HC Deb 11 July 1969 vol 786 cc329-30W
Mr. Lomas

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will list the total amount of Government grants to the Huddersfield County Borough in each year from 1959.

Mr. Skeffington

The total amount of Government grants to Huddersfield County Borough for each of the years 1959–60 to 1967–68 is as follows:

£
1959–60 1,694,961
1960–61 2,046,509
1961–62 2,233,755
1962–63 2,338,552
1963–64 3,032,478
1964–65 3,416,895
1965–66 3,729,181
1966–67 4,252,298
1967–68 4,723,010

Complete figures for 1968–69 are not yet available. The latest estimates of rate support grants, housing subsidies and rate rebate grant for that year and the corresponding amounts for 1967–68 are as follows:

1967–68 1968–69
£ £
Rate support grant 4,014,824 4,339,510
Housing subsidies 178,374 191,914
Rate rebate grant 17,128 16,200