§ Mr. McKelveyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the level of rate support grant at constant prices over the last five years to inner city areas; and what level he is expecting for the coming year.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe following table gives the latest available figures. Because of the different ways in which
£000's 1977–78*‡ 1978–79*‡ 1979–80*‡ 1980–81*║ 1981–82†¶ 1982–83†¶ Partnership Authorities Birmingham 206,209 211,134 204,584 195,067 ■163,671 162,703 Gateshead 47,179 47,156 46,484 46,518 ■42,813 43,424 Liverpool 137,448 138,035 135,384 135,645 ■120,805 120,310 Manchester 134,410 140,483 135,735 131,543 ■110,298 102,605 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 59,545 61,022 59,501 58,441 ■46,301 42,317 Salford 63,776 64,550 63,003 61,232 ■54,808 54,535 Greenwich 33,894 37,891 40,747 39,517 ⋆34,886 #32,520 Hackney 47,030 53,130 53,354 49,574 ⋆43,757 #47,579 Islington 44,837 50,319 49,488 46,448 ⋆31,213 #35,811 Lambeth 58,335 66,316 67,658 61,152 ⋆57,544 #61,907 Lewisham 47,932 54,214 55,881 53,876 ⋆51,975 #49,593 Southwark 56,038 62,852 62,488 58,753 ⋆50,521 #50,020 Tower Hamlets 38,039 41,931 41,230 37,133 ⋆33,637 #30,488 Newham 58,923 66,091 62,756 60,685 ⋆64,670 #73,726 Programme Authorities Kingston-upon-Hull 5,599 5,557 ●8,773 9,571 12,468 12,711 Leicester 3,760 3,413 ●6,863 6,659 9,849 9,443 Middlesborough 4,681 4,309 ●6,875 7,542 8,612 8,553 Nottingham 2,737 3,020 ●8,374 8,162 8,068 8,853 Bolton 54,979 53,847 54,091 52,768 ■49,829 52,051 Bradford 112,154 110,923 109,129 107,410 ■99,942 108,687 Leeds 131,957 130,549 128,402 127,723 ■115,148 118,053 N. Tyneside 39,387 44,619 44,722 43,253 ■38,550 38,933 Oldham 50,982 51,796 51,247 48,899 ■49,637 49,596 Sheffield 115,031 111,446 104,300 104,745 ■96,775 94,375 S. Tyneside 43,914 44,502 43,823 42,177 ■39,453 39,092 Sunderland 72,675 71,158 70,200 67,377 ■63,662 63,867 Wirral 68,654 67,798 65,210 62,828 ■55,051 55,791 Wolverhampton 47,547 49,647 47,273 47,527 ■43,656 43,783 Hammersmith and Fulham 36,458 41,250 41,690 39,341 ⋆35,689 #35,596 * Includes needs element, the resources element that remained in the district or borough after precepts had been taken, and payments under the London rate equalisation scheme; figures are revalued to 1981–82 settlement prices. † Includes block grant and payments under the London rate equalisation scheme; figures are in cash terms. ‡ Final entitlements. ║ Payments made by 31 March 1982. ¶ Estimated entitlements before holdback. ● Non-metropolitan districts first received needs element in 1979–80; at the same time the entitlements of the counties were reduced. ■ Grant was paid direct to metropolitan counties for the first time in 1981–82; at the same time the entitlements of the district were reduced. ⋆ Includes grant paid in respect of the GLC, ILEA—except Newham—and the Metropolitan Police; the new grant system had the effect of increasing the amount of grant remaining in boroughs that had qualified for resources element, but this was offset by an increase in the size of the precepts. # Excludes grant paid in respect of the GLC and ILEA, which is being paid direct in 1982–83.