Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Port of Tyne
Port of Tyne
I am indebted to Joe Arnold, formerly a local government officer, who has kindly informed me that The Port of Tyne does in fact make sizeable contributions for local government services, as does Newcastle Airport. There is a mechanism whereby an average "tithe" (relative to the UBR of the individual councils) is calculated and collected into central funds. It is then redistributed to the individual councils served by the ports and airports involved.
I was rather hoping to uncover an unknown facet of an old Act of Parliament, which would have made interesting reading, instead I am left with egg on my face. I do hope that all parties involved will accept my sincere apologies if they viewed my comments as suggesting that nothing at all was paid to South Tyneside Council. Additionally, in case anyone was wondering if I was going to suggest privatising the Port of Tyne, I see no reason to change it's current trust status.
I have been known to be wrong before in this blog and am only too happy to apoligise for my mistakes
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I am indebted to Joe Arnold, formerly a local government officer, who has kindly informed me that The Port of Tyne does in fact make sizeable contributions for local government services, as does Newcastle Airport. There is a mechanism whereby an average "tithe" (relative to the UBR of the individual councils) is calculated and collected into central funds. It is then redistributed to the individual councils served by the ports and airports involved.
I was rather hoping to uncover an unknown facet of an old Act of Parliament, which would have made interesting reading, instead I am left with egg on my face. I do hope that all parties involved will accept my sincere apologies if they viewed my comments as suggesting that nothing at all was paid to South Tyneside Council. Additionally, in case anyone was wondering if I was going to suggest privatising the Port of Tyne, I see no reason to change it's current trust status.
I have been known to be wrong before in this blog and am only too happy to apoligise for my mistakes
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