HC Deb 09 November 1973 vol 863 cc262-5W
Mr. Roderick

asked the Secretary of of State for the Environment (1) what he estimates to be the level of rate support grant in each of the next five years;

(2) what was the amount of rate support grant per head of the population in each of the Welsh counties in each of the past five years;

(3) what proportion the rate support grant was of the total rates income in each county in Wales in each of the past five years; and what he expects the proportions to be in each of the next five years.

Mr. Graham Page

The information for past years is as follows:

Amount of Rate Support Grant £ million Rate Support Grant per head of population £ Rate Support Grant* as a proportion of total rates and rate support grant Percentage
Brecknockshire:
1969–70 … … 3.4 62.6 78.0
1970–71 … … 3.9 72.1 79.6
1971–72 … … 4.6 86.2 79.2
1972–73 … … 5.1 96.5 80.1
1973–74 … … 5.6 105.3 81.3
Caernarvonshire:
1969–70 … … 5.4 45.0 67.8
1970–71 … … 6.2 51.3 66.6
1971–72 … … 7.0 57.2 67.1
1972–73 … … 8.3 67.4 69.3
1973–74 … … 9.2 75.3 71.9
Cardiganshire:
1969–70 … … 3.6 67.3 80.7
1970–71 … … 4.1 76.6 80.2
1971–72 … … 4.7 84.0 80.4
1972–73 … … 5.6 103.4 83.5
1973–74 … … 6.1 112.6 83.6
Carmarthenshire:
1969–70 … … 8.0 49.1 70.0
1970–71 … … 9.1 55.3 70.9
1971–72 … … 10.2 62.6 72.0
1972–73 … … 11.8 72.8 75.9
1973–74 … … 13.5 83.3 78.7
Denbighshire:
1969–70 … … 7.9 43.3 66.0
1970–71 … … 9.1 50.0 66.3
1971–72 … … 10.4 56.0 65.3
1972–73 … … 12.1 64.8 65.9
1973–74 … … 13.9 74.8 68.3
Flintshire:
1969–70 … … 5.9 34.8 55.1
1970–71 … … 7.1 40.8 55.5
1971–72 … … 8.4 47.2 55.6
1972–73 … … 10.0 55.4 56.7
1973–74 … … 12.0 67.0 60.1
Glamorgan:
1969–70 … … 32.2 43.2 63.2
1970–71 … … 37.0 49.4 64.1
1971–72 … … 42.9 57.2 63.0
1972–73 … … 49.4 65.6 66.1
1973–74 … … 57.6 76.4 67.0
Merionethshire:
1969–70 … … 2.4 62.8 73.7
1970–71 … … 2.7 71.9 74.7
1971–72 … … 3.1 88.7 75.0
1972–73 … … 3.6 103.7 75.2
1973–74 … … 3.9 113.0 76.2
Monmouthshire:
1969–70 … … 16.0 45.5 65.1
1970–71 … … 18.0 51.1 67.2
1971–72 … … 21.0 60.0 65.6
1972–73 … … 24.0 68.3 66.5
1973–74 … … 27.2 77.3 67.7
Montgomeryshire:
1969–70 … … 3.4 80.1 84.0
1970–71 … … 4.0 91.6 85.7
1971–72 … … 4.5 105.5 86.8
1972–73 … … 5.3 123.3 88.0
1973–74 … … 5.7 132.4 87.1
Pembroke:
1969–70 … … 4.5 44.2 60.9
1970–71 … … 4.9 48.9 61.3
1971–72 … … 5.7 58.3 62.7
1972–73 … … 6.3 64.7 61.0
1973–74 … … 7.6 76.9 65.4
Amount of Rate Support Grant £ million Rate Support Grant per head of population £ Rate Support Grant* as a proportion of total rates and rate support grant percentage
Radnorshire:
1969–70 … … 1.5 82.1 79.0
1970–71 … … 1.7 91.4 79.7
1971–72 … … 1.9 106.3 79.8
1972–73 … … 2.3 123.9 80.3
1973–74 … … 2.5 133.5 81.2
* In addition to rate support grant, the counties and county districts receive specific grants in respect of some services. These have not been included in these figures.

No estimate has yet been made of rate support grant for 1974–75 or later years.