Mr. Ioan L. Evansasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give details of the impact upon Wales of the arrangements for domestic rate relief contained in the Rate Support Grant Order 1974, showing the comparison with the previous proposals for each district; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe details are shown in the following table. Wales' share of rate support grant was increased by over £16 million as a result of the introduction of a fat rate domestic relief of 33½p.
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DOMESTIC ELEMENT RATE SUPPORT GRANT 1974–75 District Previous Proposals Gain (+) or Loss (-) under new proposals Gain (+) or Loss (-) in Grant Gain (+) or Loss (-) per head of populatio P P £'000 £ MID GLAMORGAN Cynon Valley … 22.50 +11.00 + 149 + 2.15 Merthyr Tydfil … 22.00 +11.50 + 151 + 2.46 Ogwr … 18.50 + 15.00 + 562 + 4.44 Rhondda … 16.00 +17.50 + 278 + 3.17 Rhymney Valley … 18.00 +15.50 + 425 + 4.09 Taff Ely … 15.00 +18.50 + 472 + 5.43 + 2,037 + 3.79 POWYS Brecknock … 38.00 - 4.50 - 65 - 1.77 Montgomery … 28.50 + 5.00 + 83 + 1.90 Radnor … 39.50 - 6.00 - 44 - 2.39 - 26 - 0.27 SOUTH GLAMORGAN Cardiff … 11.00 +22.50 + 3,675 +12.85 Vale of Glamorgan … 12.50 +21.00 + 1,121 +10.53 + 4,796 +12.22 WEST GLAMORGAN Afan … 13-50 +20.00 + 430 + 7.35 Lliw Valley … 19.00 +14.50 + 290 + 5.05 Neath … 17.00 +16.50 + 420 + 6.36 Swansea … 15.50 +18.00 + 1,476 + 7.75 + 2,616 + 7.01