division_name: Local Government Finance Bill &#8212; New Clause 6 &#8212; Determination of central and local shares
motion: <p pid="b.940.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8216;(1) In determining the central share and the local share for any relevant authority, the Secretary of State must have regard to&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.940.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">(a) the level of need in that authority, and</p>
  
  <p pid="b.940.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">(b) the likely capacity of the authority to benefit from business rate growth.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.940.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes">(2) Any assessment of the level of need shall include&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.940.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">(a) the ranking of the local authority in the Index of Multiple Deprivation,</p>
  
  <p pid="b.940.1/6" pwmotiontext="yes">(b) the level of unemployment within the authority&#8217;s area,</p>
  
  <p pid="b.940.1/7" pwmotiontext="yes">(c) the proportion of adults within the authority&#8217;s area who have a limiting long-term illness,</p>
  
  <p pid="b.940.1/8" pwmotiontext="yes">(d) the number of adults within the area who are in receipt of social care,</p>
  
  <p pid="b.940.1/9" pwmotiontext="yes">(e) the number of looked-after children within the authority, and</p>
  
  <p pid="b.940.1/10" pwmotiontext="yes">(f) the level of child poverty within the authority&#8217;s area.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.940.1/11" pwmotiontext="yes">(3) The Secretary of State must lay his assessment before the House at the same time as the Local Government Finance Report.&#8217;.&#8212;<i>(Helen Jones.)</i></p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b.940.1/12" pwmotiontext="yes">Brought up, and read the First time.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.940.1/13" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put,</i> That the clause be added to the Bill.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b.940.1/14" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="b.940.1/15" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 202, Noes 275.</p>