§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the amount of rate support grant paid to each local authority in Wales in each of the years from 1978–79 to 1986–87 expressed in constant 1986–87 prices.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsFigures for each of the years from 1981–82 to 1986–87 are given in the table below. Prior to 1981–82 rate support grant arrangements were different and comparable figures for individual authorities are not available. Rate support grant consists of a block grant paid to all local authorities and a domestic rate relief grant which is paid to district authorities as a flat rate subsidy to reduce the level of rates including the county precept, paid by domestic ratepayers. The block grant figures for 1986–87 are the amounts that would be paid by scaling all authorities' block grant claims to the total available. Block grant entitlements will be revised by the forthcoming Welsh rate support grant supplementary reports for 1984–85, 1985–86 and 1986–87. All figures are expressed in real terms at 1986–87 prices using the GDP (market prices) deflator.
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1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 Local Authority Domestic rate relief Block grant Domestic rate relief Block grant Domestic rate relief Block grant Domestic rate relief Block grant Domestic rate relief Block grant Domestic rate relief Block grant Dwyfor 618 1,533 307 1,708 296 1,833 290 1,605 279 1,641 273 1,744 Meirionydd 785 1,388 380 1,722 368 1,874 357 1,259 339 1,619 329 1,722 Ynys Mon 1,550 3,329 753 3,320 731 3,647 712 2,946 682 2,655 668 2,757 Cynon Valley 964 5,282 461 5,354 446 4,995 431 4,657 408 4,604 397 4,888 Merthyr Tydfil 955 5,427 458 5,186 444 4,909 427 4,831 406 4,816 393 5,153 Ogwr 2,570 7,905 1,241 7,521 1,201 6,567 1,177 7,121 1,122 6,730 1,097 6,826 Rhondda 934 7,628 447 8,655 435 8,674 417 7,864 392 8,144 380 8,486 Rhymney Valley 1,825 8,443 877 7,471 847 6,963 822 6,636 780 6,345 759 6,444 Taff Ely 1,729 5,268 836 5,435 813 4,907 792 3,743 753 4,019 735 4,018 Brecknock 806 2,180 389 1,865 376 1,842 366 1,844 349 1,650 341 1,710 Montgomeryshire 982 2,073 482 2,151 468 2,413 459 2,093 441 1,889 433 2,091 Radnor 450 1,038 219 989 213 1,003 209 869 200 763 195 818 Cardiff 8,164 13,554 3,938 14,848 3,815 15,334 3,707 13,786 3,521 13,584 3,440 14,372 Vale of Glamorgan 2,949 4,433 1,426 4,433 1,384 4,092 1,351 3,553 1,293 3,191 1,272 4,009 Port Talbot 1,014 2,019 484 2,381 469 2,028 451 2,578 424 2,466 409 2,485 Lliw Valley 1,047 3,160 506 3,313 490 3,314 474 3,154 452 2,987 443 3,169 Neath 1,272 3,420 610 3,159 591 3,094 569 2,706 536 2,617 519 2,862 Swansea 4,338 12,127 2,079 11,193 2,011 12,623 1,946 11,820 1,833 12,939 1,776 13,260