§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will 263W publish in the Official Report details of the total amount allocated to each county council in Wales for 1975–76 in rate support grant; and if he will give a detailed breakdown of the allocation according to the personal social services, unit factor, the acreage per head factor, and the education unit factor, giving comparable data for 1974–75;
(2) if he will publish details of the allocation made to each district council in Wales in the resources element of the rate support grant for 1975–76; and if he will give comparable data for 1974–75.
§ Mr. John Silkin:I have nothing to add to the answer given to the hon. Member on 6th December 1974 and those given to my hon. Friend the Member for Kingswood (Mr. Walker) on 29th January 1975 and my hon. Friend the Member for Islington, South and Finsbury (Mr. Cunningham) on 27th February 1975.—[Vol. 882, c. 687–8; Vol. 885, c. 214–30; Vol. 887, c. 244–58.]
CENSUS OF MOTOR VEHICLES 1974—WALES (Thousands) Taxation Class Goods County Cars Motor-cycles PSV Farmers General Tractors Other* Exempt All Anglesey … 18.8 0.7 0.1 0.9 1.8 1.3 .. 0.2 23.8 Breconshire … 14.8 0.6 0.1 0.4 1.6 1.3 .. 0.2 19.0 Caernarvonshire … 33.6 1.5 0.1 0.4 3.4 1.5 .. 0.4 40.9 Cardiganshire … 18.8 0.6 0.1 0.5 1.4 2.4 .. 0.1 23.9 Carmarthenshire … 46.7 2.6 0.5 1.1 5.3 3.4 0.2 0.4 60.1 Denbighshire … 53.7 3.3 0.4 0.7 5.1 2.7 0.2 0.7 66.8 Flintshire … 53.3 3.1 0.2 0.2 4.5 1.8 0.3 0.4 63.7 Glamorganshire … 292.6 14.8 2.8 0.6 34.9 3.4 2.0 2.5 353.6 Merionethshire … 10.2 0.3 .. 0.4 0.9 1.1 .. 0.1 13.0 Monmouthshire … 109.7 5.9 1.3 0.6 10.6 2.5 0.8 0.8 132.0 Montgomeryshire … 15.3 0.8 0.1 0.8 1.5 2.6 0.1 0.1 21.3 Pembrokeshire … 31.0 1.6 0.2 0.5 3.4 2.8 0.2 0.2 39.9 Radnorshire … 6.8 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.9 1.2 .. 0.1 9.7 TOTAL … 705.2 36.0 5.9 7.4 75.3 28.0 3.8 6.1 867.7 ..Less than 0.1 thousand. *Tricycles and pedestrian controlled vehicles.