§ Mr. Ridsdaleasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what help in monetary terms Clacton-on-Sea receives from the Government as an area below average rate resources per head of population; how much this represents in rateable terms; and what percentage this is of the total rate including the county rate that ratepayers have to pay.
§ Mr. MacCollClacton U.D. is not an area of below average rate resources per head of population. It benefits however from the rate-deficiency grant payable to the Essex County Council which in 1966/67 represents about a 5d. rate or about 3 per cent. of the total rate levied (including county precept) by the Clacton U.D.C.