HC Deb 27 February 1975 vol 887 cc243-57W
Mr. Cartwright

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects the Rate Support Grant Increase Order No. 2 for 1974–76 to be introduced; and if he will specify the main items of increased local authority spending which will determine the size of the additional grant.

Mr. John Silkin

I expect to be able to introduce a second increase order for 1974–75 earlier than usual. This will take into account the effect on local authorities' expenditure this year of all pay and price increases occurring between November 1974 and 31st March 1975. The largest single item will be the pay award to teachers which followed the Houghton Report and was backdated to May 1974,

No decision has yet been taken about an increase order for 1975–76.

Mr. George Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Report the amounts paid under the rate support grant to each local authority in 1974–75 as resources element, needs domestic relief and specific grants, respectively, expressing each part in each item and element as equivalent in rate.

Mr. Oakes

Current payments of the 1974–75 rate support grant, following the Rate Support Grant (Increase) Order 1974, are listed in the following table, together with approximate rate poundage equivalents of the needs and resources elements. The domestic element is equivalent to 13p in the pound for domestic ratepayers in all England authorities and 33.5p in the pound in Welsh authorities.

Authority Needs Grant as an approximate rate poundage in pence
£'000
Avon 45,446 44
Bedfordshire 24,205 36
Berkshire 38,702 39
Buckingham 27,069 37
Cambridge 26,138 42
Cheshire 43,936 40
Cleveland 35,127 54
Cornwall 17,699 48
Cumbria 30,585 76
Derbyshire 42,361 49
Devon 41,739 44
Dorset 23,857 34
Durham 30,280 62
East Sussex 27,945 33
Essex 76,438 39
Gloucester 23,029 43
Hampshire 69,530 41
Hereford—Worcester 28,630 42
Hertford 58,186 40
Humberside 43,872 52
Isle of Wight 4,427 40
Kent 77,023 50
Lancashire 68,052 55
Leicester 41,114 45
Lincolnshire 26,851 57
Norfolk 29,648 42
Northampton 23,071 42
Northumberland 18,401 74
North Yorkshire 37,425 64
Nottingham 49,401 49
Oxfordshire 25,855 39
Salop 17,983 52
Somerset 18,293 45
Stafford 48,469 47
Suffolk 24,676 40
Surrey 49,602 33
Warwick 22,594 40
West Sussex 27,361 35
Wiltshire 26,669 55
Clywd 18,747 56
Dyfed 20,854 81
Gwent 23,360 59
Gwynedd 14,508 78
Mid Glamorgan 27,083 83
Powys 10,367 144
South Glamorgan 21,380 50
West Glamorgan 18,305 54

Resources Domestic Grant as an approximate rate poundage in pence Resources
£'000 £'000
Isles of Scilly 222 14 18 85 5
Bolton 14,434 8,329 1,835 59 34
Bury 8,016 5,668 1,440 47 34
Manchester 44,956 6,723 3,591 66 10
Oldham 11,851 8,167 1,440 59 40
Rochdale 11,432 8,349 1,275 63 46
Salford 17,062 7,010 1,966 59 24
Stockport 14,941 5,928 2,842 45 18
Tameside 10,956 8,849 1,482 57 46
Trafford 11,831 0 2,258 35 0
Wigan 15,912 11,405 2,036 60 43
Knowsley 12,047 7,545 1,323 60 38
Liverpool 45,824 12,286 4,012 67 18
St. Helens 9,684 5,900 1,374 49 30
Sefton 16,532 7,264 2,654 50 22
Wirral 18,996 9,722 3,111 51 26
Barnsley 10,777 11,659 1,181 69 75
Doncaster 15,425 11,791 1,666 64 49
Rotherham 13,080 10,510 1,402 67 54
Sheffield 29,193 16,966 3,522 50 29
Gateshead 11,314 10,096 1,383 59 52
Newcastle 19,539 6,878 2,142 54 19
North Tyneside 10,622 9,642 1,459 60 54
South Tyneside 10,554 8,367 1,099 72 57
Sunderland 15,911 14,452 1,706 70 63
Birmingham 69,831 7,507 9,332 47 5
Coventry 19,883 5,935 2,780 50 15
Dudley 13,046 3,521 2,786 35 10
Sandwell 16,810 919 2,722 36 2
Solihull 9,150 3,610 2,197 38 15
Walsall 14,308 2,901 2,381 41 8
Wolverhampton 14,567 1,731 2,422 40 5
Bradford 27,024 20,661 2,599 73 56
Calderdale 10,224 8,945 1,024 71 62
Kirklees 19,071 17,217 1,926 68 61
Leeds 38,698 21,666 4,806 52 29
Wakefield 14,805 14,254 1,723 58 55
City of London 285 0 115 0 0
Camden 17,260 0 3,135 17 0
Greenwich 14,208 1,238 2,113 49 4
Hackney 18,917 0 2,239 54 0
Hammersmith 15,135 0 1,939 46 0
Islington 18,784 0 2,036 39 0
Kensington and Chelsea 14,077 0 4,304 22 0
Lambeth 24,593 0 3,114 45 0
Lewisham 18,880 4,395 2,725 62 14
Southwark 22,861 0 2,527 47 0
Tower Hamlets 16,317 0 1,744 42 0
Wandsworth 21,582 2,587 3,166 55 7
Westminster 16,808 0 6,161 6 0
Barking 10,549 0 1,609 41 0
Barnet 15,671 0 4,891 29 0
Bexley 10,711 3,245 2,271 39 12
Brent 17,436 0 3,231 37 0
Bromley 14,240 984 3,944 33 2
Croydon 17,718 0 4,347 28 0
Ealing 16,464 0 3,401 32 0
Enfield 13,259 0 3,263 30 0
Haringey 15,927 1,356 2,440 49 4
Harrow 10,298 0 2,740 33 0
Havering 13,349 1,194 2,847 38 3
Hillingdon 12,095 0 2,733 24 0
Resources Domestic Grant as an approximate rate poundage in pence Resources
£'000 £'000
Hounslow 11,875 0 2,321 27 0
Kingston on Thames 7,341 0 1,825 28 0
Merton 9,504 0 2,275 33 0
Newham 16,911 0 2,046 50 0
Redbridge 10,907 891 2,928 32 3
Richmond on Thames 7,822 0 2,376 28 0
Sutton 8,132 3 2,115 33 0
Waltham Forest 12,193 2,645 2,458 41 9
Bath 2,014 712 21
Bristol 6,403 3,229 12
Kingswood 2,741 623 41
Northavon 2,312 825 19
Wansdyke 2,003 613 28
Woodspring 3,311 1,337 21
Bedford 1,482 1,125 9
Luton 0 1,618 0
Mid Bedford 2,511 806 25
South Bedford 0 926 0
Bracknell 280 682 3
Newbury 862 1,072 6
Reading 0 1,177 0
Slough 0 938 0
Windsor-Maidenhead 0 1,464 0
Wokingham 1,423 1,175 11
Aylesbury Vale 1,098 1,078 7
Beaconsfield 0 944 0
Chiltern 143 1,280 1
Milton Keynes 277 616 3
Wycombe 0 1,712 0
Cambridge 0 1,034 0
East Cambridge 1,790 386 41
Fenland 2,194 460 37
Huntingdon 2,737 847 25
Peterborough 1,903 841 14
South Cambridge 1,657 964 15
Chester 1,316 1,041 9
Congleton 1,832 628 23
Crewe 3,024 795 30
Ellesmere Port 0 683 0
Halton 1,284 722 10
Macclesfield 2,205 1,558 12
Vale Royal 2,168 872 17
Warrington 4,171 1,193 23
Hartlepool 3,510 579 36
Langbaurgh 1,704 1,051 9
Middlesbrough 7,380 1,017 52
Stockton on Tees 2,964 1,209 14
Caradon 1,827 439 38
Carrick 1,786 561 25
Kerrier 2,645 533 40
North Cornwall 1,624 457 30
Penwith 1,387 404 28
Restormel 1,518 534 19
Allerdale 3,468 524 46
Barrow in Furness 3,012 396 54
Carlisle 2,806 612 30
Copeland 2,696 346 45
Eden 1,405 237 43
South Lakeland 2,468 681 29
Resources Domestic Grant as an approximate rate poundage in pence Resources
£'000 £'000
Amber Valley 3,636 744 39
Bolsover 3,436 399 75
Chesterfield 2,730 640 29
Derby 3,827 1,666 15
Erewash 2,925 718 31
High Peak 2,461 518 32
North East Derbyshire 3,767 626 55
South Derbyshire 982 441 14
West Derbyshire 2,156 506 37
East Devon 2,307 940 23
Exeter 1,203 745 10
North Devon 2,007 467 31
Plymouth 6,754 1,816 27
South Hams 1,472 545 24
Teignbridge 2,291 753 25
Tiverton 1,796 370 41
Torbay 582 1,053 4
Torridge 1,777 276 55
West Devon 1,242 290 39
Bournemouth 86 1,562 0
Christchurch 5 422 0
North Dorset 1,444 354 37
Poole 431 1,219 3
Purbeck 498 333 11
West Dorset 2,223 622 31
Weymouth-Portland 1,660 436 31
Wimborne 877 639 13
Chester Street 2,402 314 66
Darlington 2,638 649 24
Derwentside 4,050 497 55
Durham 3,905 516 54
Easington 5,869 541 95
Sedgefield 4,339 480 65
Teesdale 966 125 52
Wear Valley 3,489 320 72
Brighton 1,195 1,599 5
Eastbourne 0 874 0
Hastings 1,535 718 19
Hove 0 1,176 0
Lewes 894 855 9
Rother 832 949 9
Wealden 2,556 1,177 22
Basildon 716 1,359 4
Braintree 1,560 912 14
Brentwood 0 945 0
Castle Point 1,356 848 15
Chelmsford 263 1,377 1
Colchester 2,290 1,104 16
Epping Forest 355 1,413 2
Harlow 0 727 0
Maldon 407 443 7
Rochford 967 770 12
Southend 17 1,921 0
Tendring 1,723 1,149 14
Thurrock 0 1,263 0
Uttlesford 638 616 9
Cheltenham 374 801 3
Cotswold 1,383 624 20
Forest of Dean 2,719 439 49
Gloucester 1,555 637 15
Stroud 2,443 773 26
Tewksbury 1,475 622 17
Resources Domestic Grant as an approximate rate poundage in pence Resources
£'000 £'000
Basingstoke 1,531 986 11
East Hants. 2,000 707 23
Eastleigh 1,319 756 13
Fareham 1,883 810 21
Gosport 2,229 658 28
Hartley Wintney 1,443 677 20
Havant 2,344 1,063 19
New Forest 482 1,280 3
Portsmouth 4,272 1,523 18
Rushmoor 1,165 644 12
Southampton 2,671 1,670 10
Test Valley 1,926 749 20
Winchester 1,429 824 14
Bromsgrove 1,280 815 14
Hereford 825 333 15
Leominster 1,377 244 51
Malvern Hill 2,527 744 32
Redditch 214 410 4
South Hereford 1,825 321 53
Worcester 37 702 0
Wychavon 1,479 861 14
Wyre Forest 1,069 837 9
Broxbourne 766 721 8
Dadorum 0 1,320 0
East Hertfordshire 1,282 1,033 10
Hertsmere 0 1,055 0
North Hertfordshire 0 1,084 0
St. Albans 0 1,400 0
Stevenage 0 697 0
Three Rivers 127 995 1
Watford 0 837 0
Welwyn/Hatfield 0 1,039 0
Beverley 2,666 904 26
Boothferry 2,264 322 56
Cleethorpes 1,437 474 19
Glanford 1,185 404 17
Grimsby 2,613 611 26
Holderness 1,259 298 33
Kingston upon Hull 10,781 1,580 44
North Wolds 2,644 451 48
Scunthorpe 0 479 0
Medina 1,869 518 29
South Wight 1,125 406 24
Ashford 1,685 692 20
Canterbury 2,591 979 22
Dartford 2,014 612 22
Dover 3,276 759 36
Gillingham 2,196 733 25
Gravesham 1,579 801 14
Maidstone 2,925 1,015 22
Medway 1,658 1,095 9
Sevenoaks 2,719 900 26
Shepway 1,483 520 15
Swale 2,868 730 29
Thanet 2,766 1,053 22
Tonbridge/Malling 1,820 820 17
Tunbridge Wells 2,233 801 22
Blackburn 6,042 769 49
Blackpool 2,705 1,201 16
Burnley 4,239 443 58
Chorley 2,818 560 42
Fylde 1,415 630 19
Hyndburn 3,371 420 56
Resources Domestic Grant as an approximate rate poundage in pence Resources
£'000 £'000
Lancaster 3,981 872 34
Pendle 3,932 431 72
Preston 3,574 827 26
Ribble Valley 1,802 347 39
Rossendale 3,184 327 74
South Ribble 2,947 614 39
West Lancashire 2,665 835 26
Wyre 2,887 809 31
Blaby 2,275 684 31
Charnwood 2,083 1,179 14
Harborough 1,419 498 25
Hinkley/Bosworth 1,842 660 22
Leicester 4,253 1,849 13
Melton 850 344 20
North-West Leicester 1,832 561 24
Oadby/Wigston 1,051 476 18
Rutland 803 221 28
Boston 1,314 363 27
East Lindsey 3,101 697 34
Lincoln 2,073 491 26
North Kesteven 2,731 522 45
South Holland 2,070 397 42
South Kesteven 2,566 653 30
West Lindsey 2,879 473 50
Breckland 2,417 621 31
Broadland 2,984 783 38
Great Yarmouth 1,515 616 17
North Norfolk 1,851 651 23
Norwich 0 971 0
South Norfolk 2,739 712 36
West Norfolk 2,960 608 26
Corby 288 376 4
Daventry 706 464 11
East Northampton 1,815 450 34
Kettering 2,031 546 31
Northampton 2,161 1,156 13
South Northampton 1,764 536 31
Wellingborough 1,309 463 21
Alnwick 1,200 182 55
Berwick-on-Tweed 1,017 185 47
Blyth Valley 2,711 441 52
Cast Morpeth 1,623 374 37
Tynedale 2,064 370 44
Wansbeck 1,995 374 31
Craven 1,524 292 40
Hambleton 2,260 517 38
Harrogate 3,187 1,052 25
Richmondshire 1,507 290 42
Ryedale 2,948 482 54
Scarborough 3,198 724 33
Selby 1,573 434 21
York 3,279 646 34
Ashfield 4,239 630 53
Bassetlaw 1,829 619 16
Broxtowe 2,682 792 26
Gedling 3,224 808 36
Mansfield 3,683 626 46
Newark 3,585 692 40
Nottingham 4,508 2,012 12
Rushcliffe 1,764 788 18
Cherwell 1,586 836 13
Oxford 0 988 0
Resources Domestic Grant as an approximate rate poundage in pence Resources
£'000 £'000
South Oxford 2,660 1,332 17
White Horse 1,437 894 12
West Oxford 2,111 676 26
Bridgnorth 1,298 391 27
North Salop 1,732 334 44
Oswestry 1,250 203 49
Shrewsbury 1,505 685 16
South Salop 1,356 226 51
Wrekin 2,631 776 24
Mendip 2,198 638 28
Sedgemoor 2,066 676 24
Taunton Deane 2,147 644 25
West Somerset 348 257 10
Yeovil 3,454 950 30
Cannock Chase 2,095 614 26
East Stafford 1,762 691 16
Lichfield 1,551 794 16
Newcastle under Lyme 3,910 915 36
South Stafford 1,908 820 21
Stafford 1,943 934 15
Stafford Moorlands 2,917 682 36
Stoke 7,700 1,768 28
Tamworth 1,087 375 22
Babergh 1,647 565 23
Forest Heath 1,210 328 27
Ipswich 950 1,026 6
Mid-Suffolk 1,802 499 31
St. Edmundbury 1,376 610 16
Suffolk Cst 2,141 835 22
Waverney 2,532 720 28
Elmbridge 0 1,679 0
Epsom/Ewell 201 940 2
Guildford 0 1,425 0
Mole Valley 474 909 4
Reigate/Banstead 630 1,599 4
Runnymede 595 765 6
Spelthorne 0 1,063 0
Surrey Heath 46 800 1
Tandridge 1,534 835 18
Waverley 810 1,292 6
Woking 188 910 2
North Warwickshire 807 482 11
Nuneaton 3,204 912 29
Rugby 1,741 767 18
Stratford 973 1,089 8
Warwick 747 1,173 5
Adur 669 574 9
Arun 1,153 1,250 9
Chichester 1,440 945 13
Crawley 0 561 0
Horsham 1,478 870 14
Mid-Sussex 1,568 1,075 13
Worthing 570 1,049 5
Kennet 2,303 461 42
North Wiltshire 3,391 666 40
Salisbury 2,334 840 21
Thamesdown 3,873 938 26
West Wiltshire 2,348 671 27
Resources Domestic Grant as an approximate rate poundage in pence Resources
£'000 £'000
Alyn-Dee 1,372 1,147 17
Colwyn 1,607 932 37
Delyn 2,571 994 53
Glyndwr 1,758 578 63
Rhuddlan 1,532 935 30
Wrexham Maelor 4,503 1,595 52
Carmarthen 2,707 596 81
Ceredigion 2,622 772 66
Dinefwr 2,039 388 110
Llanelli 3,678 959 64
Preseli 2,609 792 46
South Pembroke 99 526 2
Blaenau Gwnt 5,292 935 92
Islwyn 4,319 794 118
Monmouth 2,835 943 55
Newport 1,526 2,284 9
Torfaen 4,367 1,254 63
Aberconwy 1,887 924 41
Arfon 2,969 640 85
Dwyfor 1,112 378 56
Meirionnydd 1,112 487 38
Ynys Mon 2,654 888 48
Cyhon Valley 4,722 666 118
Merthyr Tydfil 4,197 632 112
Ogwr 7,093 1,634 84
Rhondda 7,333 690 209
Rhymney Valley 7,534 1,185 126
Taff-Ely 4,571 1,054 66
Brecknock 1,895 488 73
Montgomery 2,138 559 73
Radnor 701 249 42
Cardiff 5,825 5,670 18
Vale of Glamorgan 3,928 1,788 39
Afan 443 721 6
Lliw Valley 3,169 670 78
Neath 2,576 853 43
Swansea 8,589 2,744 54