§ Mr. Goodladasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of the amount of building work covered by the 1975–76 loan allocation for locally-determined non-key sector schemes in Cheshire he estimates can, after allowing for the effects of inflation, be financed by the 1978–79 allocation.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettIt is for local authorities themselves to decide how to finance works in the locally determined sector. Authorities do not provide my Department with information about their decisions on what building or other work is financed through the borrowing allocation in any financial year. The major part of the expenditure in the locally deter-718W mined sector is now financed from sources other than borrowing.
§ Mr. Goodladasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will give a figure showing what the amount of rate support grant for Cheshire per capita would have had to have been exactly to have matched the rate of inflation in each of the years since 1970;
(2) if he will give a figure showing the amount of rate support grant for Cheshire per capita in each year since 1970.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettThe relevant figures are:
Year Actual grant per capita 1970 grant per capita adjusted in line with the retail price index (£) (£) 1970–71 … … 39.1 39.1 1971–72 … … 45.0 42.8 1972–73 … … 52.3 45.8 1973–74 … … 61.9 50.1 1974–75 … … 80.9 58.1 1975–76 … … 111.9 72.1 1976–77 … … 118.2 84.1 1977–78 … … 117.3 98.6 1978–79 … … 124.4 100.2 The figures of actual grant payments take account of the changes made to the county as a result of the reorganisation in 1974.