§ Mr. Gristasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total chargeable to rates in each county for (i) teachers' salaries, (ii) police services and (iii) fire services.
§ Mr. John Morris:In 1973–74, the latest year for which information is available centrally, the cost of teachers' salaries for nursery, primary, secondary and 465W special schools in each county was as follows:
466W
£ Anglesey 1,571,840 Breconshire 1,558,000 Caernarvonshire 3,135,186 Cardiganshire 1,639,978 Carmarthenshire 4,185,110 Denbighshire 4,584,435 Flintshire 4,549,879 Glamorgan 19,242,290 Merioneth 965,316 Monmouthsire 9,110,039 Montgomeryshire 1,203,260 Pembrokeshire 2,853,072 Radnorshire 549,373 My Department does not have information about salaries for police and fire services.
Under the rate support grant settlement 1973–74, 60 per cent. of the total estimated relevant expenditure of local authorities in England and Wales was met by grant. The rate support grant is a general grant in aid of rate fund ser-vices. It is not allocated to specific services and it is, therefore, not possible to say what amount is chargeable to rates in each county for specific services.