§ Mr. John Hallasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs when he will publish the analyses showing for each county, county borough and metropolitan borough the distribution of rateable value among the main classes of property in the old and new lists; and if he will publish at a later date similar analyses covering all other local authorities.
§ Sir K. JosephThe answer to the first part of the Question is that I hope to publish the analyses for these 175 authorities within the next two weeks. As regards the second part, I do not think that the cost of preparing and publishing
ASSISTANCE UNDER THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT ACT: 1ST APRIL, 1960 TO 28TH FEBRUARY, 1963 TABLE 1 NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, OFFERS AND REJECTIONS Place Applications received Applications rejected Offers made Under consideration Lanarkshire of which— … 75 16 33 26 Coatbridge and Airdrie … 15 4 7 4 7 of the offers (including 1 for Coatbridge and Airdrie) were declined by the applicants.
TABLE 2 ASSISTANCE OFFERED (EXCLUDING OFFERS DECLINED) Place Loans Grants Total £ £ £ Lanarkshire of which— … 987,500 219,218 1,206,718 Coatbridge and Airdrie … 320,000 34,300 354,300 Separate figures for grants cannot be given in Table 1 since applicants do not always specify the form of assistance required.