§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what have been the approximate totals for the money paid over by those London local authorities which have been paying authorities under the London rate equalisation scheme—taken together—for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. CroslandFor the years 1965–66, 1966–67 and 1967–68, the reallocation of grant provided for in the scheme reduced the sums payable to certain London authorities as follows:
1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 £m £m £m Hackney 0.11 0.15 — Hammersmith 0.17 0.14 0.09 Islington 0.14 0.77 0.97 Kensington & Chelsea 1.25 1.67 2.01 Lambeth 1.20 0.97 1.04 Lewisham 0.82 0.71 0.93 Wandsworth 0.86 0.93 1.10 Westminster — — 0.49 Total 4.56 5.34 6.63 For the years 1968–69 to 1973–74, the net sums contributed to the scheme were as follows:
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1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 £m £m £m City of London 1.39 2.44 3.54 Camden — 0.22 0.64 Islington 0.15 — — Kensington & Chelsea 1.71 1.45 1.19 Westminster 5.67 6.57 7.62 Ealing 0.07 0.14 0.20 Hillingdon — 0.01 0.02 Hounslow 0.03 0.08 0.12 Total 9.02 10.91 13.33 Net contributions to the scheme for 1974–75 and 1975–76 are approximately as follows:
1974–75 1975–76 £m £m City of London 4.660 5.750 Camden 2.006 2.525 Greenwich 0.637 0.875 Hackney 0.652 0.840 Hammersmith 0.658 0.840 Islington 0.905 1.130 Kensington & Chelsea 1.300 1.687 Lambeth 1.060 1.355 Lewisham 0.758 1.025 Southwark 0.896 1.192 Tower Hamlets 0.730 0.950 Wandsworth 0.874 1.230 Westminster 5.800 7.500 Total 20.936 26.902
§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the tables and reference numbers of the documents in which the London rate equalisation scheme for each of the last 10 years has been published.
§ Mr. John SilkinThe following equalisation schemes have been applied over the last 10 years:
1966–67—the Inner London Rate Equalisation Scheme 1965, published under the reference HLG 19854.
1967–68—the above scheme, as modified by the Inner London Rate Equalisation (Amendment) Scheme 1967, published under the reference HLG 31921.
1968–69–1969–70—the Greater London Rate Equalisation Scheme 1968, published under the reference HLG 35523.
1970–71–1973–74—the above scheme, as modified by the Greater London Rate Equalisation (Amendment) Scheme 1970, published under the reference HLG 49407.
1974–75—the Greater London Rate Equalisation Scheme 1974, unpublished.
1975–76—the Greater London Rate Equalisation Scheme 1975, unpublished.
Arrangements have been made for the 1976–77 scheme to be published, and copies will be available in the Vote Office in a few weeks' time.