§ Mr. Robert Howarthasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will give the figure for total Government payments for all services to the county borough of Bolton for the period 1963 to 1969 ; and if he will indicate the estimated total for the current financial year.
§ Mr. Denis HowellThe amounts of Government grants to the County Borough of Bolton for the years 1963–64 to 1968–69 were as follows :
The latest estimate of the amount of the rate support grant for 1969–70 is £5,388,819 compared with £4,678,717 for 1967–68 and £4,953,349 for 1968–69. The amounts of other grants for 1969–70 are not available.
£ 1963–64 … … … 3,623,087 1964–65 … … … 3,930,080 1965–66 … … … 4,311,516 1966–67 … … … 4.956,992 1967–68 … … … 5,997,484 1968–69 … … … 6,156,754