asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the estimated outturn total of rate support grant paid to local authorities in England in 1980–81 in cash.
Rate support grant is not all paid during the year in respect of which it is due. The amount of rate support grant paid to local authorities in England during 1980–81 was £8,780,223,089, of which £198,961,586 was in respect of 1979–80.
The amount of rate support grant paid by 12 March 1982 to local authorities in England in respect of 1980–81 was £8,647,451,833. A further £12,465,850 provided for by the Rate Support Grant (Increase) Order 1982 remains to be distributed within England and Wales. It is not yet known how much of this will fall to be paid to local authorities in England.