§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing for each of the eight counties of Wales the grant-related expenditure for each county for the current year, the proposed rate support grant for each county and the percentage relationship between those two figures.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe information is as follows:
£000s; percentage Grant-related expenditure 1981–82 Provisional block grant entitlement Provisional grant as a percentage of GRE Clwyd 123,071 75,545 61.4 Dyfed 107,278 67,865 63.3 Gwent 142,333 87,456 61.4 Gwynedd 77,871 48,935 62.8 Mid Glamorgan 174,599 128,989 73.9 Powys 41,329 30,733 74.4 South Glamorgan 119,323 63,081 52.9 West Glamorgan 111,197 68,985 62.0 The block grant entitlements shown are provisional, and are subject to adjustment in supplementary reports.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing for each of the counties of Wales the total specific grant funds payable to them for the current financial year.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsSpecific grants are made available for both revenue and capital purposes and the overall distribution by county for the current financial year is not yet available.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales, taking 1974–75 as a base year, and adjusting for the changing value of money, if he will publish a table showing an index for the movement of total expenditure by each counzy in Wales for each year since 1974–75.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsInformation in the form requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.