Rate Support Grant

Dr. Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the amount of rate support grant paid to each London borough and to each metropolitan district in each of the years from 1978–79 to 1985–86 expressed in constant 1985–86 prices.

The information requested is in the following tables, which should be read with the usual explanatory notes.

	1978–79 Column 1	1979–80 Column 2	1980–81 Column 3	1981–82 Column 4	1982–83 Column 5	1983–84 Column 6	1984–85 Column 7	1985–86
Liverpool	192,489	186,457	190,571	147,876	134,422	135,607	124,171	34,881
St. Helens	55,900	53,690	54,864	43,316	40,563	40,604	38,627	37,513
Sefton	88,851	85,054	83,458	62,494	57,177	54,258	50,915	48,201
Wirral	103,539	98,092	97,090	73,683	68,362	68,135	64,734	58,713
South Yorkshire
Bamsley	77,692	77,964	82,022	60,809	55,693	55,113	52,245	49,019
Doncaster	95,981	93,463	96,798	73,961	67,314	66,763	63,361	57,569
Rotherham	85,188	85,211	85,063	68,008	62,262	61,117	58,875	53,851
Sheffield	165,193	154,894	160,245	116,793	105,135	96,469	94,328	90,801
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead	72,135	69,986	71,545	54,198	48,947	48,734	46,471	42,372
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	88,236	84,313	84,339	60,608	44,297	43,445	40,347	20,017
North Tyneside	68,036	66,871	66,371	49,729	44,436	42,756	41,784	37,254
South Tyneside	65,671	63,920	63,331	50,425	45,489	44,007	41,509	39,110
Sunderland	107,622	105,342	104,196	78,267	74,200	71,608	64,906	59,595
West Midlands
Birmingham	295,629	281,062	272,876	216,762	195,834	209,027	204,716	180,487
Coventry	95,602	88,652	88,349	73,929	70,704	68,561	64,137	57,527
Dudley	58,306	54,056	52,786	43,751	40,670	42,015	41,372	38,777
Sandwell	76,471	69,779	69,521	49,664	53,149	58,172	57,011	53,339
Solihull	46,219	41,907	40,483	34,931	34,000	33,789	31,716	28,310
Walsall	67,580	62,753	63,764	50,990	45,074	51,846	49,731	45,686
Wolverhampton	70,303	65,290	66,358	54,663	52,429	52,955	50,544	47,924
West Yorkshire
Bradford	161,110	159,043	158,093	127,812	122,776	125,434	119,855	111,987
Calderdale	66,022	64,965	65,275	53,411	49,710	48,834	47,116	43,275
Kirklees	115,827	119,210	122,645	97,257	97,681	98,100	95,767	88,550
Leeds	194,593	190,664	190,654	150,663	135,719	135,652	131,256	119,956
Wakefield	89,567	88,583	88,131	70,019	63,409	63,097	60,462	52,104

Notes:

The figures for 1978/79 to 1980/81 comprise needs, resources and domestic elements; those for 1981/82 onwards comprise block grant and domestic rate relief grant.

Prior to 1981/82, no grants were paid to Metropolitan counties or to precepting authorities in London. Resources element was paid only to qualifying rating authorities. Where appropriate, figures for 1981/82 include grant paid in respect of the Greater London Council and the Metropolitan Police; for 1982/83 grant in respect of the Metropolitan Police is included; in subsequent years Metropolitan Police grant was also paid direct. Figures for grant paid over the run of years shown, therefore, are not on a comparable basis.

Grant payments have been revalued to 1985/86 constant prices using the GDP deflator. Figures for 1978/79 to 1982/83 are based upon final entitlements; for later years latest entitlements have been used.

Volume 84: debated on Monday 28 October 1985