§ Mr. John Evansasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is the total amount of rate support grant that will be paid to local authorities in Scotland, Wales and each of the eight English regions served by a regional economic planning council in 1975–76; and what was the figure for each of the last five years;
(2) what is the amount, per head of population, of the rate support grant that will be paid to local authorities in Scotland, Wales and each of the eight regions of England served by a regional economic planning council in 1975–76; and what were the figures for each of the last five years.
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§ Mr. OakesDetails of the total amount of rate support grant paid to economic planning council regions during the years 1970–71 to 1973–74 are not readily available. The overall total of grant and amount per head of population for Scotland, Wales and England for those years is:
1970–71 Grant £ million Per head £ Scotland 232.75 44.77 Wales 134.159 49.07 England 1,745.841 37.74 1971–72 Grant £ million Per head £ Scotland 271.08 51.96 Wales 155.044 56.938 England 2,017.956 43.74 1972–73 Grant £ million Per head £ Scotland 316.47 60.74 Wales 179.511 65.64 England 2,348.489 50.72 1973–74 Grant £ million Per head £ Scotland 404.08 77.53 Wales 224.301 81.59 England 2,873.699 61.90 Subject to any further increase order, current figures for 1974–75 are:
Grant £ million Per head £ Scotland 517.820 99.36 Wales 313.238 113.52 England 3,833.639 82.56 Economic Regions Grant £ million Per head £ Northern 320.969 102.63 Yorkshire and Humberside 466.585 95.28 North West 599.418 90.91 East Midlands 303.596 81.63 West Midlands 398.447 76.91 East Anglia 130.745 74.36 South East 1,290.996 76.14 South West 322.883 76.77 The resources element of the grant in England and Wales for 1975–76 payable to an authority is based on its estimated expenditure for that year. This information has yet to be provided by authorities 111W and therefore no details are currently available.