§ Mr. Powellasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government in how many cases in the last five years permission has been given to Metropolitan borough councils to exceed the limitations imposed by Section 79 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1939, upon repairs and renewals funds; and what was the borough and amount concerned in each case.
§ Mr. MarplesThe number of cases is 26. The following table gives the remaining information.
REPORT a statement showing those administrative counties and county boroughs which it is expected will receive Exchequer Equalisation Grants in respect of the current financial year, and the amount 105W of such grants expressed in terms of rate poundage which it is at present estimated that they will receive.
§ Mr. MarplesFollowing is the statement:
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—— Estimated Exchequer Equalisation Grant for 1953–54 Amount As a rate poundage (1) (2) (3) £ s. d. ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTIES ENGLAND Bedford 652,204 6 11 Berks 235,544 2 3 Buckingham 120,889 10 Cambridge 325,799 6 5 Chester 888,817 3 4 Cornwall 798,779 8 7 Cumberland 662,755 12 10 Derby 1,650,065 9 1 Devon 329,451 1 10 Dorset 307,770 3 2 Durham 3,343,318 17 6 Essex 1,055,626 1 10 Gloucester 1,163,219 10 0 Hereford 408,447 12 7 Hertford — — Huntingdon 275,890 18 1 Isle of Ely 427,476 26 10 Isle of Wight — — Kent — — Lancaster 3,580,850 5 11 Leicester 1,059,822 12 8 Lincoln: Parts of Holland 450,728 24 5 Parts of Kesteven. 475,592 16 5 Parts of Lindsey 966,005 12 10 Middlesex — — Norfolk 1,522,526 20 8 Northampton 730,415 11 1 Northumberland 895,974 7 3 Nottingham 1,300,988 9 2 Oxford 498,969 10 9 Rutland 56,528 9 9 Salop 895,735 12 7 Soke of Peterborough 107,411 5 4 Somerset 870,553 6 1 Southampton 468,124 2 0 Stafford 2,968,677 15 10 Suffolk, East 620,565 11 2 Suffolk, West 424,341 15 6 Surrey — — Sussex, East — — Sussex, West — — Warwick 628,899 3 11 Westmorland 84,744 3 9 Wilts 763,843 6 10 Worcester 1,224,382 12 4 York: East Riding 518,789 8 10 North Riding 691,824 6 2 West Riding 4,510,824 11 5 Isles of Scilly 6,633 19 9 107W
—— Estimated Exchequer Equalisation Grant for 1953–54 Amount As a rate poundage (1) (2) (3) £ s. d. ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTRIES—Cont. WALES Anglesey 245,436 23 7 Brecknock 260,245 17 10 Caernarvon 368,393 11 9 Cardigan 415,324 47 10 Carmarthen 1,012,147 36 7 Denbigh 509,710 12 1 Flint 305,538 7 5 Glamorgan 3,010,868 20 4 Merioneth 265,996 36 11 Monmouth 1,465,348 25 0 Montgomery 348,326 39 5 Pembroke 598,315 32 1 Radnor 68,174 7 1 COUNTY BOROUGHS ENGLAND Barnsley 200,956 10 1 Barrow-in-Furness 102,283 5 1 Bath — — Birkenhead 109,182 2 3 Birmingham 1,496,686 4 2 Blackburn 80,832 2 3 Blackpool — — Bolton 161,369 2 10 Bootle 92,813 3 6 Bournemouth — — Bradford 62,179 7 Brighton — — Bristol — — Burnley 76,575 2 8 Burton-upon-Trent 69,991 4 4 Bury 56,924 2 11 Canterbury — — Carlisle 65,082 2 10 Chester — — Coventry 206,822 2 3 Croydon — — Darlington 20,071 8 Derby 49,548 1 0 Dewsbury 111,691 7 4 Doncaster — — Dudley 164,888 10 1 Eastbourne — — East Ham 192,508 5 1 Exeter — — Gateshead 329,209 11 1 Gloucester 35,830 1 6 Great Yarmouth 18,666 11 Grimsby 192,769 7 0 Halifax 129,351 4 2 Hastings — — Huddersfield — — Ipswich 116,483 3 3 Kingston-upon-Hull 739,698 8 2 Leeds — — Leicester 35,725 4 Lincoln 28,909 1 2 Liverpool — —
—— Estimated Exchequer Equalisation Grant for 1953–54 Amount As a rate poundage (1) (2) (3) COUNTY BOROUGHS— ENGLAND—Cont. £ s. d. Manchester — — Middlesbrough 414,886 10 5 Newcastle-upon-Tyne — — Northampton — — Norwich — — Nottingham 115,549 1 0 Oldham 244,135 7 1 Oxford — — Plymouth — — Portsmouth 2,133 0¼ Preston 190,025 5 0 Reading — — Rochdale 124,584 4 6 Rotherham 218,354 9 5 St. Helens 315,205 12 8 Salford 314,652 6 0 Sheffield 599,853 3 7 Smethwick 153,627 7 4 Southampton — — Southend-on-Sea — — Southport — — South Shields 249,218 8 6 Stockport 160,562 3 7 Stoke-on-Trent 885,341 12 11 Sunderland 421,553 8 2 Tynemouth 40,519 1 9 Wakefield 47,415 2 4 Wallasey — — Walsall 300,740 10 4 Warrington 213,047 9 11 West Bromwich 268,392 12 3 West Ham 194,000 3 3 West Hartlepool 151,768 7 3 Wigan 191,829 8 4 Wolverhampton 179,713 3 4 Worcester 40,202 1 10 York 102,368 2 10 WALES Cardiff — — Merthyr Tydfil 329,687 31 7 Newport (Mon.) 74,786 2 0 Swansea 203,428 3 9