HC Deb 05 December 1974 vol 882 cc594-7W
Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list the percentage increase in the rate support grant for each county authority in England for 1974–75; and if he will also indicate the percentage increase for the needs, resources and domestic element of the grant, with comparable statistics for the proposed increases for 1975–76;

(2) what was the total amount allocated to each county council in England in rate support grant for 1974–75; if he will give a breakdown of each of these figures according to the needs, resources and domestic element of the grant; and is he will give corresponding totals of the proposed rate support grant level for 1975–76;

(3) what was the amount allocated to each county council in England in 1974–75 on the needs element of the rate support grant as a result of the personal social services unit factor in the formula;

Part of needs element entitlement in respect of
County Personal Social Service Units Education Units Acreage (if in excess of 1.5 or 3.0 per head) Total entitlement
£m. £m. £m. £m.
£m. £m. £m. £m.
Avon … … … … 10.1 7.6 — 32.8
Bedfordshire … … … … 4.1 5.0 — 17.4
Berkshire … … … … 5.2 7.4 — 27.2
Buckinghamshire … … … … 3.3 4.8 — 18.7
Cambridgeshire … … … … 4.6 4.5 1.0 18.8
Cheshire … … … … 7.7 9.3 — 31.7
Cleveland … … … … 7.0 8.9 — 25.4
Cornwall … … … … 2.7 2.6 1.1 12.8
Cumbria … … … … 4.0 4.9 5.2 22.4
Derbyshire … … … … 8.3 7.5 — 30.6
Devon … … … … 8.1 4.8 2.0 30.0
Dorset … … … … 5.3 2.6 — 17.2
Durham … … … … 5.3 6.3 — 21.8
East Sussex … … … … 7.2 1.3 — 20.2
Essex … … … … 10.3 11.8 — 53.4
Gloucestershire … … … … 3.9 4.8 — 16.6
Hampshire … … … … 13.0 12.2 — 50.2
Herefordshire and Worcestershire … … 4.4 4.7 1.2 20.7
Hertfordshire … … … … 7.4 12.2 — 40.9
Humberside … … … … 8.2 9.5 — 31.6
Isle of Wight … … … … 0.8 0.5 — 3.2
Kent … … … … 10.4 11.2— 53.8
Lancashire … … … … 14.9 11.7 — 49.1
Leicestershire … … … … 7.7 8.5 — 29.7
Lincolnshire … … … … 4.7 4.5 1.8 19.4
Norfolk … … … … 5.1 4.1 1.6 21.4
Northamptonshire … … … … 4.2 4.5 — 16.6
Northumberland … … … … 2.3 2.4 3.9 13.3
North Yorkshire … … … … 5.1 4.9 6.4 26.9
Nottinghamshire … … … … 9.6 9.8 — 35.7
Oxfordshire … … … … 4.8 4.6 — 18.6

and if he will give the comparable proposed figures for 1975–76;

(4) what was the amount allocated to each county council in England in 1974–75 in the needs element of the rate support grant as a result of the operation of the education unit factor in the formula; and if he will give the comparable figures proposed for 1975–76;

(5) what was the amount allocated to each county council in England in the needs element of the rate support grant in 1974–75 as a result of the operation of the acreage per head factors of the formula; and if he will give comparable proposed figures for 1975–76.

Mr. Oakes

Details of needs element entitlements for 1974–75 resulting from the Rate Support Grant Order 1974 are as follows:

Part of needs element entitlement in respect of
County Personal Social Service Units Education Units Acreage (if in excess of 1.5 or 3.0 per head) Total entitlement
Salop … … … … … 2.5 3.2 1.1 13.0
Somerset … … … … … 3.0 2.6 1.0 13.2
Staffordshire … … … … … 8.1 9.2 — 34.9
Suffolk … … … … … 4.4 3.1 1.1 17.8
Surrey … … … … … 6.1 5.6 — 34.6
Warwickshire … … … … … 3.3 4.6 — 16.3
West Sussex … … … … … 5.4 3.6 — 19.8
Wiltshire … … … … … 4.7 5.2 1.0 19.2

Only the needs element of the rate support grant is payable to County Councils. Details, for individual authorities, of increased grants for 1974–75 and grants for 1975–76 have not yet been calculated.