§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Report the sums paid out each year since 1966 in grants under Section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966.
§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonI have been asked to reply.
Grants under Section 11 were not payable on expenditure incurred before 1st April 1967. The sums paid out in grant since that date are as follows:
Year £ 1967–68 1,409,290 1968–69 1,817,328 1969–70 3,691,744 1970–71 4,399,619 1971–72 5,499,586 1972–73 7,009,991 1973–74 9,353,806 1974–75 10,242,464