§ Mr. John H. Osbornasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the allocation of central Gov-
Central Government grants to Sheffield (1) Current prices except where stated otherwise 1978–79 £m. 1979–80 £m. 1980–81 £m. Rate support grant: Needs element 49.2 55 (2) 64 (2) Resources element 33.4 37 (2) 49 (2) Domestic element 5.1 5.2 5.3 Specific grants (revenue) 9.7 (3) 11 (4) (5) 13 (4) (5) Capital grants and reimbursements 0.6 Not yet available centrally Not yet available centrally Housing subsidies (6) 15.9 19.9 (7) 22.7 (8) Notes
(1) Excludes (inter alia) income from National Education Pooling; reimbursements by the Manpower Services Commission in connection with Job Creation schemes; rate rebates grant.
(2) Estimated final allocation.
(3) Includes grants not relevant for Rate Support Grant purposes (primarily specific grant on mandatory student awards).
(4) Estimated.
(5) Specific grants relevant for RSG purposes together with specific grant on mandatory student awards.
(6) Housing subsidy payable under section 2 of the Act, other housing (HRA) subsidies and rent rebate subsidy.
(7) Provisional.
(8) Claims.
Constant price figures have not been given since the figures for the different years are not strictly comparable.