§ Mr. Moyleasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what was the total amount of financial aid given to the Borough of Lewisham from Government sources in the financial
1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 £ £ £ £ £ Rate support grant: Needs element 4,820,864 3,483,098 3,799,937 Resources element 721,152 794,758 821,017 Domestic element 166,388 337,068 523,534 Total 5,708,404 4,614,924 5,144,488 General grant 3,860,590 4,190,089 — Rate deficiency grant 537,367 604,904 — Rating (Interim Relief) Act, Sections 1 and 5 43,613 46,435 — Rate rebates — 62,401 61,027 Specific revenue grants: Local health — — 9,174 Clean air 19,386 5,060 10,002 Care of the aged, etc. 8,113 7,826 7,416 Protection of children 8,872 12,507 26,339 Improvement grants 15,265 17,099 19,750 Highways 751 3,792 422 Civil defence 17,016 19,930 13,252 Miscellaneous 2,509 12,257 16,276 Housing 379,184 430,618 481,000 Capital grants: Baths, etc 354 — — Clean air 6,832 — — Highways 10,538 31,598 11,919 Civil defence 448 46 — Totals 4,910,838 5,444,562 6,364,981 Source—Epitome of Accounts and Department records. The figures for the needs element of rate support grants are the amounts after deduction of the proportion to be transferred to the Greater London Council—one-ninth for 1967–68 and 40 per cent. for 1968–69 and 1969–70. No account is taken of the effects of Rate Equalisation Schemes which, for 1965–66 to 1967–68, involved redistribution of the general grant or the needs element of rate support grants.
120Wyears 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68 and 1968–69; whether he will give an estimate of the equivalent figure for the financial year 1969–70; and if he will publish details of these payments.
§ Mr. SkeffingtonThe details of the grants to the London Borough of Lewisham for the years 1965–66, 1966–67 and 1967–68, together with the latest estimates of rate support grant for 1968–69 and 1969–70, are as shown below. The amounts of the other grants for 1968–69 and 1969–70 are not yet known. Comparable figures for 1963–64 and 1964–65 for the areas now comprising the London borough of Lewisham are not available; much of the total grant was then payable to the London County Council.