<institution>
<ni country="UK">HC</ni>
</institution>
<constituency country="UK" region="Greenwich and Woolwich"/>
<affiliation>
<hc group="NA"/>
<national_party>Lab</national_party>
</affiliation>
<post>The Minister for Local and Regional Government</post>
</speaker>
<speech id='sp19' language="EN">In terms of fairness and accountability, when the hon. Lady's party was in power
grants to local government were cut year after year and local authorities were faced with the real problem of
trying to meet local needs without adequate finance. Since this Government have been in power, the grant to local
government has increased by 33 per cent. in real terms, which has enabled councils to budget prudently. If she
were really worried about council tax, she would be talking to Conservative councils, because they had the
unenviable record last year of setting larger increases than Labour councils--5.4 per cent. compared with 4.7
per cent. Labour is leading the way on keeping council tax down.</speech>
</intervention>

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O_Brien, Bill
19290125
UK
Mr
male
HC
Lab
When considering local government expenditure and finance, will my right hon. Friend examine the major problem that is developing in many areas because health and social care is funded by the Department of Health and local government? Will he take into consideration the need for local authorities properly to fund health and social care?
Raynsford, Nick
Rt Hon
male
HC
Lab
The Minister for Local and Regional Government
My hon. Friend makes a fair point, but he will be aware that under recent settlements there has been a sustained increase in local government funding, with a 33 per cent. increase in real terms since 1997. Specifically, the funding that is targeted on social care has increased above the average, so the Government are well aware of the need and are putting money into local government to ensure that the needs of communities are met without imposing unreasonable council tax increases.
Spelman, Caroline
Mrs
female
HC
Con
Since 1997, council tax has risen by 70 per cent. and average bills are set to top £1,000--the highest ever. At the same time, council tax receipts to the Treasury have soared by 80 per cent. Does the Minister accept that the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has been filling the Chancellor_s coffers by stealth and that the sooner it is gone, the sooner we can restore fairness and accountability to local government?  12 Jan 2005 : Column 284
Raynsford, Nick
Rt Hon
male
HC
Lab
The Minister for Local and Regional Government
In terms of fairness and accountability, when the hon. Lady_s party was in power grants to local government were cut year after year and local authorities were faced with the real problem of trying to meet local needs without adequate finance. Since this Government have been in power, the grant to local government has increased by 33 per cent. in real terms, which has enabled councils to budget prudently. If she were really worried about council tax, she would be talking to Conservative councils, because they had the unenviable record last year of setting larger increases than Labour councils--5.4 per cent. compared with 4.7 per cent. Labour is leading the way on keeping council tax down.

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