§ Mr. Tilleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give a breakdown of how the proposed public expenditure for community services, on pages 114 and 115 of Command Paper No. 7439, will be divided between the various items under that heading including the revised version of section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesThe breakdown is broadly between grants in aid to statutory commissions, grants and grants in aid to voluntary bodies and the proposed new grant for ethnic minorities. The provision within this programme for the new ethnic grant rises, in 1978 survey prices, from £5 million in 1980–81 to £8 million in 1981–82 and £12 million in 1982–83. This, together with allocations included in programmes 10—education and libraries, science and arts—and 11—Health and personal social services—represents an increase of £10 million in 1980–81 rising to £25 million in 1982–83 over expenditure previously planned for section 11 grants.
§ Mr. Tilleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state, in pursuance to his answer on 18 January, where the expected expenditure in 1979–80 under section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966 appears in Command Paper No. 7439.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesThe expected expenditure is mainly included in the provision made for programmes 10—education and libraries, science and arts—and 11—health and personal social services—and is not separately identified.