§ Mr. Joseph Deanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the global amounts of rate support grant that will be paid to each of the six largest metropolitan districts; and what would have been paid to these authorities if the 1973 rate support grant formula used by the last Conservative Government in 1973 was used.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettThe initial estimates of rate support grant for 1978–79 payable to the six metropolitan district councils with the largest populations are as follows:
system still been in operation as some data relevant to the earlier system is no longer collected.