HC Deb 29 January 1975 vol 885 cc214-30W
Mr. Terry Walker

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the amounts of the needs, domestic and resources elements of the rate support grant payable to each local authority in England and Wales for the years 1975–76; and if he will also list the factors used in determining the needs element entitlement for each authority.

Mr. Crosland

The initial 1975–76 needs element entitlements, and the factors upon which they are based, are listed below. The factors, which are based on provisional information, will be brought up to date during the year and corresponding adjustments will be made to the grant payments.

NEEDS ELEMENT 1975–76
Mid-1974 Population (provisional) Mid-1964 Population Education Units (provisional) Acres Pensioners living alone Number of people living in wards etc. whose population density is over 50 per hectare 1974–75 Needs element (pre Increase Order) £m. 1975–76 Entitlement (provisional) £m.
METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS
Greater Manchester
Bolton … … … … 261,800 254,000 82,356 34,527 12,447 53,596 10.424 15.940
Bury … … … … 180,300 157,000 47,005 24,508 7,516 11,962 5.789 8.039
Manchester … … … 516,100 627,000 173,014 28,718 24,798 323,392 32.467 45.161
Oldham … … … … 224,700 218,000 63,751 34,872 10,861 80,042 8.559 12.429
Rochdale … … … … 210,600 196,000 66,048 39,476 9,544 23,946 8.257 12.518
Salford … … … … 273,600 292,000 87,093 23,937 12,526 91,827 12.322 18.316
Stockport … … … … 294,400 273,000 86,552 31,145 11,623 40,373 10.790 15.685
Tameside … … … … 222,600 209,000 67,612 25,509 10,395 29,259 7.913 12.362
Trafford … … … … 227,400 228,000 72,322 26,104 8,669 36,154 8.544 13.156
Wigan … … … … 306,600 279,000 95,527 49,160 11,976 49,228 11.492 17.427
Merseyside
Knowsley … … … … 191,700 166,000 73,258 24,067 4,603 71,286 8.700 13.851
Liverpool … … … … 561,100 707,000 191,304 27,901 23,530 363,384 33.094 47.998
St. Helens … … … … 193,500 176,000 59,900 32,980 6,270 12,460 6.994 10.410
Sefton … … … … 307,200 299,000 95,771 36,389 12,280 122,255 11.940 18.154
Wirral … … … … 349,200 357,000 108,916 38,759 14,632 105,892 13.719 20.907
South Yorkshire
Barnsley … … … … 224,100 226,000 68,707 81,206 8,419 7,659 7.784 11.961
Doncaster … … … … 283,500 275,000 98,261 143,698 8,916 6,076 11.140 17.541
Rotherham … … … 248,100 232,000 79,724 69,876 7,838 15,745 9.447 14.138
Sheffield … … … … 561,500 581,000 162,422 90,825 27,358 225,269 21.083 31.949
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead … … … 222,300 226,000 64,552 35,373 9,179 65,231 8.171 12.042
Newcastle upon Tyne … … 297,000 326,000 89,945 27,644 14,488 152,185 14.111 20.245
North Tyneside … … … 205,900 210,000 59,813 20,700 8,773 69,416 7.671 11.340
South Tyneside … … … 171,700 184,000 57,188 15,720 8,103 66,883 7.622 11.946
Sunderland … … … 292,600 290,000 94,199 34,022 11,221 98,414 11.491 17.700

Mid-1974 Population (provisional) Mid-1964 Population Education Units(provisional) Acres Pensioners living alone Number of people living in wards etc. whose population density is over 50 per hectare 1974–75 Needs, element (pre Increase Order) £m. 1975–76 Entitlement (provisional) £m.
West Midlands
Birmingham … … … 1,086,500 1,155,000 343,631 65,309 40,861 455,509 50.433 71.972
Coventry … … … … 335,300 329,000 111,063 23,855 10,292 124,249 14.360 21.196
Dudley … … … … 298,700 270,000 84,284 24,203 9,421 24,882 9.422 13.694
Sandwell … … … … 320,100 338,000 96,606 21,149 11,846 97,765 12.141 18.242
Solihull … … … … 199,800 138,000 62,066 44,495 4,321 66,003 6.608 10.159
Walsall … … … … 271,100 260,000 86,706 26,209 7,962 11,563 10.333 15.243
Wolverhampton … … … 268,200 264,000 87,480 17,032 8,642 61,933 10.521 15.954
West Yorkshire
Bradford … … … … 461,000 462,000 141,349 91,451 22,900 89,227 19.517 28.473
Calderdale … … … 192,400 201,000 56,901 89,889 11,598 26,709 7.384 11.529
Kirklees … … … … 375,200 360,000 112,358 101,294 18,540 7,001 13.774 20.891
Leeds … … … … 748,300 724,000 219,252 138,917 33,816 133,493 27.948 41.101
Wakefield … … … … 305,300 290,000 94,484 82,328 10,884 6,630 10.693 16.316
GREATER LONDON BOROUGHS
Inner London
City of London … … … 5,300 4,000 1,459 677 100 — 0.189 0.256
Camden … … … … 191,600 239,000 52,739 5,365 12,285 184,933 11.463 16.692
Greenwich … … … 212,800 231,000 58,575 11,724 9,015 120,379 9.437 13.785
Hackney … … … … 208,000 252,000 57,253 4,815 11,080 220,279 12.564 17.645
Hammersmith … … … 169,900 213,000 46,766 3,995 10,465 176,188 10.052 14.707
Islington … … … … 178,800 248,000 49,216 3,679 10,565 201,874 12.476 17.487
Kensington and Chelsea … 167,400 217,000 46,078 2,952 9,835 188,224 9.350 14.203
Lambeth … … … … 295,300 334,000 81,283 6,738 14,570 307,516 16.334 23.056
Lewisham … … … … 253,100 288,000 69,667 8,581 11,780 252,358 12.539 18.474
Southwark … … … 241,700 305,000 66,529 7,117 13,540 242,006 15.183 21.318
Tower Hamlets … … … 150,000 202,000 41,288 4,876 8,605 140,622 10.837 14.618
Wandsworth … … … 291,000 328,000 80,099 8,628 14,355 281,297 14.334 21.233
Westminster … … … 218,500 269,000 60,143 5,333 14,845 226,732 11.164 17.738
Outer London
Barking … … … … 157,600 173,000 47,203 8,450 6,235 110,120 7.006 10.967
Barnet … … … … 297,200 315,000 79,157 22,124 11,565 108,997 10.408 15.956
Bexley … … … … 216,900 214,000 61,232 14,986 6,585 73,852 7.114 11.167

Mid-1974 Population (provisional) Mid-1964 Population Education Units (provisional) Acres Pensioners living alone Number of people living in wards etc. whose population density is over 50 per hectare 1974–75 Needs element (pre Increase Order) 1975–76 Entitlement (provisional)
Outer London £m. £m.
Brent … … … … 268,900 292,000 75,048 10,924 9,905 218,278 11.581 17.343
Bromley … … … … 301,500 299,000 78,329 37,509 10,320 38,930 9.458 13.906
Croydon … … … … 329,300 326,000 93,675 21,395 11,655 179,450 11.768 18.506
Ealing … … … … 294,200 302,000 78,947 13,708 10,590 185,839 10.935 16.344
Enfield … … … … 263,700 272,000 70,862 20,053 10,685 102,547 8.807 13.882
Haringey … … … … 228,800 253,000 63,897 7,490 10,650 222,701 10.578 16.083
Harrow … … … … 202,400 209,000 53,767 12,559 6,675 126,937 6.839 10.514
Havering … … … … 243,200 246,000 74,127 29,110 6,210 25,968 8.866 13.738
Hillingdon … … … 232,500 232,000 64,157 27,270 6,300 10,160 8.033 11.522
Hounslow … … … … 203,300 207,000 58,431 14,462 7,505 74,017 7.887 11.989
Kingston-Upon-Thames … … 136,500 145,000 36,218 9,281 5,555 48,310 4.875 7.428
Merton … … … … 175,000 185,000 44,329 9,379 7,780 103,423 6.312 9.509
Newham … … … … 230,600 257,000 70,730 8,986 10,045 175,188 11.232 17.458
Redbridge … … … 235,200 247,000 54,700 13,954 8,850 134 836 7.244 10.540
Richmond-upon-Thames … 169,500 180,000 39,196 13,653 8,240 71,584 5.195 7.859
Sutton … … … … 167,200 167,000 43,370 10,729 6,625 85,264 5.401 8.319
Waltham Forest … … … 230,700 243,000 59,875 9,801 10,750 176,293 8.098 12.901
NON-METROPOLITAN COUNTIES
England
Avon … … … … 915,300 854,000 255,881 332,597 35,142 239,417 32.822 46.344
Bedfordshire … … … 484,300 415,000 145,674 305,089 13,130 57,568 17.482 24.936
Berkshire … … … … 653,400 560,000 200,719 310,202 17,668 47,048 27.163 36.745
Buckinghamshire … … 497,800 416,000 145,271 465,270 13,663 — 18.957 25.356
Cambridgeshire … … … 540,700 465,000 152,462 842,406 17,706 29,757 18.878 26.149
Cheshire … … … … 902,300 772,000 270,369 575,375 29,863 108,857 31.731 46.766
Cleveland … … … … 565,600 535,000 202,645 144,086 18,163 129,073 25.369 38.937
Cornwall … … … … 396,600 350,000 106,707 876,385 17,186 11,660 12.784 18.515
Cumbria … … … … 475,700 473,000 143,627 1,682,376 19,716 6,656 22.086 30.283
Derbyshire … … … 892,300 869,000 257,701 650,146 34,164 52,206 30.594 44.739
Devon … … … … 928,800 852,000 235,284 1,658,282 42,163 139,331 30.146 41.687
Dorset … … … … 570,500 516,000 141,242 655,816 28,371 35,695 17.229 24.306
Durham … … … … 610,900 607,000 186,453 601,939 23,996 30,831 21.869 33.066
East Sussex … … … 658,900 608,000 147,699 443,634 45,641 175,090 20.183 28.837
Essex … … … … 1,408,100 1,193,000 400,005 907,561 48,070 138,944 53.510 72.299

Mid-1974 Population (provisional) Mid-1964 Population Education Units (provisional) Acres Pensioners living alone Number of people living in wards etc. whose population density is over 50 per hectare 1974–75 Needs element (pre Increase Order) £m. 1975–76 Entitlement (provisional) £m.
Gloucestershire … … … 485,400 447,000 143,078 652,740 17,528 24,854 16.632 24.589
Hampshire … … … 1,434,700 1,251,000 405,223 932,467 45,938 236,118 50.218 70.028
Hereford and Worcester … 585,900 517,000 164,609 970,309 19,094 6,791 20.677 28.296
Hertfordshire … … … 941,700 850,000 305,073 403,787 25,687 30,734 40.874 56.714
Humberside … … … 848,800 815,000 266,635 867,655 33,533 233,700 31.685 49.026
Isle of Wight … … … 110,900 96,000 27,431 94,134 5,802 2,420 3.197 4.649
Kent … … … … 1,440,800 1,269,000 400,785 922,196 58,774 119,569 53.886 73.736
Lancashire … … … 1,370,100 1,288,000 395,381 751,940 66,872 281,435 49.148 73.945
Leicestershire … … … 829,800 734,000 247,619 630,837 29,015 110,327 29.693 43.554
Lincolnshire … … … 519,500 481,000 148,440 1,454,351 20,009 — 16.394 27.218
Norfolk … … … … 650,300 573,000 172,530 1,323,312 27,437 33,498 21.414 30.117
North Yorkshire … … … 648,600 599,000 176,793 2,053,120 28,091 52,211 27.024 35.774
Northamptonshire … … 496,400 419,000 144,605 584,980 17,983 43,716 16.662 24.705
Northumberland … … … 285,700 277,000 81,976 1,243,658 11,729 7,278 13.287 18.046
Nottinghamshire … … … 981,000 929,000 297,507 534,646 36,301 121,182 35.678 53.054
Oxfordshire … … … 535,300 440,000 150,523 645,310 14,186 16,635 18.676 25.067
Salop … … … … 354,400 311,000 103,365 862,441 11,628 — 12.988 18.265
Somerset … … … … 400,400 364,000 106,197 852,434 16,082 — 13.212 18.328
Staffordshire … … … 991,100 885,000 291,828 671,169 30,421 52,814 35.003 49.842
Suffolk … … … … 567,300 494,000 146,891 939,046 21,963 22,532 17.823 24.499
Surrey … … … … 1,005,900 954,000 258,792 414,979 31,526 30,608 34.585 43.671
Warwickshire … … … 469,500 410,000 141,235 489,409 13,767 18,707 16.317 23.768
West Sussex … … … 615,400 533,000 158,565 492,068 31,680 35,002 19.761 28.294
Wiltshire … … … … 506,700 452,000 150,325 860,102 15,401 22,953 19.262 26.658
Isles of Scilly … … … 2,000 2,000 473 46,120 64 — 0.160 0.244
Wales
Clwyd … … … … 373,300 332,000 109,283 599,481 15,577 7,155 13.540 19.705
Dyfed … … … … 320,100 315,000 94,020 1,424,677 12,761 3,126 15.058 20.683
Gwent … … … … 440,500 432,000 138,858 339,944 14,689 27,232 16.871 24.871
Gwynedd … … … … 223,500 214,000 64,487 955,244 11,366 9,115 10.476 14.642
Mid Glamorgan … … … 539,200 521,000 165,790 251,702 18,066 6,900 19.560 28.865
Powys … … … … 100,200 100,000 30,374 1,254,656 4,097 — 7.485 10.591
South Glamorgan … … 391,100 387,000 119,916 102,831 13,495 90,066 15.441 22.229
West Glamorgan … … … 371,400 370,000 111,942 201,665 13,063 47,061 13.220 19.635

The resources element entitlements will depend on the rates to be levied by local authorities. However, the grant entitlement of an authority may be expressed as a percentage of its net expenditure—to be met from rates and the resources and domestic elements of the rate support grant. The percentage for each authority, based on provisional population figures and therefore subject to some adjustment, is listed below, together with its initial 1975–76 domestic element entitlement. The latter figures are also subject to adjustment when up-to-date rateable values are known.

Authority Resources entitlement as a percentage of estimated expenditure Per cent. Domestic entitlement (provisional) £m.
GREATER MANCHESTER
Bolton 43.2 2.575
Bury 42.8 2.024
Manchester 19.7 4.912
Oldham 45.2 2.009
Rochdale 47.3 1.784
Salford 36.0 2.728
Stockport 30.5 4.042
Tameside 47.3 2.069
Trafford 8.7 3.191
Wigan 47.3 2.866
MERSEYSIDE
Knowsley 36.2 1.876
Liverpool 25.9 5.565
St. Helens 37.7 1.946
Sefton 34.8 3.775
Wirral 34.6 4.430
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Barnsley 57.6 1.627
Doncaster 47.9 2.325
Rotherham 52.3 1.952
Sheffield 36.2 4.861
TYNE AND WEAR
Gateshead 47.1 1.909
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 25.6 2.989
North Tyneside 47.4 2.048
South Tyneside 47.8 1.524
Sunderland 52.5 2.358
WEST MIDLANDS
Birmingham 17.2 13.184
Coventry 27.3 3.939
Dudley 24.2 3.972
Sandwell 11.1 3.826
Solihull 27.1 3.182
Walsall 22.4 3.384
Wolverhampton 17.1 3.424
WEST YORKSHIRE
Bradford 51.2 3.579
Calderdale 54.4 1.404
Kirklees 54.2 2.648
Leeds 39.3 6.673
Wakefield 48.7 2.388
INNER LONDON
City of London — 0.183
Camden — 4.409
Greenwich 16.2 3.011
Hackney — 3.162
Hammersmith — 2.769

Authority Resources entitlement as a percentage of estimated expenditure Per cent. Domestic entitlement (provisional) £m.
Islington — 2.912
Kensington and Chelsea — 6.129
Lambeth — 4.447
Lewisham 26.7 3.881
Southwark — 3.599
Tower Hamlets — 2.499
Wandsworth 18.2 4.554
Westminster — 8.822
OUTER LONDON
Barking — 2.307
Barnet — 7.056
Bexley 23.7 3.256
Brent — 4.619
Bromley 11.9 5.681
Croydon — 6.209
Ealing — 4.868
Enfield — 4.663
Haringey 13.2 3.475
Harrow 5.4 3.952
Havering 12.9 4.089
Hillingdon — 3.904
Hounslow — 3.316
Kingston-upon-Thames — 2.615
Merton 0.4 3.260
Newham 10.1 2.890
Redbridge 12.8 4.194
Richmond-upon-Thames — 3.395
Sutton 9.1 3.037
Waltham Forest 21.7 3.492
AVON
Bath 32.3 1.000
Bristol 22.7 4.516
Kingswood 48.0 0.879
Northavon 34.8 1.189
Wansdyke 41.4 0.874
Woodspring 36.3 1.919
BEDFORDSHIRE
Bedford 22.1 1.609
Luton 6.0 2.328
Mid-Bedfordshire 34.3 1.158
South Bedfordshire 6.7 1.358
BERKSHIRE
Bracknell 14.7 0.993
Newbury 21.3 1.532
Reading 1.4 1.663
Slough — 1.346
Windsor and Maidenhead 8.5 2.113
Wokingham 27.5 1.698
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Aylesbury Vale 20.9 1.546
Beaconsfield — 1.361
Chiltern 10.1 1.845
Milton Keynes 22.9 0.901
Wycombe 7.4 2.474
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Cambridge — 1.478
East Cambridgeshire 48.1 0.549
Fenland 45.2 0.645
Huntingdon 39.8 1.228
Peterborough 27.8 1.204
South Cambridgeshire 30.9 1.400
CHESHIRE
Chester 20.8 1.494

Authority Resources entitlement as a percentage of estimated expenditure Per cent. Domestic entitlement (provisional) £m.
Congleton 35.8 0.901
Crewe and Nantwich 38.6 1.119
Ellesmere Port — 0.991
Halton 26.4 1.023
Macclesfield 25.5 2.224
Vale Royal 28.4 1.223
Warrington 32.4 1.713
CLEVELAND
Hartlepool 39.1 0.799
Langbaurgh 20.2 1.487
Middlesbrough 43.7 1.425
Stockton-on-Tees 18.3 1.717
CORNWALL
Caradon 50.9 0.623
Carrick 38.9 0.790
Kerrier 49.8 0.746
North Cornwall 45.5 0.640
Penrith 42.4 0.560
Restormel 34.0 0.753
CUMBRIA
Allderdale 51.1 0.728
Barrow-in-Furness 55.1 0.545
Carlisle 43.6 0.854
Copeland 48.4 0.478
Eden 52.2 0.328
South Lakeland 44.6 0.961
DERBYSHIRE
Amber Valley 47.2 1.037
Bolsover 60.9 0.554
Chesterfield 38.6 0.889
Derby 27.9 2.333
Erewash 42.1 1.000
High Peak 41.9 0.723
North-East Derbyshire 54.2 0.873
South Derbyshire 30.3 0.627
West Derbyshire 46.1 0.709
DEVON
East Devon 39.1 1.333
Exeter 22.1 1.045
North Devon 46.2 0.654
Plymouth 38.3 2.600
South Hams 41.5 0.773
Teignbridge 41.5 1.065
Tiverton 51.3 0.516
Torbay 17.2 1.500
Torridge 58.5 0.381
West Devon 51.9 0.411
DORSET
Bournemouth 9.7 2.175
Christchurch 11.8 0.610
North Dorset 49.5 0.505
Poole 16.4 1.753
Purbeck 30.2 0.475
West Dorset 42.9 0.880
Weymouth and Portland 42.3 0.615
Wimborne 29.9 0.942
DURHAM
Chester-le-Street 54.8 0.450
Darlington 32.0 0.900
Derwentside 51.5 0.683
Durham 49.7 0.731
Easington 64.7 0.738
Sedgefield 53.6 0.670
Teesdale 52.8 0.173
Wear Valley 53.9 0.438

Authority Resources entitlement as a percentage of estimated expenditure Per cent. Domestic entitlement (provisional) £m.
EAST SUSSEX
Brighton 15.0 2.258
Eastbourne 13.2 1.254
Hastings 33.1 1.010
Hove 8.6 1.680
Lewes 23.2 1.222
Rother 24.0 1.349
Wealden 38.6 1.675
ESSEX
Basildon 16.3 1.963
Braintree 30.6 1.296
Brentwood 7.8 1.365
Castle Point 32.9 1.215
Chelmsford 13.8 1.984
Colchester 32.0 1.578
Epping Forest 14.0 2.026
Harlow 8.2 1.039
Maldon 23.1 0.636
Rochford 27.6 1.107
Southend on Sea 8.6 2.740
Tendring 30.0 1.640
Thurrock — 1.813
Uttlesford 23.7 0.881
GLOUCESTER
Cheltenham 15.2 1.143
Cotswold 35.4 0.884
Forest of Dean 51.2 0.619
Gloucester 28.6 0.891
Stroud 37.7 1.076
Tenkesbury 31.8 0.986
HAMPSHIRE
Basingstoke 28.9 1.425
East Hampshire 36.1 1.166
Eastleigh 25.0 1.088
Fareham 36.7 1.156
Gosport 41.3 0.942
Hart 35.1 0.985
Havant 33.5 1.536
New Forest 16.9 1.822
Portsmouth 26.3 2.147
Rushmoor 25.7 0.932
Southampton 21.0 2.356
Test Valley 32.3 1.080
Winchester 26.3 1.185
HEREFORD AND WORCESTER
Bromsgrove 26.4 1.165
Hereford 27.2 0.468
Leominster 52.5 0.342
Malvern Hills 40.4 1.069
Redditch 21.8 0.607
South Herefordshire 53.1 0.453
Worcester 10.3 1.004
Wychavon 26.0 1.252
Wyre Forest 23.6 1.198
HERTFORDSHIRE
Broxbourne 19.0 1.040
Dacorum 6.7 1.893
East Hertfordshire 22.5 1.475
Hertsmere 4.6 1.504
North Hertfordshire 8.4 1.565
St. Albans 8.6 2.009
Stevenage 8.2 1.008
Three Rivers 10.7 1.421
Watford — 1.189
Welwyn Hatfield — 1.495

Authority Resources entitlement as a percentage of estimated expenditure Per cent. Domestic entitlement (provisional) £m.
HUMBERSIDE
Beverley 41.1 1.289
Boothferry 56.1 0.433
Cleethorpes 32.6 0.665
Glanford 29.5 0.568
Grimsby 36.3 0.848
Holderness 46.8 0.418
Kingston upon Hull 46.0 2.178
North Wolds 52.2 0.638
Scunthorpe 0.2 0.662
ISLE OF WIGHT
Medina 40.0 0.729
South Wight 36.3 0.579
KENT
Ashford 35.5 0.979
Canterbury 36.3 1.379
Dartford 33.8 0.861
Dover 45.0 1.067
Gillingham 42.5 1.043
Gravesham 28.0 1.135
Maidstone 35.3 1.445
Medway 22.2 1.550
Sevenoaks 36.6 1.287
Shepway 29.8 1.159
Swale 41.9 1.031
Thanet 34.8 1.494
Tonbridge and Malling 31.1 1.016
Tunbridge Wells 35.8 1.135
LANCASHIRE
Blackburn 47.6 1.064
Blackpool 30.9 1.687
Burnley 52.7 0.610
Chorley 50.0 0.795
Fylde 34.2 0.911
Hyndburn 53.9 0.573
Lancaster 43.8 1.226
Pendle 61.3 0.588
Preston 37.0 1.148
Ribble Valley 48.4 0.490
Rossendale 58.0 0.456
South Ribble 49.1 0.868
West Lancashire 39.3 1.199
Wyre 42.7 1.145
LEICESTERSHIRE
Blaby 42.3 0.976
Charnwood 28.6 1.677
Harborough 39.5 0.716
Hinckley and Bosworth 36.5 0.947
Leicester 28.7 2.577
Melton 34.7 0.491
North West Leicestershire 37.4 0.791
Oadby and Wigston 33.9 0.679
Rutland 42.7 0.319
LINCOLNSHIRE
Boston 40.1 0.511
East Lindsey 43.8 0.977
Lincoln 33.4 0.683
North Kesteven 51.6 0.735
South Holland 48.0 0.556
South Kesteven 42.0 0.926
West Lindsey 52.3 0.665
NORFOLK
Breckland 43.3 0.896
Broadland 47.3 1.126

Authority Resources entitlement as a percentage of estimated expenditure Per cent. Domestic entitlement (provisional) £m.
Great Yarmouth 27.5 0.834
North Norfolk 36.8 0.935
Norwich 2.7 1.359
South Norfolk 46.5 1.019
West Norfolk 38.4 1.131
NORTHAMPTON
Corby 16.6 0.543
Daventry 27.2 0.668
East Northamptonshire 45.6 0.633
Kettering 42.9 0.777
Northampton 23.7 1.671
South Northamptonshire 43.9 0.769
Wellingborough 36.4 0.657
NORTHUMBERLAND
Alnwick 52.2 0.259
Berwick upon Tweed 48.9 0.255
Blyth Valley 52.5 0.635
Castle Morpeth 45.1 0.528
Tynedale 47.5 0.513
Wansbeck 37.6 0.513
NORTH YORKSHIRE
Craven 50.3 0.405
Hambleton 49.4 0.733
Harrogate 42.0 1.475
Richmondshire 52.5 0.401
Ryedale 56.1 0.684
Scarborough 43.2 1.010
Selby 35.1 0.617
York 42.8 0.893
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Ashfield 52.2 0.876
Bassetlaw 30.0 0.863
Broxtowe 39.6 1.110
Gedling 44.9 1.138
Mansfield 49.9 0.875
Newark 46.2 0.970
Nottingham 22.9 2.792
Rushcliffe 33.6 1.121
OXFORDSHIRE
Cherwell 30.2 1.208
Oxford 4.4 1.413
South Oxfordshire 30.2 1.909
Vale of White Horse 24.2 1.278
West Oxfordshire 40.0 0.971
SALOP
Bridgnorth 39.9 0.562
North Shropshire 50.3 0.477
Oswestry 50.8 0.286
Shrewsbury and Atcham 29.5 0.975
South Shropshire 51.6 0.315
The Wrekin 38.2 1.112
SOMERSET
Mendip 41.3 0.911
Sedgemoor 37.3 0.966
Taunton Deane 36.7 0.905
West Somerset 25.4 0.360
Yeovil 42.6 1.341
STAFFORDSHIRE
Cannock Chase 39.8 0.871
East Staffordshire 31.6 0.977
Lichfield 32.9 1.143
Newcastle under Lyme 44.9 1.287
South Staffordshire 36.9 1.177
Stafford 29.8 1.326

Authority Resources entitlement as a percentage of estimated expenditure Per cent. Domestic entitlement (provisional) £m.
Stafford Moorlands 47.2 0.961
Stoke-on-Trent 35.6 2.456
Tamworth 37.1 0.545
SUFFOLK
Babergh 35.8 0.810
Forest Heath 42.4 0.472
Ipswich 17.6 1.447
Mid Suffolk 42.9 0.714
St. Edmundsbury 31.8 0.876
Suffolk Coastal 35.9 1.199
Waveney 41.4 1.050
SURREY
Elmbridge — 2.401
Epsom and Ewell 12.8 1.349
Guildford 0.8 2.043
Mole Valley 16.1 1.303
Reigate and Banstead 13.8 2.000
Runnymede 18.4 1.089
Spelthorne — 1.511
Surrey Heath 12.2 1.169
Tandridge 34.4 1.186
Waverley 18.7 1.863
Woking 11.4 1.311
WARWICKSHIRE
North Warwickshire 28.0 0.685
Nuneaton 39.7 1.296
Rugby 30.1 1.091
Stratford on Avon 21.6 1.564
Warwick 16.0 1.680
WEST SUSSEX
Adur 22.6 0.820
Arun 23.7 1.784
Chichester 26.5 1.358
Crawley 0.9 0.787
Horsham 29.8 1.242
Mid Sussex 27.8 1.544
Worthing 16.3 1.495
WILTSHIRE
Kennet 51.2 0.664
North Wiltshire 49.1 0.943
Salisbury 35.6 1.187
Thamesdown 36.4 1.317
West Wiltshire 42.8 0.949
ISLES OF SCILLY 20.4 0.025
CLWYD
Alyn-Dee 31.2 1.222
Colwyn 43.1 0.990
Delyn 51.9 1.065
Glyndwr 56.7 0.606
Rhuddlan 37.9 0.998
Wrexham Maelor 50.5 1.672
DYFED
Carmarthen 59.3 0.622
Ceredigion 57.6 0.809

Authority Resources entitlement as a percentage of estimated expenditure Per cent. Domestic entitlement (provisional) £m.
Dinefwr 68.8 0.392
Llanelli 54.2 0.978
Preseli 44.7 0.820
South Pembrokeshire 14.4 0.553
GWENT
Blaenau Gwent 58.4 0.949
Islwyn 66.4 0.813
Monmouth 51.1 1.102
Newport 19.2 2.393
Torfaen 52.3 1.303
GWYNEDD
Aberconwy 43.9 0.977
Arfon 60.1 0.663
Dwyfor 54.1 0.394
Meirionnydd 41.9 0.503
Ynys Mon 46.4 0.940
MID GLAMORGAN
Cynon Valley 65.1 0.675
Merthyr Tydfil 63.0 0.647
Ogwr 59.7 1.702
Rhondda 75.7 0.695
Rhymney Valley 65.1 1.230
Taff-Ely 52.5 1.093
POWYS
Brecknock 57.6 0.503
Montgomery 59.4 0.581
Radnor 47.1 0.258
SOUTH GLAMORGAN
Cardiff 29.5 5.796
Vale of Glamorgan 41.7 1.893
WEST GLAMORGAN
Afan 15.7 0.739
Lliw Valley 57.2 0.686
Neath 43.4 0.875
Swansea 49.0 3.018

Mr. Madel

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he can now say what rate support grant for 1975–76 will be available to Bedfordshire County Council; and how this figure compares with the current financial year.

Mr. Oakes

The estimated initial entitlement for needs element grant in 1975–76 is £24.9 million compared with an initial figure of £17.5 million this year. This latter figure was increased to £24.2 million through the 1974–75 No. 1 Increase Order.