HC Deb 11 April 1984 vol 58 cc239-44W
Mr. Pike

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the proportion of Government grants given to each non-metropolitan district council in (a) cash terms and (b) constant prices since 1978–79.

Mr. Waldegrave

Following, for each non-metropolitan district council, for the years 1981–82 to 1984–85, are figures showing the proportion of total expenditure funded by block grant. In each case the figures refer to the latest report for each year and include the effect of holdback. Because of changes to the grant system introduced in 1981–82, comparable figures for earlier years are not available.

Block Grant as a Percentage of Total Expenditure
(Latest report before London equalisation)
Percentage
1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85
Avon
Bath 66.01 67.25 64.43 66.40
Bristol 40.31 33.20 34.47 41.27
Kingswood 57.69 55.93 59.40 59.05
Northavon 37.40 35.31 37.87 344.40
Wansdyke 50.70 51.01 49.82 49.18
Woodspring 40.63 46.44 46.37 47.27
Bedfordshire
North Bedfordshire 29.71 30.71 38.29 32.55
Luton 29.95 26.19 36.02 30.46
Mid Bedfordshire 35.17 29.31 30.46 24.32
South Bedfordshire 21.84 15.18 14.05 8.44
Berkshire
Bracknell 16.67 24.14 29.30 28.37
Newbury 39.71 39.60 35.64 29.77
Reading 20.46 9.74 14.14 16.16
Slough 31.04 20.97 51.91 32.20
Windsor and Maidenhead 37.60 30.84 26.23 20.63
Wokingham 39.74 39.15 30.72 25.30
Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury Vale 21.29 35.72 34.61 30.73
South Bucks 15.60 12.89 2.69 —
Chiltern 17.02 15.92 14.54 9.37
Milton Keynes 17.58 24.22 25.34 18.08
Wycombe — 24.43 20.90 16.79
Cambridgeshire
Cambridge 34.72 35.31 31.34 25.18
East Cambridgeshire 37.37 56.43 49.50 46.95
Fenland 56.20 51.53 52.47 49.98
Huntingdon 41.24 41.31 39.95 35.96
Peterborough 34.34 32.63 30.63 25.20
South Cambridgeshire 31.74 33.77 27.88 22.60

1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85
Cheshire
Chester 26.91 30.78 28.90 29.05
Congleton 28.02 36.53 35.04 32.99
Crewe and Nantwich 51.61 46.38 43.69 42.43
Ellesmere Port and Neston 24.16 19.39 18.19 15.86
Halton 42.06 43.67 40.24 36.59
Macclesfield 41.56 38.83 36.53 33.60
Vale Royal 34.76 35.54 32.97 33.10
Warrington 27.03 30.63 29.31 31.46
Cleveland
Hartlepool 61.38 51.95 56.52 60.43
Langbaurgh 28.00 21.35 23.32 23.25
Middlesbrough 61.89 53.07 55.63 52.82
Stockton-on-Tees 32.73 27.39 30.44 27.93
Cornwall
Caradon 53.69 61.79 59.13 57.09
Carrick 53.86 54.56 53.76 50.88
Kerrier 61.80 59.95 58.41 56.25
North Cornwall 58.03 61.68 60.45 57.09
Penwith 64.59 58.32 60.23 56.65
Restormel 47.89 49.21 49.41 45.55
Cumbria
Allerdle 62.57 59.35 63.25 61.30
Barrow in Furness 65.27 64.81 65.75 63.15
Carlisle 40.43 43.45 51.01 49.24
Copeland 55.80 49.66 54.16 51.35
Eden 60.77 59.75 62.28 59.17
South Lakeland 61.33 55.97 57.86 53.77
Derbyshire
Amber Valley 56.41 55.41 54.46 50.03
Bolsover 61.24 55.65 56.11 54.79
Chesterfield 43.94 35.53 41.15 40.93
Derby 33.99 47.72 46.88 45.24
Erewash 54.61 54.03 50.57 49.21
High Peak 51.52 47.71 47.61 46.22
North East Derbyshire 50.27 51.53 50.72 49.50
South Derbyshire 33.46 34.98 33.83 29.24
West Derbyshire 58.28 56.06 54.04 50.62
Devon
East Devon 52.29 61.45 57.47 53.10
Exeter 43.64 60.99 56.44 54.59
North Devon 60.28 59.97 57.86 54.22
Plymouth 62.17 63.38 61.51 58.21
South Hams 66.29 64.13 61.31 56.21
Teignbridge 57.23 57.72 55.95 52.15
Mid Devon 54.07 57.49 56.66 56.72
Torbay 47.77 46.72 47.39 43.80
Torridge 72.94 69.55 68.31 65.48
West Devon 65.51 66.72 64.38 59.93
Dorset
Bournemouth 36.58 47.53 47.78 45.11
Christchurch 29.93 41.69 45.45 43.88
North Dorset 44.14 67.90 62.98 59.20
Poole 34.61 40.56 37.19 36.44
Purbeck 41.98 55.26 54.47 45.84
West Dorset 60.29 69.08 66.28 61.43
Weymouth and Portland 55.62 61.65 61.64 58.73
Wimborne 42.91 51.80 45.77 39.59
Durham
Chester-le-Street 62.63 54.89 53.95 55.07
Darlington 40.60 35.17 38.35 36.39
Derwentside 46.11 56.98 57.29 55.85
Durham 50.33 41.73 44.96 44.17
Easington 79.03 70.81 67.22 65.43

1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85
Sedgefield 57.18 51.33 50.23 48.99
Teesdale 60.91 62.00 64.33 61.73
Wear Valley 60.95 56.93 55.79 53.44
East Sussex
Brighton 44.98 37.23 45.38 40.17
Eastbourne 27.97 41.71 42.31 38.04
Hastings 58.21 57.06 60.41 56.57
Hove 58.45 64.42 69.84 63.24
Lewes 44.45 44.71 41.47 37.25
Rother 44.83 44.03 50.60 47.80
Wealden 52.70 54.11 52.32 48.30
Essex
Basildon 33.47 26.03 15.61 17.65
Braintree 41.25 37.99 38.14 35.44
Brentwood 26.62 28.81 21.90 17.42
Castle Point 34.96 36.09 38.36 39.21
Chelmsford 14.49 48.43 41.10 35.12
Colchester 30.78 48.12 48.21 45.80
Epping Forest 11.27 25.85 26.19 22.07
Harlow 13.25 2.20 .00 .54
Maldon 40.74 35.42 31.22 28.32
Rochford 44.91 40.38 38.17 34.81
Southend-on-Sea 45.41 41.57 47.44 42.46
Tendring 44.95 48.20 49.63 47.99
Thurrock 39.44 — — —
Uttlesford 49.81 46.68 42.01 34.81
Gloustershire
Cheltenham 40.13 44.13 46.58 45.18
Cotswold 51.17 44.90 47.20 43.92
Forest of Dean 65.26 62.51 59.89 55.84
Gloucester 46.72 61.00 62.06 59.63
Stroud 40.78 48.45 52.23 47.15
Tewkesbury 40.39 37.18 37.36 29.60
Hampshire
Basingstoke and Deane 19.41 31.15 32.72 30.32
East Hampshire 49.91 52.21 46.49 40.71
Eastleigh 30.43 35.29 30.91 28.88
Fareham 38.32 38.55 35.86 32.68
Gosport 55.67 55.54 54.27 51.22
Hart 34.11 36.72 36.03 30.13
Havant 52.24 56.08 53.76 47.54
New Forest 37.24 43.94 41.01 34.67
Portsmouth 59.97 43.64 53.99 51.45
Rushmoor 42.98 44.94 45.18 40.01
Southampton 42.82 47.15 47.89 44.07
Test Valley 38.10 40.87 36.44 32.14
Winchester 36.94 40.93 37.17 32.74
Hereford and Worcester
Bromsgrove 27.91 29.06 30.75 30.04
Hereford 19.46 41.86 41.72 41.23
Leominster 52.62 62.37 59.04 55.91
Malvern Hills 49.04 47.24 40.24 42.34
Redditch 33.77 23.71 26.12 25.32
South Herefordshire 50.72 53.53 53.59 50.98
Worcester 22.27 33.48 33.01 31.65
Wychavon 32.67 28.77 28.32 25.83
Wyre Forest 34.60 27.75 28.65 26.40
Hertfordshire
Broxbourne 58.83 45.10 37.02 31.24
Dacorum 9.90 31.65 27.83 24.81
East Hertfordshire 29.24 34.68 30.81 25.79
Hertsmere 17.98 17.84 15.51 12.00
North Hertfordshire 14.95 24.94 24.37 22.71
St. Albans 10.93 29.83 27.18 22.05
Stevenage 8.77 7.05 11.96 8.82
Three Rivers 32.26 24.62 26.02 22.64
Watford 32.84 32.77 2616 27.84
Welwyn Hatfleld 2.07 13.56 9.41 4.99

1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85
Humberside
Beverley 40.26 50.32 52.78 51.70
Boothferry 55.65 63.81 63.73 62.00
Cleethorpes 49.12 40.56 45.10 44.73
Glanford 39.79 45.15 49.16 46.21
Great Grimsby 64.21 56.40 54.71 55.03
Holderness 50.70 59.22 60.26 58.08
Kingston upon Hull 64.76 58.44 66.34 64.50
East Yorkshire 58.54 58.56 61.17 60.45
Scunthorpe 47.51 35.91 34.59 36.33
Isle of Wight
Medina 47.43 48.31 48.62 46.28
South Wight 47.80 48.15 47.31 44.29
Kent
Ashford 50.38 42.27 46.14 43.89
Canterbury 47.03 51.51 51.65 49.98
Dartford 43.90 49.60 47.82 43.55
Dover 60.20 56.91 58.19 56.52
Gillingham 62.33 72.59 73.24 67.39
Gravesham 53.22 50.02 48.65 44.86
Maidstone 51.45 45.54 46.09 44.30
Rochester upon Medway 58.53 46.59 49.40 42.40
Sevenoaks 40.20 41.16 43.37 40.41
Shepway 47.88 47.38 49.63 46.43
Swale 59.46 52.57 49.59 47.46
Thanet 54.07 50.47 56.53 54.29
Tonbridge and Mailling 34.14 36.21 36.06 33.01
Tunbridge Wells 41.57 48.35 50.15 48.01
Lancashire
Blackburn 67.75 60.53 63.92 60.59
Blackpool 50.20 50.45 56.15 57.21
Burnley 59.37 57.16 58.72 57.23
Chorley 60.64 57.01 52.90 53.13
Fylde 45.33 47.59 50.26 45.28
Hyndburn 62.46 61.28 59.30 61.08
Lancaster 51.86 56.04 57.08 54.94
Pendle 70.88 66.71 66.14 66.18
Preston 57.99 50.42 57.66 56.27
Ribble Valley 52.16 50.83 51.03 50.54
Rossendale 63.24 57.30 57.63 57.45
South Ribble 55.60 55.66 42.31 51.59
West Lancashire 52.77 48.37 44.65 43.60
Wyre 56.31 60.20 63.06 60.12
Leicestershire
Blaby 41.33 41.83 41.80 38.79
Chrnwood 38.60 39.10 35.79 34.10
Harborough 44.59 41.98 37.77 32.66
Hinckley and Bosworth 36.77 40.61 39.99 35.78
Leicester 56.02 37.07 33.05 44.30
Melton 40.29 40.57 40.71 38.44
North West Leicestershire 40.29 38.29 36.88 34.05
Oadby and Wigston 30.55 42.19 43.83 42.54
Rutland 33.68 40.82 41.05 39.23
Lincolnshire
Boston 53.61 57.65 57.50 55.81
East Lindsey 53.45 53.12 54.27 50.07
Lincoln 46.05 44.80 51.00 48.84
North Kesteven 58.86 53.99 52.32 49.01
South Holland 69.11 59.49 57.36 54.25
South Kesteven 48.22 50.96 51.50 48.47
West Lindsey 59.43 52.92 49.03 47.49
Norfolk
Breckland 53.47 48.40 48.81 47.83
Broadland 44.13 49.74 49.39 46.53
Great Yarmouth 37.89 37.37 43.92 39.70

1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85
North Norfolk 51.25 52.12 58.99 56.04
Norwich 37.92 19.31 21.80 21.11
South Norfolk 57.12 54.63 50.55 48.75
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 47.44 45.34 46.30 43.82
Northamptonshire
Corby 39.33 35.47 41.36 37.60
Daventry 15.64 28.47 26.95 24.40
East Northamptonshire 41.24 58.73 58.70 57.35
Kettering 62.98 53.62 54.76 53.07
Northampton 41.49 42.93 41.35 35.38
South Northamptonshire 40.63 48.31 46.81 44.20
Wellingborough 48.00 43.61 43.59 43.56
Northumberland
Alnwick 64.19 63.62 67.89 64.29
Berwick-upon-Tweed 46.05 61.07 62.38 56.17
Blyth Valley 66.05 59.59 60.41 58.49
Castle Morpeth 45.55 44.16 42.93 39.87
Tynedale 60.92 52.28 52.12 50.70
Wansbeck 41.50 27.35 36.39 34.78
North Yorkshire
Craven 53.08 55.41 53.88 51.29
Hambleton 47.49 49.31 48.46 46.18
Harrogate 37.82 41.31 43.37 40.91
Richmondshire 54.99 53.11 54.09 53.07
Ryedale 48.27 57.19 56.45 55.51
Scarborough 51.42 58.78 55.12 56.35
Selby 28.69 26.45 22.64 17.71
York 56.80 68.58 65.59 63.55
Nottinghamshire
Ashfield 58.86 49.20 52.57 49.57
Bassetlaw 28.44 17.37 17.27 11.38
Broxtowe 52.25 49.12 49.06 45.82
Gedling 45.43 48.91 53.03 49.81
Mansfield 69.39 63.93 68.03 64.69
Newark 45.77 47.38 48.89 46.39
Nottingham 48.48 49.20 55.63 51.66
Rushcliffe 24.86 29.17 30.07 24.93
Oxfordshire
Cherwell 37.35 36.88 37.92 35.76
Oxford 41.52 41.75 38.88 44.36
South Oxfordshire 36.01 38.71 34.22 33.20
Vale of White Horse 8.05 18.60 19.49 20.23
West Oxfordshire 42.73 39.98 42.57 42.16
Shropshire
Bridgnorth 32.94 43.44 45.39 42.17
North Shropshire 49.77 55.73 58.31 59.81
Oswestry 54.45 60.38 59.35 57.33
Shrewsbury and Atcham 29.51 38.68 39.96 38.57
South Shropshire 53.82 59.60 62.73 65.99
The Wrekin 43.26 51.05 47.65 43.14
Somerset
Mendip 48.72 52.94 53.73 51.34
Sedgemoor 44.91 50.96 51.95 47.23
Taunton Deane 51.66 53.41 52.54 51.83
West Somerset 51.13 44.51 50.91 41.80
Yeovil 39.76 56.43 55.35 54.19
Staffordshire
Cannock Chase 53.64 46.00 43.62 39.21
East Staffordshire 31.79 50.80 46.31 46.24
Lichfield 24.10 30.18 32.87 30.26
Newcastle-under-Lyme 40.30 44.56 48.43 47.11

1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85
South Staffordshire 36.97 42.00 36.16 32.85
Stafford 35.87 46.36 44.06 38.15
Staffordshire Moorlands 43.22 50.88 49.62 47.05
Stoke.on.Trent 45.85 51.16 50.38 47.82
Tamworth 58.07 52.76 51.25 47.57
Suffolk
Babergh 53.53 51.22 49.30 46.68
Forest Heath 65.77 59.89 57.36 52.43
Ipswich 29.94 35.89 31.55 34.53
Mid Suffolk 48.17 49.07 49.71 44.86
St. Edmundsbury 36.41 44.20 46.54 43.16
Suffolk Coastal 39.76 43.48 42.40 38.57
Waveney 63.65 58.92 58.74 56.66
Surrey
Elmbridge 21.19 3.12 5.54 1.23
Epson and Ewell 40.27 32.76 29.85 25.01
Guildford 29.17 21.95 18.45 11.98
Mole Valley 31.53 25.41 22.84 18.24
Reigate and Banstead 24.62 27.33 21.79 16.14
Runnymede 40.24 25.54 24.07 19.50
Spelthorne 18.05 2.14 3.77 —
Surrey Heath 20.31 23.32 18.74 11.98
Tandridge 28.01 37.50 33.31 28.69
Waverley 33.74 26.22 23.12 20.07
Woking 46.56 39.78 42.78 35.01
Warwickshire
North Warwickshire 40.04 37.42 35.24 33.58
Nuneaton and Bedworth 49.12 43.40 42.47 39.67
Rugby 34.04 37.84 36.82 35.14
Stratford on Avon 22.85 30.14 27.09 24.01
Warwick 36.91 36.87 33.84 28.10
West Sussex
Adur 30.72 21.99 30.46 27.54
Arun 57.63 53.80 50.65 48.23
Chichester 50.93 52.31 48.22 44.91
Crawley — — — —
Horsham 41.54 41.90 39.72 37.26
Mid Sussex 36.26 37.55 34.78 34.22
Worthing 47.41 42.12 48.09 47.05
Wiltshire
Kennet 44.65 54.36 51.52 50.12
North Wiltshire 54.48 52.64 52.22 50.92
Salisbury 41.48 44.54 47.23 44.12
Thamesdown 35.97 27.82 20.70 23.50
West Wiltshire 56.55 51.94 50.49 47.54