asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is the total amount of rate support grant that will be paid to local authorities in Scotland, Wales and each of the eight English regions served by a regional economic planning council in 1975–76; and what was the figure for each of the last five years;(2) what is the amount, per head of population, of the rate support grant that will be paid to local authorities in Scotland, Wales and each of the eight regions of England served by a regional economic planning council in 1975–76; and what were the figures for each of the last five years.

Details of the total amount of rate support grant paid to economic planning council regions during the years 1970–71 to 1973–74 are not readily available. The overall total of grant and amount per head of population for Scotland, Wales and England for those years is:

1970–71
	Grant £ million	Per head £
Scotland	232·75	44·77
Wales	134·159	49·07
England	1,745·841	37·74
1971–72
	Grant £ million	Per head £
Scotland	271·08	51·96
Wales	155·044	56·938
England	2,017·956	43·74
1972–73
	Grant £ million	Per head £
Scotland	316·47	60·74
Wales	179·511	65·64
England	2,348·489	50·72
1973–74
	Grant £ million	Per head £
Scotland	404·08	77·53
Wales	224·301	81·59
England	2,873·699	61·90

Subject to any further increase order, current figures for 1974–75 are:

	Grant £ million	Per head £
Scotland	517·820	99·36
Wales	313·238	113·52
England	3,833·639	82·56
Economic Regions	Grant £ million	Per head £
Northern	320·969	102·63
Yorkshire and Humberside	466·585	95·28
North West	599·418	90·91
East Midlands	303·596	81·63
West Midlands	398·447	76·91
East Anglia	130·745	74·36
South East	1,290·996	76·14
South West	322·883	76·77

The resources element of the grant in England and Wales for 1975–76 payable to an authority is based on its estimated expenditure for that year. This information has yet to be provided by authorities and therefore no details are currently available.