§ 60. Mr. David Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will now state the total sum of rate support grant for the year 1975–76 which will be made available to the Hampshire County Council; and how that sum will be composed between the needs element, the resources element and the domestic element, respectively.
§ Mr. OakesThe needs element of the rate support grant payable to Hampshire County Council for 1975–76 will be approximately £70 million. This figure may need to be adjusted as more up-to-date information becomes available and as a result of possible increase orders. The resources and domestic elements are not payable to county councils. However, part of the resources element paid to district councils is effectively transferred to county councils by way of county precepts.