asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the amount of rate support grant payable to the Kent county council in each of the years 1968–69 to 1978–79; what was the value of the grant in real terms related to 1968–69 prices; and what proportion of the county's total expenditure this represented in each year.
The amount paid in rate support grant to the Kent county council for each of the years 1968–69 to
| Years | Grant | Grant expressed at 1968–69 prices | Percentage of total expenditure | ||||||
| £ | £ | % | |||||||
| 1968–69 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 34,334,619 | 34,334,619 | 56·55 |
| 1969–70 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 39,611,238 | 38,051,141 | 58·95 |
| 1970–71 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 45,892,052 | 40,504,900 | 61·22 |
| 1971–72 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 53,687,278 | 42,575,161 | 58·63 |
| 1972–73 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 63,365,210 | 46,184,555 | 58·57 |
| 1973–74 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 76,303,139 | 51,175,814 | 59·98 |
| 1974–75 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 81,806,636 | 45,022,915 | 45·10 |
| 1975–76 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 93,595,273 | 41,468,885 | 42·44 |
| 1976–77 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 96,764,221 | 37,887,361 | 38·55 |
| 1977–78 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 98,039,506 | 34,581,836 | 35·94 |
| 1978–79 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 91,890,220 | 29,461,436 | 30–16 |
| For the period 1968–69 to 1973–74 these figures include the payments made to the former Canterbury county borough whose major functions were transferred to the county council in the local government reorganisation in 1974; they include both the resources and needs elements of rate support grant which were payable to these authorities at that time. Since 1974–75 only the needs element is paid direct to the county council and therefore the figures shown do not include resources element. | |||||||||
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the value of rate support grant per head of population paid to local authorities in Hertfordshire, the inner London area, and the outer London area in 1978–79; what was the average rate income per head of population in each of these areas; and what are the corresponding figures for each of the last five years.
| Hertfordshire | Inner London | Outer London | ||||||
| Grant per head | Rate income per head | Grant per head | Rate income per head | Grant per head | Rate income per head | |||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |||
| 1973–74 | … | … | 62 | 60 | 56 | 130 | 52 | 62 |
| 1974–75 | … | … | 79 | 70 | 103 | 152 | 72 | 72 |
| 1975–76 | … | … | 102 | 90 | 126 | 240 | 95 | 108 |
| 1976–77 | … | … | 105 | 109 | 160 | 275 | 110 | 113 |
| 1977–78 | … | … | 97 | 128 | 149 | 283 | 127 | 115 |
| 1978–79 | … | … | 98 | 140 | 158 | 298 | 143 | 117 |
| An increase order has yet to be made in respect of 1978–79 grant. | ||||||||