HC Deb 04 December 1978 vol 959 cc530-9W
Mr. Gwynfor Evans

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing the percentage increase in the rate support grant payable for needs elements for each authority in England for 1979–80 as compared with 1974–75.

Mr. Guy Barnett

Following is the table:

NEEDS ELEMENT CHANGE 1974/75 ON 1979/80 ESTIMATED OUTTURN
1979/80 on1974/75
per cent.
Avon 45.275
Bedfordshire 58.900
Berkshire 23.311
Buckinghamshire 22.676
Cambridgeshire 28.736
Cheshire 53.970
Cleveland 77.065
Cornwall 69.021
Cumbria 33.036
Derbyshire 59.499
Devon 44.852
Dorset 36.093
Durham 72.751
East Sussex 41.805
Essex 30.259
Gloucestershire 47.353
Hampshire 45.220
Hereford and Worcester 38.967
Hertfordshire 20.890
Humberside 91.039
Isle of Wight 60.769
Kent 34.644
Lancashire 77.424
Leicestershire 64.948
Lincolnshire 55.973
Norfolk 55.238
Northamptonshire 56.888
Northumberland 34.229
North Yorkshire 33.029
Nottinghamshire 89.278
Oxfordshire 20.296
Salop 59.117
Somerset 42.978
Staffordshire 41.261
Suffolk 31.905
Surrey —3.437
Warwickshire 32.858
West Sussex 16.628
Wiltshire 21.917
NEEDS ELEMENT CHANGE 1974.75 ON 1979.80 ESTIMATED OUTTURN
1979–80 on 1974–75
per cent.
Greater Manchester
Bolton 83.706
Bury 82.081
Manchester 76.267
Oldham 95.691
Rochdale 101.358
Salford 98.279
Stockport 52.419
Tameside 99.235
Trafford 60.262
Wigan 55.796
Merseyside
Knowsley 88.615
Liverpool 71.511
St. Helens 64.897
Sefton 76.455
Wirral 66.797
South Yorkshire
Barnsley 89.278
Doncaster 70.569
Rotherham 68.838
Sheffield 66.772
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 82.940
Newcastle upon Tyne 54.802
North Tyneside 86.392
South Tyneside 96.606
Sunderland 84.239
West Midlands
Birmingham 73.642
Coventry 59.109
Dudley 27.075
Sandwell 82.396
Solihull 44.813
Walsall 67.533
Wolverhampton 96.565
West Yorkshire
Bradford 76.675
Calderdale 83.312
Kirklees 69.662
Leeds 67.155
Wakefield 70.099
NEEDS ELEMENT CHANGE 1974/75 ON 1979/80 ESTIMATED OUTTURN
1979/80 on1974/75
per cent.
Camden 85.894
Greenwich 98.688
Hackney 97.031
Hammersmith 93.920
Islington 86.814
Kensington and Chelsea 87.906
Lambeth 93.907
Lewisham 99.872
Southwark 91.996
Tower Hamlets 78.216
Wandsworth 97.351
Westminster 114.457
Barking 97.727
Barnet 91.518
Bexley 102.760
Brent 138.808
Bromley 120.428
Croydon 118.685
Ealing 115.183
Enfield 124.788
Haringey 125.018
Harrow 89.639
Havering 87.946
Hillingdon 91.454
Hounslow 100.273
Kingston-upon-Thames 93.359
Merton 117.772
Newham 117.655
Redbridge 120.149
Richmond-upon-Thames 120.564
Sutton 123.337
Waltham Forest 136.968

Mr. Michael Morris

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all the factors which have been employed in regression analysis formulae for the distribution of rate support grant in each year since 1974–75, including 1979–80, giving the relative weighting of each factor in each year.

Mr. Guy Barnett

The factors and their relative weightings are given in the following publications:

1974–75
1975 SI 1248
1975–76
1976 SI 2201
1976–77
1977 SI 2114
1977–78
1978 SI 2115
1978–79
The Rate Support Grant (Increase) (No. 2) Order 1978
1979– 80
The Rate Support Grant Order 1978

The 1978 orders referred to are at present laid before this House for approval by resolution.

Mr. Michael Morris

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was (a) the percentage change in needs element of rate suport grant and (b) the percentage change in population in each non-metropolitan county, metropolitan district and London borough for each year since 1974–75.

Mr. Guy Barnett

The percentage changes in the needs element of rate support grant and populations are shown in the attached tables. No estimated population figures are yet available for mid-1978.

NEEDS ELEMENT INCREASES IN MONEY TERMS
TABLE 18
1975–76 on 1974–75 1976–77 on 1975–76 1977–78 on 1976–77 1978–79* on 1977–78 1979–80* on 1978–79*
% % % % %
Avon 21.318 4.243 —1.077 7.681 7.840
Bedfordshire 24.807 6.379 0.278 7.359 11.170
Berkshire 11.861 2.033 —2.607 7.054 3.621
Buckinghamshire 12.775 4.886 —6.814 3.339 7.699
Cambridgeshire 19.564 5.432 —13.155 4.988 11.694
Cheshire 27.720 4.750 —0.130 5.888 8.829
Cleveland 31.447 8.238 6.234 6.912 9.575
Cornwall 25.772 9.068 6.708 5.570 9.376
Cumbria 16.892 5.556 —2.994 5.818 5.038
Derbyshire 26.137 7.496 —0.769 10.009 7.756
Devon 19.780 3.739 0.784 7.567 7.530
Dorset 21.011 5.540 —4.662 5.099 6.348
Durham 29.248 9.782 3.612 5.919 10.939
East Sussex 22.711 5.399 2.099 5.046 2.227
Essex 12.851 1.719 —3.089 1.073 15.848
Gloucestershire 27.213 5.127 —1.637 5.462 6.215
Hampshire 21.319 3.895 6.544 6.193 1.831
Hereford and Worcester 19.689 6.657 —6.413 6.714 9.002
Hertfordshire 16.059 0.801 —5.970 2.088 7.647
Humberside 31.423 9.285 9.196 9.733 11.007
Isle of Wight 29.317 7.832 2.822 2.548 9.342
Kent 14.410 3.386 1.318 1.753 10.415
Lancashire 30.843 7.965 6.998 8.182 8.506
Leicestershire 27.075 8.429 3.749 7.112 7.725
Lincolnshire 21.778 9.966 1.170 8.350 6.253
Norfolk 22.385 8.339 —0.442 9.175 7.717
Northamptonshire 32.352 9.022 —1.941 4.623 5.981
Northumberland 16.181 7.921 —3.076 4.034 6.170
North Yorkshire 14.553 6.557 —4.624 8.748 5.074
Nottinghamshire 29.903 10.789 9.773 9.057 9.859
Oxfordshire 16.569 0.567 —13.440 5.201 12.686
Salop 22.594 8.623 1.667 5.080 10.943
Somerset 23.325 6.723 —4.681 6.387 7.126
Staffordshire 23.947 4.888 —4.705 5.632 7.944
Suffolk 19.943 4.561 —5.540 5.825 5.216
Surrey 4.000 —2.670 —14.584 1.359 10.188
Warwickshire 25.935 4.095 —9.076 3.182 8.027
West Sussex 23.827 3.211 —12.284 —0.358 4.409
Wiltshire 19.064 3.340 —8.856 4.006 4.526
Clywd 26.503 8.294 1.470 5.143 11.582
Dyfed 19.387 6.898 0.578 6.921 5.412
Gwent 26.847 8.264 1.606 7.149 10.904
Gwynedd 21.298 8.322 2.978 3.502 5.610
Mid Glamorgan 27.899 10.114 6.417 9.430 11.610
Powys 22.271 8.979 7.790 5.390 4.465
South Glamorgan 22.889 7.989 6.786 7.290 10.427
West Glamorgan 28.822 6.625 0.543 5.516 11 089
Bolton 34.087 10.455 8.327 5.415 8.620
Bury 21.823 6.170 0.638 28.971 8.462
Manchester 18.170 9.226 11.273 11.472 10.100
Oldham 27.757 9.862 9.649 13.478 12.052
Rochdale 30.869 12.207 10.828 11.492 10.974
Salford 28.778 11.528 12.613 11.277 10.169
Stockport 26.960 4.104 —1.950 10.632 6.310
Tameside 35.237 9.961 9.103 13.911 7.803
Trafford 35.864 6.104 4.396 3.648 2.742
Wigan 31.958 6.516 1.518 2.590 6.429
Knowsley 33.353 9.048 14.554 6.660 6.156
Liverpool 22.059 6.766 12.908 7.630 8.300
St. Helens 24.489 4.315 4.016 9.513 11.472
Sefton 32.951 7.377 8.495 6.029 7.446
Wirral 27.434 7.271 7.041 5.230 8.326
Barnsley 31.098 10.022 7.852 9.735 10.879
Doncaster 38.227 7.447 —0.308 5.729 8.958
Rotherham 29.715 7.777 3.194 4.203 12.310
Sheffield 29.751 8.398 9.566 3.075 4.994
* 1978–79, 1979–80 estimated outturn.

NEEDS ELEMENT INCREASE; IN MONEY TERMS
TABLE 18
1975–76on 1974–75 1976–77on 1975–76 1977–78on 1976–77 1978–79*on 1977–78 1979–80*on 1978–79*
% % % % %
Gateshead 26.263 8.835 8.723 10.907 10.404
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 19.720 6.168 3.844 7.382 9.221
North Tyneside 26.011 11.578 5.390 11.122 13.198
South Tyneside 33.663 11.847 12.623 9.015 7.115
Sunderland 31.447 8.943 13.503 3.179 9.859
Birmingham 22.199 9.541 10.111 9.257 7.827
Coventry 25.344 4.848 3.336 10.728 5.809
Dudley 26.429 3.611 —9.669 2.727 4.541
Sandwell 29.499 12.115 10.967 9.242 3.634
Solihull 40.158 1.299 —4.833 3.003 4.052
Walsall 30.190 9.655 4.716 5.631 60.93
Wolverhampton 30.439 11.578 13.280 10.113 8.275
Bradford 25.520 10.014 8.628 9.199 7.859
Calderdale 31.947 10.348 10.107 8.205 5.673
Kirklees 31.923 10.013 7.550 2.998 5.531
Leeds 25.217 6.314 6.632 7.044 10.006
Wakefield 31.431 7.175 2.377 7.099 10.134
London—
Camden 11.044 16.723 0.700 22.466 16.297
Greenwich 10.868 23.456 1.574 19.067 20.027
Hackney 7.302 28.047 6.179 20.985 11.632
Hammersmith 12.102 22.963 3.343 21.170 12.346
Islington 6.908 24.349 6.951 20.185 9.326
Kensington and Chelsea 16.485 20.650 1.113 18.430 11.655
Lambeth 7.859 24.235 4.792 21.747 13.424
Lewisham 12.190 25.103 4.937 20.357 12.753
Southwark 7.497 26.631 6.256 20.115 10.512
Tower Hamlets 2.523 26.690 6.343 18.048 9.299
Westminster 21.692 10.667 —13.403 38.096 33.161
Wandsworth 12.861 26.873 2.113 20.902 11.638
Barking 27.574 16.787 3.586 19.470 7.238
Barnet 21.143 20.751 2.466 19.743 6.706
Bexley 23.166 18.585 3.561 21.014 10.772
Brent 23.436 26.164 13.194 26.343 7.225
Bromley 14.190 29.487 7.364 23.914 12.055
Croydon 21.702 24.282 4.841 22.427 12.643
Ealing 14.959 31.008 7.887 24.303 6.541
Enfield 25.919 25.203 4.682 21.748 11.896
Haringey 24.238 25.934 9.735 25.256 4.635
Harrow 18.631 17.431 3.043 20.565 9.573
Havering 20.150 21.299 4.310 19.108 3.798
Hillingdon 9.594 24.438 1.456 21.772 13.631
Hounslow 17.055 23.429 4.364 20.525 10.202
Kingston-upon-Thames 18.656 21.546 2.544 17.435 11.333
Merton 17.078 28.775 6.137 22.957 10.681
Newham 26.109 25.425 8.052 21.427 4.879
Redbridge 14.428 22.626 8.511 27.608 13.305
Richmond-upon-Thames 19.521 27.951 4.785 24.676 10.399
Sutton 24.503 26.262 6.138 23.129 8.712
Waltham Forest 25.444 23.620 11.189 27.047 8.174
*1978–79, 1979–80 estimated outturn.

CHANGES IN POPULATION
1975–76 on 1974–75 1976–77 on 1975–76 1977–78 on 1976–77
Per cent. Per cent. Per cent.
Avon 0.186 0.055 —0.087
Bedfordshire 0.453 0.574 —0.224
Berkshire 0.076 0.702 1.213
Buckinghamshire 1.065 1.730 0.899
Cambridgeshire 2.180 1.627 0.409
Cheshire 0.785 0.362 —0.142
Cleveland —0.088 0.159 0.406
Cornwall 1.158 0.946 1.504
Cumbria —0.336 0.105 —0.168
Derbyshire —0.336 0.214 0.572
Devon 0.883 0.801 0.328

1975–76 on 1974–75 1976–77 on 1975–76 1977–78 on 1976–77
Per cent. Per cent. Per cent.
Dorset 0.316 1.084 0.900
Durham —0033 0.049 —0.540
East Sussex —0.274 0.122 —0.624
Essex 0.518 0.869 —0.133
Gloucestershire 0.536 0.533 0.489
Hampshire 0.886 0.456 —0.200
Hereford and Worcester 0.667 0.849 1.482
Hertfordshire —0.647 0.064 0.405
Humberside —0.024 —0.094 —0.201
Isle of Wight 0.542 0.988 1.068
Kent 0.090 0.319 —0.228
Lancashire 0.168 0.087 —0.495
Leicestershire 0.724 0.132 —0.419
Lincolnshire 0.598 0.594 0.914
Norfolk 1.107 1.004 1.611
Northamptonshire 1.008 0.718 1.803
Northumberland 0.280 0.209 1.078
North Yorkshire 0.509 0.123 0.184
Nottinghamshire 0.225 —0.326 —0.317
Oxfordshire 0.729 0.352 —0.296
Salop 0.395 0.000 1.292
Somerset 0.499 0.969 1.230
Staffordshire 0.252 0.312 —0.191
Suffolk 0.741 0.998 2.029
Surrey —0.546 0.110 —0.688
Warwickshire 0.213 0.064 —0.786
West Sussex 0.861 0.789 0.112
Wiltshire 0.453 0.490 0.273
Clwyd 0.671 0.453 0.796
Dyfed 0.907 0.000 0.713
Gwent —0023 —0.250 0.182
Gwynedd 0.492 0.490 0.487
Mid Glamorgan 0.279 —0.167 0.093
Powys 0.697 1.383 2.827
South Glamorgan —0.408 0.128 —1.408
West Glamorgan 0.027 —0.242 —0.809
Isles of Scilly 0.000 0.000 —5.000
Greater Manchester:
Bolton —0.115 —0.153 —0.345
Bury 0.111 0.277 —0.607
Manchester —1.986 —1.470 —0.907
Oldham 1.113 —0.440 —0.575
Rochdale 0.142 0.190 —0.615
Salford —1.304 —1.397 —0.459
Stockport —0.949 —0.342 —0.584
Tameside —0.045 —0.270 —0.676
Trafford 0.000 —0088 0.088
Wigan 0.945 0.323 0.096
Merseyside:
Knowsley 0.933 —1.203 —1.376
Liverpool —1.873 —1.472 —0.959
St. Helens 0.052 —0.258 —1.654
Sefton —0.293 —0.425 —0.951
Wirral —0.998 — 0.346 0.058
South Yorkshire:
Barnsley —0.178 0.000 —0.491
Doncaster 0.316 0.140 0.070
Rotherham 0–202 0.161 —0.442
Sheffield —0.232 —0.821 —1.440
Tyne and Wear:
Gateshead 0.090 —0.584 —1.762
Newcastle-upon-Tyne —0.202 —0.810 —0.442
North Tyneside —1.167 —1131 —1.940
South Tyneside —1.340 —1.712 0.240
Sunderland 0.890 1.188 0.604
West Midlands:
Birmingham —1.077 —1.182 1.102
Coventry 1.224 0.177 0.206
Dudley 0.334 —0.166 —0.999
Sandwell —1.220 —1.204 0.385
Solihull —0.651 0.151 —0.201

1975–76 on 1974–75 1976–77 on 9175–76 1977–78 on 1976–77
Per cent. Per cent. Per cent.
West Midlands—cont.
Walsall —0.478 —0.517 —0.594
Wolverhampton 0.299 —0.856 —1.202
West Yorkshire:
Bradford 0.109 —0.022 0.694
Calderdale —0.675 —1.045 0.528
Kirklees 0.187 0.186 0.133
Leeds —0.120 —0.481 —1.410
Wakefield 0.197 0.294 0.098
Camden —0.833 —0.210 —0.421
Greenwich —1.081 —0.760 —1.292
Hackney 0.3119 —1.882 —2.070
Hammersimth 0.412 —2.929 1.086
Islington —2.122 —2.624 —1.347
Kensington and Chelsea —2.506 —2.203 —0.188
Lambeth —0.305 —2.514 —1.429
Lewisham —3.190 —2.116 1.330
Southwark —3.309 —.481 —1.711
Tower Hamlets —0.999 —1.480 2.664
Wandsworth —0.962 —1.768 —1.765
Westminster —1.006 —0.924 —2.145
Barking —1.206 —.0.899 —.0.843
Barnet 1.816 —1.123 —2.405
Bexley —0.553 —0.232 —0.279
Brent —2.380 —1.867 —0.660
Bromley —0.862 —0.736 —1.247
Croydon 0.030 —0.152 —2.069
Ealing 0.068 1.222 —2.080
Enfield —0.607 —0.573 0.000
Haringey 0.829 —1.774 0.396
Harrow —0.445 —0.298 —0.996
Havering —1.932 —0.251 1.008
Hillingdon —1.029 —0.260 —0.521
Hounslow —1.028 —0.841 —0.200
Kingston-upon-Thames —0.659 0.000 0.590
Merton — 1.485 —1.623 —2.298
Newham 0.130 —0.996 0.481
Redbridge —1.275 —0.517 —0.909
Richmond-upon-Thames —1.062 —1.014 —0.542
Sutton —0.239 0.240 —0.299
Waltham Forest —2.382 —1.287 —0.315

Mr. Michael Morris

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of total relevant expenditure the rate support grant represented in each non-metropolitan county, metropolitan district and London borough, for each year since 1974–75.

Mr. Guy Barnett

I will write to the hon. Gentleman.