§ Mr. Maurice Macmillanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the total amounts paid through the rate support grant, and each of the other major grants administered by his Department to local authorities for each of the last 10 years and the percentage of the national total of each grant that payments to local authorities in Surrey represented in each of these years.
§ Mr. FreesonThe total amounts paid in rate support grant for each of the years from 1969–70 to 1976–77 and the latest estimates for 1977–78 and 1978–79, together with the proportion of these grants paid to local authorities in Surrey, are set out below. The comparable figures for the other major grant administered by this Department—housing subsidies, including slum clearance subsidy and 357W improvement grants—are shown for the years 1974–75 to 1977–78. The housing
Rate Support Grant Housing Subsidies England and Wales £m. Percentage paid to Surrey authorities England Percentage paid to Surrey authorities 1969–70 … … … 1,619.0 1.7 — — 1970–71 … … … 1,880.0 1.8 — — 1971–72 … … … 2,173.0 1.8 — — 1972–73 … … … 2,528.0 1.8 — — 1973–74 … … … 3,098.0 1.7 — — 1974–75 … … … 4,382.9 1.6 697.1 0.8 1975–76 … … … 5,784.9 1.5 987.7 0.9 1976–77 … … … 6,291.1 1.4 1,182.6 0.9 1977–78 … … … 6,465.6 1.2 1,332.8 0.9 1978–79 … … … 6,843.8 1.2 — —
§ Mr. Maurice Macmillanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Report the amounts paid through the rate support grant to each local authority in each year since 1973 and the percentage of the total disbursement through the rate support grant each payment represented in each year.
§ Mr. FreesonI will write to the right hon. Gentleman.