Rate Support Grant

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the amounts of the needs, domestic and resources elements of the rate support grant payable to each local authority in England and Wales for the years 1975–76; and if he will also list the factors used in determining the needs element entitlement for each authority.

The initial 1975–76 needs element entitlements, and the factors upon which they are based, are listed below. The factors, which are based on provisional information, will be brought up to date during the year and corresponding adjustments will be made to the grant payments.

NEEDS ELEMENT 1975–76
					Mid-1974 Population (provisional)	Mid-1964 Population	Education Units (provisional)	Acres	Pensioners living alone	Number of people living in wards etc. whose population density is over 50 per hectare	1974–75 Needs element (pre Increase Order) £m.	1975–76 Entitlement (provisional) £m.
METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS
Greater Manchester
Bolton	…	…	…	…	261,800	254,000	82,356	34,527	12,447	53,596	10·424	15·940
Bury	…	…	…	…	180,300	157,000	47,005	24,508	7,516	11,962	5·789	8·039
Manchester		…	…	…	516,100	627,000	173,014	28,718	24,798	323,392	32·467	45·161
Oldham	…	…	…	…	224,700	218,000	63,751	34,872	10,861	80,042	8·559	12·429
Rochdale	…	…	…	…	210,600	196,000	66,048	39,476	9,544	23,946	8·257	12·518
Salford	…	…	…	…	273,600	292,000	87,093	23,937	12,526	91,827	12·322	18·316
Stockport	…	…	…	…	294,400	273,000	86,552	31,145	11,623	40,373	10·790	15·685
Tameside	…	…	…	…	222,600	209,000	67,612	25,509	10,395	29,259	7·913	12·362
Trafford	…	…	…	…	227,400	228,000	72,322	26,104	8,669	36,154	8·544	13·156
Wigan	…	…	…	…	306,600	279,000	95,527	49,160	11,976	49,228	11·492	17·427
Merseyside
Knowsley	…	…	…	…	191,700	166,000	73,258	24,067	4,603	71,286	8·700	13·851
Liverpool	…	…	…	…	561,100	707,000	191,304	27,901	23,530	363,384	33·094	47·998
St. Helens	…	…	…	…	193,500	176,000	59,900	32,980	6,270	12,460	6·994	10·410
Sefton	…	…	…	…	307,200	299,000	95,771	36,389	12,280	122,255	11·940	18·154
Wirral	…	…	…	…	349,200	357,000	108,916	38,759	14,632	105,892	13·719	20·907
South Yorkshire
Barnsley	…	…	…	…	224,100	226,000	68,707	81,206	8,419	7,659	7·784	11·961
Doncaster	…	…	…	…	283,500	275,000	98,261	143,698	8,916	6,076	11·140	17·541
Rotherham		…	…	…	248,100	232,000	79,724	69,876	7,838	15,745	9·447	14·138
Sheffield	…	…	…	…	561,500	581,000	162,422	90,825	27,358	225,269	21·083	31·949
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead		…	…	…	222,300	226,000	64,552	35,373	9,179	65,231	8·171	12·042
Newcastle upon Tyne			…	…	297,000	326,000	89,945	27,644	14,488	152,185	14·111	20·245
North Tyneside		…	…	…	205,900	210,000	59,813	20,700	8,773	69,416	7·671	11·340
South Tyneside		…	…	…	171,700	184,000	57,188	15,720	8,103	66,883	7·622	11·946
Sunderland		…	…	…	292,600	290,000	94,199	34,022	11,221	98,414	11·491	17·700

					Mid-1974 Population (provisional)	Mid-1964 Population	Education Units(provisional)	Acres	Pensioners living alone	Number of people living in wards etc. whose population density is over 50 per hectare	1974–75 Needs, element (pre Increase Order) £m.	1975–76 Entitlement (provisional) £m.
West Midlands
Birmingham		…	…	…	1,086,500	1,155,000	343,631	65,309	40,861	455,509	50·433	71·972
Coventry	…	…	…	…	335,300	329,000	111,063	23,855	10,292	124,249	14·360	21·196
Dudley	…	…	…	…	298,700	270,000	84,284	24,203	9,421	24,882	9·422	13·694
Sandwell	…	…	…	…	320,100	338,000	96,606	21,149	11,846	97,765	12·141	18·242
Solihull	…	…	…	…	199,800	138,000	62,066	44,495	4,321	66,003	6·608	10·159
Walsall	…	…	…	…	271,100	260,000	86,706	26,209	7,962	11,563	10·333	15·243
Wolverhampton		…	…	…	268,200	264,000	87,480	17,032	8,642	61,933	10·521	15·954
West Yorkshire
Bradford	…	…	…	…	461,000	462,000	141,349	91,451	22,900	89,227	19·517	28·473
Calderdale		…	…	…	192,400	201,000	56,901	89,889	11,598	26,709	7·384	11·529
Kirklees	…	…	…	…	375,200	360,000	112,358	101,294	18,540	7,001	13·774	20·891
Leeds	…	…	…	…	748,300	724,000	219,252	138,917	33,816	133,493	27·948	41·101
Wakefield	…	…	…	…	305,300	290,000	94,484	82,328	10,884	6,630	10·693	16·316
GREATER LONDON BOROUGHS
Inner London
City of London		…	…	…	5,300	4,000	1,459	677	100	—	0·189	0·256
Camden	…	…	…	…	191,600	239,000	52,739	5,365	12,285	184,933	11·463	16·692
Greenwich		…	…	…	212,800	231,000	58,575	11,724	9,015	120,379	9·437	13·785
Hackney	…	…	…	…	208,000	252,000	57,253	4,815	11,080	220,279	12·564	17·645
Hammersmith		…	…	…	169,900	213,000	46,766	3,995	10,465	176,188	10·052	14·707
Islington	…	…	…	…	178,800	248,000	49,216	3,679	10,565	201,874	12·476	17·487
Kensington and Chelsea				…	167,400	217,000	46,078	2,952	9,835	188,224	9·350	14·203
Lambeth	…	…	…	…	295,300	334,000	81,283	6,738	14,570	307,516	16·334	23·056
Lewisham	…	…	…	…	253,100	288,000	69,667	8,581	11,780	252,358	12·539	18·474
Southwark		…	…	…	241,700	305,000	66,529	7,117	13,540	242,006	15·183	21·318
Tower Hamlets		…	…	…	150,000	202,000	41,288	4,876	8,605	140,622	10·837	14·618
Wandsworth		…	…	…	291,000	328,000	80,099	8,628	14,355	281,297	14·334	21·233
Westminster		…	…	…	218,500	269,000	60,143	5,333	14,845	226,732	11·164	17·738
Outer London
Barking	…	…	…	…	157,600	173,000	47,203	8,450	6,235	110,120	7·006	10·967
Barnet	…	…	…	…	297,200	315,000	79,157	22,124	11,565	108,997	10·408	15·956
Bexley	…	…	…	…	216,900	214,000	61,232	14,986	6,585	73,852	7·114	11·167

					Mid-1974 Population (provisional)	Mid-1964 Population	Education Units (provisional)	Acres	Pensioners living alone	Number of people living in wards etc. whose population density is over 50 per hectare	1974–75 Needs element (pre Increase Order)	1975–76 Entitlement (provisional)
Outer London											£m.	£m.
Brent	…	…	…	…	268,900	292,000	75,048	10,924	9,905	218,278	11·581	17·343
Bromley	…	…	…	…	301,500	299,000	78,329	37,509	10,320	38,930	9·458	13·906
Croydon	…	…	…	…	329,300	326,000	93,675	21,395	11,655	179,450	11·768	18·506
Ealing	…	…	…	…	294,200	302,000	78,947	13,708	10,590	185,839	10·935	16·344
Enfield	…	…	…	…	263,700	272,000	70,862	20,053	10,685	102,547	8·807	13·882
Haringey	…	…	…	…	228,800	253,000	63,897	7,490	10,650	222,701	10·578	16·083
Harrow	…	…	…	…	202,400	209,000	53,767	12,559	6,675	126,937	6·839	10·514
Havering	…	…	…	…	243,200	246,000	74,127	29,110	6,210	25,968	8·866	13·738
Hillingdon		…	…	…	232,500	232,000	64,157	27,270	6,300	10,160	8·033	11·522
Hounslow	…	…	…	…	203,300	207,000	58,431	14,462	7,505	74,017	7·887	11·989
Kingston-Upon-Thames			…	…	136,500	145,000	36,218	9,281	5,555	48,310	4·875	7·428
Merton	…	…	…	…	175,000	185,000	44,329	9,379	7,780	103,423	6·312	9·509
Newham	…	…	…	…	230,600	257,000	70,730	8,986	10,045	175,188	11·232	17·458
Redbridge		…	…	…	235,200	247,000	54,700	13,954	8,850	134 836	7·244	10·540
Richmond-upon-Thames				…	169,500	180,000	39,196	13,653	8,240	71,584	5·195	7·859
Sutton	…	…	…	…	167,200	167,000	43,370	10,729	6,625	85,264	5·401	8·319
Waltham Forest		…	…	…	230,700	243,000	59,875	9,801	10,750	176,293	8·098	12·901
NON-METROPOLITAN COUNTIES
England
Avon	…	…	…	…	915,300	854,000	255,881	332,597	35,142	239,417	32·822	46·344
Bedfordshire		…	…	…	484,300	415,000	145,674	305,089	13,130	57,568	17·482	24·936
Berkshire	…	…	…	…	653,400	560,000	200,719	310,202	17,668	47,048	27·163	36·745
Buckinghamshire			…	…	497,800	416,000	145,271	465,270	13,663	—	18·957	25·356
Cambridgeshire		…	…	…	540,700	465,000	152,462	842,406	17,706	29,757	18·878	26·149
Cheshire	…	…	…	…	902,300	772,000	270,369	575,375	29,863	108,857	31·731	46·766
Cleveland	…	…	…	…	565,600	535,000	202,645	144,086	18,163	129,073	25·369	38·937
Cornwall	…	…	…	…	396,600	350,000	106,707	876,385	17,186	11,660	12·784	18·515
Cumbria	…	…	…	…	475,700	473,000	143,627	1,682,376	19,716	6,656	22·086	30·283
Derbyshire		…	…	…	892,300	869,000	257,701	650,146	34,164	52,206	30·594	44·739
Devon	…	…	…	…	928,800	852,000	235,284	1,658,282	42,163	139,331	30·146	41·687
Dorset	…	…	…	…	570,500	516,000	141,242	655,816	28,371	35,695	17·229	24·306
Durham	…	…	…	…	610,900	607,000	186,453	601,939	23,996	30,831	21·869	33·066
East Sussex		…	…	…	658,900	608,000	147,699	443,634	45,641	175,090	20·183	28·837
Essex	…	…	…	…	1,408,100	1,193,000	400,005	907,561	48,070	138,944	53·510	72·299

					Mid-1974 Population (provisional)	Mid-1964 Population	Education Units (provisional)	Acres	Pensioners living alone	Number of people living in wards etc. whose population density is over 50 per hectare	1974–75 Needs element (pre Increase Order) £m.	1975–76 Entitlement (provisional) £m.
Gloucestershire		…	…	…	485,400	447,000	143,078	652,740	17,528	24,854	16·632	24·589
Hampshire		…	…	…	1,434,700	1,251,000	405,223	932,467	45,938	236,118	50·218	70·028
Hereford and Worcester				…	585,900	517,000	164,609	970,309	19,094	6,791	20·677	28·296
Hertfordshire		…	…	…	941,700	850,000	305,073	403,787	25,687	30,734	40·874	56·714
Humberside		…	…	…	848,800	815,000	266,635	867,655	33,533	233,700	31·685	49·026
Isle of Wight		…	…	…	110,900	96,000	27,431	94,134	5,802	2,420	3·197	4·649
Kent	…	…	…	…	1,440,800	1,269,000	400,785	922,196	58,774	119,569	53·886	73·736
Lancashire		…	…	…	1,370,100	1,288,000	395,381	751,940	66,872	281,435	49·148	73·945
Leicestershire		…	…	…	829,800	734,000	247,619	630,837	29,015	110,327	29·693	43·554
Lincolnshire		…	…	…	519,500	481,000	148,440	1,454,351	20,009	—	16·394	27·218
Norfolk	…	…	…	…	650,300	573,000	172,530	1,323,312	27,437	33,498	21·414	30·117
North Yorkshire		…	…	…	648,600	599,000	176,793	2,053,120	28,091	52,211	27·024	35·774
Northamptonshire			…	…	496,400	419,000	144,605	584,980	17,983	43,716	16·662	24·705
Northumberland		…	…	…	285,700	277,000	81,976	1,243,658	11,729	7,278	13·287	18·046
Nottinghamshire		…	…	…	981,000	929,000	297,507	534,646	36,301	121,182	35·678	53·054
Oxfordshire		…	…	…	535,300	440,000	150,523	645,310	14,186	16,635	18·676	25·067
Salop	…	…	…	…	354,400	311,000	103,365	862,441	11,628	—	12·988	18·265
Somerset	…	…	…	…	400,400	364,000	106,197	852,434	16,082	—	13·212	18·328
Staffordshire		…	…	…	991,100	885,000	291,828	671,169	30,421	52,814	35·003	49·842
Suffolk	…	…	…	…	567,300	494,000	146,891	939,046	21,963	22,532	17·823	24·499
Surrey	…	…	…	…	1,005,900	954,000	258,792	414,979	31,526	30,608	34·585	43·671
Warwickshire		…	…	…	469,500	410,000	141,235	489,409	13,767	18,707	16·317	23·768
West Sussex		…	…	…	615,400	533,000	158,565	492,068	31,680	35,002	19·761	28·294
Wiltshire	…	…	…	…	506,700	452,000	150,325	860,102	15,401	22,953	19·262	26·658
Isles of Scilly		…	…	…	2,000	2,000	473	46,120	64	—	0·160	0·244
Wales
Clwyd	…	…	…	…	373,300	332,000	109,283	599,481	15,577	7,155	13·540	19·705
Dyfed	…	…	…	…	320,100	315,000	94,020	1,424,677	12,761	3,126	15·058	20·683
Gwent	…	…	…	…	440,500	432,000	138,858	339,944	14,689	27,232	16·871	24·871
Gwynedd	…	…	…	…	223,500	214,000	64,487	955,244	11,366	9,115	10·476	14·642
Mid Glamorgan		…	…	…	539,200	521,000	165,790	251,702	18,066	6,900	19·560	28·865
Powys	…	…	…	…	100,200	100,000	30,374	1,254,656	4,097	—	7·485	10·591
South Glamorgan			…	…	391,100	387,000	119,916	102,831	13,495	90,066	15·441	22·229
West Glamorgan		…	…	…	371,400	370,000	111,942	201,665	13,063	47,061	13·220	19·635

The resources element entitlements will depend on the rates to be levied by local authorities. However, the grant entitlement of an authority may be expressed as a percentage of its net expenditure—to be met from rates and the resources and domestic elements of the rate support grant. The percentage for each authority, based on provisional population figures and therefore subject to some adjustment, is listed below, together with its initial 1975–76 domestic element entitlement. The latter figures are also subject to adjustment when up-to-date rateable values are known.

Authority	Resources entitlement as a percentage of estimated expenditure Per cent.	Domestic entitlement (provisional) £m.
GREATER MANCHESTER
Bolton	43·2	2·575
Bury	42·8	2·024
Manchester	19·7	4·912
Oldham	45·2	2·009
Rochdale	47·3	1·784
Salford	36·0	2·728
Stockport	30·5	4·042
Tameside	47·3	2·069
Trafford	8·7	3·191
Wigan	47·3	2·866
MERSEYSIDE
Knowsley	36·2	1·876
Liverpool	25·9	5·565
St. Helens	37·7	1·946
Sefton	34·8	3·775
Wirral	34·6	4·430
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Barnsley	57·6	1·627
Doncaster	47·9	2·325
Rotherham	52·3	1·952
Sheffield	36·2	4·861
TYNE AND WEAR
Gateshead	47·1	1·909
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	25·6	2·989
North Tyneside	47·4	2·048
South Tyneside	47·8	1·524
Sunderland	52·5	2·358
WEST MIDLANDS
Birmingham	17·2	13·184
Coventry	27·3	3·939
Dudley	24·2	3·972
Sandwell	11·1	3·826
Solihull	27·1	3·182
Walsall	22·4	3·384
Wolverhampton	17·1	3·424
WEST YORKSHIRE
Bradford	51·2	3·579
Calderdale	54·4	1·404
Kirklees	54·2	2·648
Leeds	39·3	6·673
Wakefield	48·7	2·388
INNER LONDON
City of London	—	0·183
Camden	—	4·409
Greenwich	16·2	3·011
Hackney	—	3·162
Hammersmith	—	2·769

Authority	Resources entitlement as a percentage of estimated expenditure Per cent.	Domestic entitlement (provisional) £m.
Islington	—	2·912
Kensington and Chelsea	—	6·129
Lambeth	—	4·447
Lewisham	26·7	3·881
Southwark	—	3·599
Tower Hamlets	—	2·499
Wandsworth	18·2	4·554
Westminster	—	8·822
OUTER LONDON
Barking	—	2·307
Barnet	—	7·056
Bexley	23·7	3·256
Brent	—	4·619
Bromley	11·9	5·681
Croydon	—	6·209
Ealing	—	4·868
Enfield	—	4·663
Haringey	13·2	3·475
Harrow	5·4	3·952
Havering	12·9	4·089
Hillingdon	—	3·904
Hounslow	—	3·316
Kingston-upon-Thames	—	2·615
Merton	0·4	3·260
Newham	10·1	2·890
Redbridge	12·8	4·194
Richmond-upon-Thames	—	3·395
Sutton	9·1	3·037
Waltham Forest	21·7	3·492
AVON
Bath	32·3	1·000
Bristol	22·7	4·516
Kingswood	48·0	0·879
Northavon	34·8	1·189
Wansdyke	41·4	0·874
Woodspring	36·3	1·919
BEDFORDSHIRE
Bedford	22·1	1·609
Luton	6·0	2·328
Mid-Bedfordshire	34·3	1·158
South Bedfordshire	6·7	1·358
BERKSHIRE
Bracknell	14·7	0·993
Newbury	21·3	1·532
Reading	1·4	1·663
Slough	—	1·346
Windsor and Maidenhead	8·5	2·113
Wokingham	27·5	1·698
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Aylesbury Vale	20·9	1·546
Beaconsfield	—	1·361
Chiltern	10·1	1·845
Milton Keynes	22·9	0·901
Wycombe	7·4	2·474
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Cambridge	—	1·478
East Cambridgeshire	48·1	0·549
Fenland	45·2	0·645
Huntingdon	39·8	1·228
Peterborough	27·8	1·204
South Cambridgeshire	30·9	1·400
CHESHIRE
Chester	20·8	1·494

Authority	Resources entitlement as a percentage of estimated expenditure Per cent.	Domestic entitlement (provisional) £m.
Congleton	35·8	0·901
Crewe and Nantwich	38·6	1·119
Ellesmere Port	—	0·991
Halton	26·4	1·023
Macclesfield	25·5	2·224
Vale Royal	28·4	1·223
Warrington	32·4	1·713
CLEVELAND
Hartlepool	39·1	0·799
Langbaurgh	20·2	1·487
Middlesbrough	43·7	1·425
Stockton-on-Tees	18·3	1·717
CORNWALL
Caradon	50·9	0·623
Carrick	38·9	0·790
Kerrier	49·8	0·746
North Cornwall	45·5	0·640
Penrith	42·4	0·560
Restormel	34·0	0·753
CUMBRIA
Allderdale	51·1	0·728
Barrow-in-Furness	55·1	0·545
Carlisle	43·6	0·854
Copeland	48·4	0·478
Eden	52·2	0·328
South Lakeland	44·6	0·961
DERBYSHIRE
Amber Valley	47·2	1·037
Bolsover	60·9	0·554
Chesterfield	38·6	0·889
Derby	27·9	2·333
Erewash	42·1	1·000
High Peak	41·9	0·723
North-East Derbyshire	54·2	0·873
South Derbyshire	30·3	0·627
West Derbyshire	46·1	0·709
DEVON
East Devon	39·1	1·333
Exeter	22·1	1·045
North Devon	46·2	0·654
Plymouth	38·3	2·600
South Hams	41·5	0·773
Teignbridge	41·5	1·065
Tiverton	51·3	0·516
Torbay	17·2	1·500
Torridge	58·5	0·381
West Devon	51·9	0·411
DORSET
Bournemouth	9·7	2·175
Christchurch	11·8	0·610
North Dorset	49·5	0·505
Poole	16·4	1·753
Purbeck	30·2	0·475
West Dorset	42·9	0·880
Weymouth and Portland	42·3	0·615
Wimborne	29·9	0·942
DURHAM
Chester-le-Street	54·8	0·450
Darlington	32·0	0·900
Derwentside	51·5	0·683
Durham	49·7	0·731
Easington	64·7	0·738
Sedgefield	53·6	0·670
Teesdale	52·8	0·173
Wear Valley	53·9	0·438

Authority	Resources entitlement as a percentage of estimated expenditure Per cent.	Domestic entitlement (provisional) £m.
EAST SUSSEX
Brighton	15·0	2·258
Eastbourne	13·2	1·254
Hastings	33·1	1·010
Hove	8·6	1·680
Lewes	23·2	1·222
Rother	24·0	1·349
Wealden	38·6	1·675
ESSEX
Basildon	16·3	1·963
Braintree	30·6	1·296
Brentwood	7·8	1·365
Castle Point	32·9	1·215
Chelmsford	13·8	1·984
Colchester	32·0	1·578
Epping Forest	14·0	2·026
Harlow	8·2	1·039
Maldon	23·1	0·636
Rochford	27·6	1·107
Southend on Sea	8·6	2·740
Tendring	30·0	1·640
Thurrock	—	1·813
Uttlesford	23·7	0·881
GLOUCESTER
Cheltenham	15·2	1·143
Cotswold	35·4	0·884
Forest of Dean	51·2	0·619
Gloucester	28·6	0·891
Stroud	37·7	1·076
Tenkesbury	31·8	0·986
HAMPSHIRE
Basingstoke	28·9	1·425
East Hampshire	36·1	1·166
Eastleigh	25·0	1·088
Fareham	36·7	1·156
Gosport	41·3	0·942
Hart	35·1	0·985
Havant	33·5	1·536
New Forest	16·9	1·822
Portsmouth	26·3	2·147
Rushmoor	25·7	0·932
Southampton	21·0	2·356
Test Valley	32·3	1·080
Winchester	26·3	1·185
HEREFORD AND WORCESTER
Bromsgrove	26·4	1·165
Hereford	27·2	0·468
Leominster	52·5	0·342
Malvern Hills	40·4	1·069
Redditch	21·8	0·607
South Herefordshire	53·1	0·453
Worcester	10·3	1·004
Wychavon	26·0	1·252
Wyre Forest	23·6	1·198
HERTFORDSHIRE
Broxbourne	19·0	1·040
Dacorum	6·7	1·893
East Hertfordshire	22·5	1·475
Hertsmere	4·6	1·504
North Hertfordshire	8·4	1·565
St. Albans	8·6	2·009
Stevenage	8·2	1·008
Three Rivers	10·7	1·421
Watford	—	1·189
Welwyn Hatfield	—	1·495

Authority	Resources entitlement as a percentage of estimated expenditure Per cent.	Domestic entitlement (provisional) £m.
HUMBERSIDE
Beverley	41·1	1·289
Boothferry	56·1	0·433
Cleethorpes	32·6	0·665
Glanford	29·5	0·568
Grimsby	36·3	0·848
Holderness	46·8	0·418
Kingston upon Hull	46·0	2·178
North Wolds	52·2	0·638
Scunthorpe	0·2	0·662
ISLE OF WIGHT
Medina	40·0	0·729
South Wight	36·3	0·579
KENT
Ashford	35·5	0·979
Canterbury	36·3	1·379
Dartford	33·8	0·861
Dover	45·0	1·067
Gillingham	42·5	1·043
Gravesham	28·0	1·135
Maidstone	35·3	1·445
Medway	22·2	1·550
Sevenoaks	36·6	1·287
Shepway	29·8	1·159
Swale	41·9	1·031
Thanet	34·8	1·494
Tonbridge and Malling	31·1	1·016
Tunbridge Wells	35·8	1·135
LANCASHIRE
Blackburn	47·6	1·064
Blackpool	30·9	1·687
Burnley	52·7	0·610
Chorley	50·0	0·795
Fylde	34·2	0·911
Hyndburn	53·9	0·573
Lancaster	43·8	1·226
Pendle	61·3	0·588
Preston	37·0	1·148
Ribble Valley	48·4	0·490
Rossendale	58·0	0·456
South Ribble	49·1	0·868
West Lancashire	39·3	1·199
Wyre	42·7	1·145
LEICESTERSHIRE
Blaby	42·3	0·976
Charnwood	28·6	1·677
Harborough	39·5	0·716
Hinckley and Bosworth	36·5	0·947
Leicester	28·7	2·577
Melton	34·7	0·491
North West Leicestershire	37·4	0·791
Oadby and Wigston	33·9	0·679
Rutland	42·7	0·319
LINCOLNSHIRE
Boston	40·1	0·511
East Lindsey	43·8	0·977
Lincoln	33·4	0·683
North Kesteven	51·6	0·735
South Holland	48·0	0·556
South Kesteven	42·0	0·926
West Lindsey	52·3	0·665
NORFOLK
Breckland	43·3	0·896
Broadland	47·3	1·126

Authority	Resources entitlement as a percentage of estimated expenditure Per cent.	Domestic entitlement (provisional) £m.
Great Yarmouth	27·5	0·834
North Norfolk	36·8	0·935
Norwich	2·7	1·359
South Norfolk	46·5	1·019
West Norfolk	38·4	1·131
NORTHAMPTON
Corby	16·6	0·543
Daventry	27·2	0·668
East Northamptonshire	45·6	0·633
Kettering	42·9	0·777
Northampton	23·7	1·671
South Northamptonshire	43·9	0·769
Wellingborough	36·4	0·657
NORTHUMBERLAND
Alnwick	52·2	0·259
Berwick upon Tweed	48·9	0·255
Blyth Valley	52·5	0·635
Castle Morpeth	45·1	0·528
Tynedale	47·5	0·513
Wansbeck	37·6	0·513
NORTH YORKSHIRE
Craven	50·3	0·405
Hambleton	49·4	0·733
Harrogate	42·0	1·475
Richmondshire	52·5	0·401
Ryedale	56·1	0·684
Scarborough	43·2	1·010
Selby	35·1	0·617
York	42·8	0·893
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Ashfield	52·2	0·876
Bassetlaw	30·0	0·863
Broxtowe	39·6	1·110
Gedling	44·9	1·138
Mansfield	49·9	0·875
Newark	46·2	0·970
Nottingham	22·9	2·792
Rushcliffe	33·6	1·121
OXFORDSHIRE
Cherwell	30·2	1·208
Oxford	4·4	1·413
South Oxfordshire	30·2	1·909
Vale of White Horse	24·2	1·278
West Oxfordshire	40·0	0·971
SALOP
Bridgnorth	39·9	0·562
North Shropshire	50·3	0·477
Oswestry	50·8	0·286
Shrewsbury and Atcham	29·5	0·975
South Shropshire	51·6	0·315
The Wrekin	38·2	1·112
SOMERSET
Mendip	41·3	0·911
Sedgemoor	37·3	0·966
Taunton Deane	36·7	0·905
West Somerset	25·4	0·360
Yeovil	42·6	1·341
STAFFORDSHIRE
Cannock Chase	39·8	0·871
East Staffordshire	31·6	0·977
Lichfield	32·9	1·143
Newcastle under Lyme	44·9	1·287
South Staffordshire	36·9	1·177
Stafford	29·8	1·326

Authority	Resources entitlement as a percentage of estimated expenditure Per cent.	Domestic entitlement (provisional) £m.
Stafford Moorlands	47·2	0·961
Stoke-on-Trent	35·6	2·456
Tamworth	37·1	0·545
SUFFOLK
Babergh	35·8	0·810
Forest Heath	42·4	0·472
Ipswich	17·6	1·447
Mid Suffolk	42·9	0·714
St. Edmundsbury	31·8	0·876
Suffolk Coastal	35·9	1·199
Waveney	41·4	1·050
SURREY
Elmbridge	—	2·401
Epsom and Ewell	12·8	1·349
Guildford	0·8	2·043
Mole Valley	16·1	1·303
Reigate and Banstead	13·8	2·000
Runnymede	18·4	1·089
Spelthorne	—	1·511
Surrey Heath	12·2	1·169
Tandridge	34·4	1·186
Waverley	18·7	1·863
Woking	11·4	1·311
WARWICKSHIRE
North Warwickshire	28·0	0·685
Nuneaton	39·7	1·296
Rugby	30·1	1·091
Stratford on Avon	21·6	1·564
Warwick	16·0	1·680
WEST SUSSEX
Adur	22·6	0·820
Arun	23·7	1·784
Chichester	26·5	1·358
Crawley	0·9	0·787
Horsham	29·8	1·242
Mid Sussex	27·8	1·544
Worthing	16·3	1·495
WILTSHIRE
Kennet	51·2	0·664
North Wiltshire	49·1	0·943
Salisbury	35·6	1·187
Thamesdown	36·4	1·317
West Wiltshire	42·8	0·949
ISLES OF SCILLY	20·4	0·025
CLWYD
Alyn-Dee	31·2	1·222
Colwyn	43·1	0·990
Delyn	51·9	1·065
Glyndwr	56·7	0·606
Rhuddlan	37·9	0·998
Wrexham Maelor	50·5	1·672
DYFED
Carmarthen	59·3	0·622
Ceredigion	57·6	0·809

Authority	Resources entitlement as a percentage of estimated expenditure Per cent.	Domestic entitlement (provisional) £m.
Dinefwr	68·8	0·392
Llanelli	54·2	0·978
Preseli	44·7	0·820
South Pembrokeshire	14·4	0·553
GWENT
Blaenau Gwent	58·4	0·949
Islwyn	66·4	0·813
Monmouth	51·1	1·102
Newport	19·2	2·393
Torfaen	52·3	1·303
GWYNEDD
Aberconwy	43·9	0·977
Arfon	60·1	0·663
Dwyfor	54·1	0·394
Meirionnydd	41·9	0·503
Ynys Mon	46·4	0·940
MID GLAMORGAN
Cynon Valley	65·1	0·675
Merthyr Tydfil	63·0	0·647
Ogwr	59·7	1·702
Rhondda	75·7	0·695
Rhymney Valley	65·1	1·230
Taff-Ely	52·5	1·093
POWYS
Brecknock	57·6	0·503
Montgomery	59·4	0·581
Radnor	47·1	0·258
SOUTH GLAMORGAN
Cardiff	29·5	5·796
Vale of Glamorgan	41·7	1·893
WEST GLAMORGAN
Afan	15·7	0·739
Lliw Valley	57·2	0·686
Neath	43·4	0·875
Swansea	49·0	3·018

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he can now say what rate support grant for 1975–76 will be available to Bedfordshire County Council; and how this figure compares with the current financial year.

The estimated initial entitlement for needs element grant in 1975–76 is £24·9 million compared with an initial figure of £17·5 million this year. This latter figure was increased to £24·2 million through the 1974–75 No. 1 Increase Order.

Volume 885: debated on Wednesday 29 January 1975