§ Mr. Fordasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what was the total amount of financial assistance
1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Rate support grant: Needs element 6,307,750 6,729,088 7,397,151 Resources element 2,901,727 2,840,821 2,894,731 Domestic element 90,658 183,946 285,721 Total 9,300,135 9,753,855 10,577,603 156W
Rate-Deficiency grant 1,928,599 2,070,108 2,332,697 2,529,616 General grant 3,708,126 3,943,022 4,652,963 5,126,527 Grants under the Rating (Interim Relief) Act 1964 — 35,540 39,205 42,450 — Rating Act 1966—rate rebates — — — 40,719 45,900 Specific revenue grants: Care of aged 14,523 15,878 16,922 17,877 20,338 Protection of children 19,263 25,657 22,686 27,335 32,404 Education (including youth employment) 422,764 474,983 535,395 611,578 13,665 Improvement grants 40,180 49,262 56,635 65,109 71,359 Other housing 6,152 6,584 6,686 6,626 6,602 Highways 7,998 7,380 5,123 13,179 4,097 Administration of justice 45,508 66,258 70,187 84,810 72,084 Civil Defence 19,592 20,861 24,807 20,873 19,862 Commonwealth immigration — — — — 48,998 Police 489,694 527,729 572,488 665,716 692,226 Miscellaneous 1,001 920 2,067 2,814 4,372 Capital grants: Care of aged — — — — 11,496 Fire service — — — 1,979 3,096 Highways 126,962 153,854 76,816 144,493 236,259 Corporation estates — — — — 132,433 Housing subsidies 422,092 436,444 457,686 494,187 596,300 Total 7,252,454 7,834,480 8,872,363 9,895,888 11,311,626 granted to the county borough of Bradford from Government sources for the financial years 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68 and 1968–69 under rate support grants, general grants, rating relief and rate rebates schemes, specific revenue grants and capital grants and other appropriate headings; and whether he will give an estimate of the equivalent figure for the current period 1969–70.
§ Mr. SkeffingtonDetails of the Exchequer grants made to the county borough of Bradford for the years 1963–64 to 1967–68, the estimated amounts of rate support grant for 1968–69 and 1969–70 and the grant payable towards rate rebates for 1968–69 are given in the table below. Particulars of other grants for 1968–69 and 1969–70 are not available.