asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the grant per head of the local population resulting from his statement on the rate support grant for 1981 for each shire county and for each London borough.

On the basis of the RSG order and report now laid before Parliament the estimated outturn amount of needs element grant per head of population to be paid to local authorities in 1980–81 will be as in the attached table. The figures for non-metropolitan counties include the proportion of needs element grant to be paid to districts. The allocation of resources element will depend in part on the decision of rating authorities.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the rate support grant planned for each county and district council for 1980–81; and how it compares with 1979–80 in money and constant terms.

I shall arrange for the information on needs element of rate support grant to be placed in the Library of the House. The allocation of resources element will depend in part on the decisions of rating authorities.