HC Deb 27 January 1969 vol 776 cc256-7W
Mr. William Price

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what is the total increase in Government grants being made to Warwickshire County Council in 1969–70.

Mr. Greenwood

The latest estimate of the rate support grants to Warwickshire County Council for 1969–70 amounts to £17,541,911, an increase of £1,361,675 over the latest estimate for 1968–69. The amounts of the specific grants, housing subsidies and capital grants for these two years are not yet known.

Mr. William Price

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what is the total of Government grants to Warwickshire in 1969–70; and what was the total for 1963–64.

Mr. Greenwood

The rate support grants to local authorities in the administrative County of Warwickshire for 1969–70 are estimated at £19,342,542, compared with £11,755,018 for the corresponding grants in 1963–64. The amounts of capital grants, specific revenue grants and housing subsidies for 1969–70 are not yet known; in 1963–64 these grants amounted to £1,779,782 including £707,413 for police grant. Responsibility for the police service was transferred to the Warwickshire Police Authority on 1st April, 1964.