§ Mr. Barnettasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the total in the last financial year paid by his Department to all local authorities in Lancashire
GRANTS FOR AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT, 1967–68 County Population Grants Aerodrome(s) Grant per Capita of County £ s. d. Lancashire … 5,189,330 539,695 Manchester … … 2 1 Angus … 278,596 3,370 Dundee … … 2.9 Bedfordshire … 427,970 3,250 Luton … … 2 Cumberland … 296,200 11,964 Carlisle … … 7.5 Devon … 865,120 1,930 Plymouth … … 0.5 Durham … 1,541,470 51975 Newcastle (£1,930) … … 8 Tees-side (£50,045) … … Fermanagh … 49,876 75 Enniskillen … … 0.4 Gloucestershire … 1,054,380 3,750 Gloucester/Cheltenham … … 0.7 Northumberland … 827,560 965 Newcastle … … 0.3 Orkney … 18,102 16,051 Five airstrips … … 17 9 Suffolk, East … 709,770 1,750 Ipswich … … 0.5 Warwickshire … 2,095,000 166,362 Birmingham (£164 612) … … 1 7 Coventry (£1,750) … … Yorkshire, North Riding … 584,150 100,090 Tees-side … … 3 5 Yorkshire, West Riding … 3,769,050 1,531 Leeds/Bradford … … 0.1 Notes: 1. Newcastle Airport is managed by a consortium of five local authorities in Northumberland and Co. Durham and the grant paid to the Joint Committee managing the Airport has been apportioned between the two counties. 2. Tees-side Airport is managed by a consortium which, in 1967–68, comprised eleven local authorities in Co. Durham and the North Riding of Yorkshire. The total grant paid to this consortium has been apportioned between the two counties. 3. The population statistics have been extracted from the Municipal Year Book for 1968 and relate to the geographical area of the counties and include any county boroughs therein.