Tax Take (East Midlands)

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 12 October 2010.

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Photo of Andrew Bridgen Andrew Bridgen Conservative, North West Leicestershire 2:30, 12 October 2010

What recent estimate he has made of the proportion of the central Government tax take from residents of the east midlands which is spent on that region.

Photo of Danny Alexander Danny Alexander The Chief Secretary to the Treasury

We cannot accurately disaggregate tax revenue by individual regions, but we publish regionally disaggregated public spending tables each year. Total identifiable expenditure in the east midlands was £35.4 billion in 2009-10.

Photo of Andrew Bridgen Andrew Bridgen Conservative, North West Leicestershire

I thank the Minister for that answer, but as he is well aware, Leicestershire is historically one of the lowest-funded parts of the UK for education, the police and the fire services. Can he assure me that that historically low funding settlement will be taken into account in the comprehensive spending review?

Photo of Danny Alexander Danny Alexander The Chief Secretary to the Treasury

The hon. Gentleman will have to wait until the statement on 20 October to hear the details of our spending decisions, but as I have made clear in answer to earlier questions, of course we consider it important to understand and manage the regional impact of spending cuts. We have established a regional growth fund, the details of which will be in the spending review statement, which will enable areas such as his to win support for projects that help economic growth in difficult times.