HC Deb 21 January 1987 vol 108 c590W
Mr. Gould

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each district, metropolitan borough and London borough (a) the rate support grant for 1987–88 plus the rate support grant for higher tier authorities, including the shire counties, Inner London education authorities and joint boards created in the wake of the abolition of the Greater London council and metropolitan counties, distributed to the relevant lower tier authorities in proportion to their relative populations, (b) the figure in column (a) divided by the population of the authority, (c) in 1986 prices the rate support grant paid in 1978–79 plus the rate support grant for any higher tier authority, including the shire counties and metropolitan counties since abolished, distributed in proportion to the then population of the lower tier authority, (d) the figure in column (c) divided by the then population of the authority and (e) the percentage change between column (b) and column (d).

Mr. Chope

I shall answer this question shortly.

Back to