HC Deb 28 November 1979 vol 974 cc663-5W
Mr. Tilley

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was allocated in the last financial year to each individual local authority for tackling various forms of racial disadvantage under section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966; and what estimates he has of allocation under this section in the current financial year.

Mr. Raison

Under section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966 grants are paid to local authorities to meet 75 per cent. of eligible expenditure. The grants advanced to local authorities in respect of expenditure under section 11 in 1978–79, and the grants expected to be advanced in respect of this expenditure in 1979–80, are as follows:

1978–79 1979–80
County Councils: £ £
Avon 293,727 357,436
Bedfordshire 662,835 664,410
Berkshire 284,601 387,429
Buckinghamshire 209,876 227,179
Cambridgeshire 109,384 132,462
Derbyshire 309,150 416,644
Gloucestershire 41,917 42,525
Hampshire 51,403 51,473
Hertfordshire 117,590 119,040
Kent 56,229 63,680
Lancashire 516,037 523,665
Leicestershire 1,217,345 1,154,186
Northamptonshire 51,216 59,241
Nottinghamshire 429,990 445,114
Oxfordshire 47,534 55,215
Salop 4,163 4,206
Staffordshire 23,509 24,024
Suffolk 10,260 10,348
Warwickshire 187,070 197,653
West Sussex 3,229 3,388
Districts:
Aylesbury Vale DC 360 306
Birmingham, City of 1,718,968 1,959,502
Blackburn Borough 5,791 6,450

1978–79 1979–80
£ £
Bolton MBC 144,556 143,467
Bradford, City of 1,138,702 1,159,246
Calderdale MBC 174,427 191,640
Charnwood Borough 115 115
Coventry, City of 470,695 538,998
Derby City C 526 545
Dudley MBC 221,996 281,242
Gloucester, City of 322 355
Gravesham Borough 428 471
Ipswich Borough 555 555
Kirklees MBC 474,197 491,571
Leeds City C 461,342 479,638
Leicester City C 5,550 6,160
Luton Borough 2,678 2,858
Manchester, City of 432,131 461,084
North Beds Borough C 8,237 8,511
North Herts DC 571 628
Northampton Borough C 302 311
Nottingham, City of 529 428
Oldham MBC 174,579 207,338
Oxford, City of 609 521
Pendle District C 3,855 4,246
Preston Borough 553 583
Reading Borough 1,852 1,895
Rochdale MBC 205,168 220,631
Rotherham Borough 29,037 35,234
Rugby Borough 460 477
Sandwell MBC 748,327 784,708
Sheffield, City of 160,639 175,887
Slough District C 11,075 12,136
Southampton, City of 1,666 1,756
Tameside MBC 45,443 35,457
Trafford Borough 84,672 88,781
Walsall MBC 695,425 707,863
Warwick District C 1,058 953
Wellingborough BC 46 52
Wolverhampton MBC 1,023,355 1,036,552
Wycombe District C 2,195 2,329
London Authorities:
Barking 41,919 40,508
Barnet 183,870 202,842
Brent 1,407,847 1,645,671
Camden 34,062 11,137
Croydon 264,213 269,073
Ealing 1,267,644 1,305,079
Enfield 99,904 104,020
Greenwich 19,711 21,628
Hackney 13,737 13,397
Hammersmith 39,001 38,294
Haringey 827,644 976,155
Harrow 97,588 101,374
Hillingdon 71,068 82,223
Hounslow 176,111 187,574
ILEA 5,911,468 5,939,861
Islington 12,528 31,739
Kensington and Chelsea 29,162 32,423
Lambeth 10,320 9,322
Lewisham 41,568 37,435
Merton 82,548 82,549
Newham 490,986 517,991
Redbridge 141,626 170,226
Southwark 61,225
Tower Hamlets 40,112
Waltham Forest 572,734 574,448
Wandsworth 34,535 42,878
Westminster 13,024 7,052
GLC 3,655
25,004,987 26,500,577

These amounts are based on estimates of expenditure provided by the authorities concerned and are subject to adjustment in the light of returns of actual expenditure incurred.