HC Deb 07 February 1977 vol 925 c535W
Mr. Stan Crowther

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will state the statutory provision on which he relied in refusing to apply the transport supplementary grant formula in respect of revenue support for the public transport service in the county of South Yorkshire.

Mr. William Rodgers

The statutory provisions for the grant, which is not specific to different categories of transport expenditure, and for expenditure accepted for grant purposes are set out in the Local Government Act 1974. The formula for the grant's distribution in 1977–78—the same for all counties in England and Wales—is shown in the Rate Support Grant Order 1976 (S.I. 1976 No. 2203).