HC Deb 16 December 1976 vol 922 cc786-9W
Mr. Hordern

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a list of all rating authorities in England and Wales, showing the amount of rate support grant received by each authority per head of the ratepayers in each area, and the proportionate increase each year in the last three years.

Mr. Guy Barnett

Final figures for the resources and domestic elements of rate support grant for 1976–77 are not yet available.

The number of individual ratepayers in each authority's area is not known, and would in any case not be a reliable divisor to provide a guide of the relative rates burden.

The table below gives the required information in respect of payments of the needs element only of RSG per head of population. For the purpose of comparison, the figures* relate only to the main RSG orders for each year; those for 1976–77 are based on provisional data and will be subject to minor amendments as more-up-to-date data becomes available.

* These figures take no account of the London Rate Equalisation Schemes.

Grant per head Increase
1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1975–76 1974–75 1976–77 1975–76
£ £ £ per cent. per cent.
Cornwall 33.26 46.68 59.67 40.35 27.83
Cumbria 46.64 63.66 79.46 36.49 24.82
Derbyshire 34.41 50.14 63.84 45.71 27.32
Devon 33.07 44.88 54.92 35.71 22.37
Dorset 30.73 42.60 52.20 38.63 22.54
Durham 35.86 54.13 70.60 50.95 30.43
East Sussex 30.75 43.77 54.57 42.34 24.67
Essex 38.60 51.35 61.14 33.03 19.07
Gloucestershire 34.89 50.66 62.33 45.20 23.04
Hampshire 35.50 48.81 59.26 37.49 21.41
Herefordshire-Worcestershire 36.13 48.30 60.86 33.68 26.00
Hertfordshire 43.51 60.22 72.30 38.40 20.06
Humberside 37.61 57.76 73.44 53.58 27.15
Isle of Wight 29.47 41.92 55.64 42.25 32.73
Kent 37.85 51.18 61.78 35.22 20.71
Lancashire 36.33 53.97 70.25 48.55 30.16
Leicestershire 36.66 52.49 67.01 43.18 27.66
Lincolnshire 38.13 52.39 67.71 37.40 29.24
Norfolk 33.82 46.31 58.60 36.93 26.54
Northamptonshire 34.80 49.77 65.66 43.02 31.93
Northumberland 47.25 63.16 79.28 33.67 25.52
North Yorkshire 42.37 55.11 69.53 30.07 26.17
Nottinghamshire 36.53 54.08 71.32 48.04 31.88
Oxfordshire 35.69 46.83 55.60 31.21 18.73
Salop 37.46 51.54 66.48 37.59 28.99
Somerset 33.55 45.77 59.03 36.42 28.97
Stafford 35.89 50.29 63.12 40.12 25.51
Suffolk 32.18 43.18 53.46 34.18 23.81
Surrey 34.13 43.42 49.13 27.22 13.15
Warwickshire 35.12 50.62 61.90 44.13 22.28
West Sussex 32.55 45.98 54.89 41.26 19.38
Wiltshire 38.94 52.61 62.84 35.11 19.44
Clywd 37.10 52.79 66.33 42.29 25.65
Dyfed 47.80 64.61 82.70 35.17 28.00
Gwent 38.09 56.46 72.64 48.23 28.66
Gwynedd 47.64 65.51 84.15 37.51 28.45
Mid Glamorgan 36.65 53.53 69.94 46.06 30.66
Powys 75.66 105.70 137.32 39.70 29.91
South Glamorgan 39.84 56.84 71.36 42.67 25.55
West Glamorgan 35.58 52.87 67.71 48.59 28.07
Isles of Scilly 81.60 122.18 151.07 49.73 23.65
Bolton 39.94 60.88 81.35 52.43 33.62
Bury 32.72 44.58 57.65 36.25 29.32
Manchester 60.63 87.50 114.64 44.32 31.02
Oldham 37.97 55.31 72.07 45.67 30.30
Rochdale 40.02 59.44 78.43 48.53 31.95
Salford 44.48 66.95 93.00 50.52 38.91
Stockport 36.65 53.28 66.55 45.38 24.91
Tameside 35.49 55.53 73.44 56.47 32.25
Trafford 37.25 57.85 74.85 55.30 29.39
Wigan 37.66 56.84 71.53 50.93 25.84
Knowsley 44.62 72.26 91.85 61.95 27.11
Liverpool 56.02 85.54 109.73 52.70 28.28
St. Helens 36.62 53.80 63.74 46.91 18.48
Sefton 38.64 59.09 76.97 52.92 30.26
Wirral 38.67 59.87 73.26 54.82 22.37
Barnsley 34.44 53.37 68.77 54.97 28.86
Doncaster 39.44 61.87 81.13 56.87 31.13
Rotherham 38.51 56.99 72.79 47.99 27.72
Sheffield 37.11 56.90 72.64 53.33 27.66
Gateshead 36.33 54.17 70.70 49.11 30.52
Newcastle 46.59 68.16 84.65 46.30 24.19
North Tyneside 36.97 55.07 70.82 48.96 28.60
South Tyneside 43.41 69.57 91.48 60.26 31.49
Sunderland 39.04 60.49 76.84 54.94 27.03
Birmingham 46.19 66.24 85.75 43.41 29.45
Coventry 42.70 63.22 78.19 48.06 23.68
Dudley 31.79 45.84 55.57 44.20 21.23
Sandwell 37.02 56.99 76.29 53.94 33.87
Solihull 33.49 50.84 64.08 51.81 26.04
Grant per head Increase
1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1975–76 1974–75 1976–77 1975–76
£ £ £ per cent. per cent.
Walsall 37.87 56.23 74.19 48.48 31.94
Wolverhampton 38.93 59.49 77.90 52.81 30.95
Bradford 42.14 61.76 81.50 46.56 31.96
Calderdale 37.90 59.92 76.28 58.10 27.30
Kirklees 37.16 55.68 73.43 49.84 31.88
Leeds 37.44 54.93 68.01 46.71 23.81
Wakefield 35.07 53.44 67.71 52.38 26.70
City of London 43.82 48.36 349.76 10.36 623.24
Camden 58.29 87.12 130.90 49.46 50.25
Greenwich 43.63 64.78 99.69 48.48 53.89
Hackney 58.43 84.83 128.12 45.18 51.03
Hammersmith 55.27 86.56 125.68 56.61 45.19
Islington 64.24 97.80 148.51 52.24 51.85
Kensington and Chelsea 51.32 84.84 129.58 65.32 52.73
Lambeth 54.40 78.08 115.95 43.53 48.50
Lewisham 47.70 72.99 111.24 53.02 52.40
Southwark 60.02 88.20 135.70 46.95 53.85
Tower Hamlets 68.25 97.45 150.20 42.78 54.13
Wandsworth 48.36 72.97 109.50 50.89 50.06
Westminster 48.25 81.18 134.30 68.25 65.43
Barking 44.16 69.59 92.70 57.59 33.21
Barnet 34.06 53.69 71.51 57.63 33.19
Bexley 32.65 51.48 70.98 57.67 37.88
Brent 42.15 64.50 96.39 53.02 49.44
Bromley 30.88 46.12 68.55 49.35 48.63
Croydon 35.23 56.20 81.69 59.52 45.36
Haling 36.54 55.56 78.16 52.05 40.68
Enfield 33.10 52.64 74.14 59.03 40.84
Haringey 44.90 70.29 98.91 56.55 40.72
Harrow 33.63 51.95 68.64 54.48 32.13
Havering 35.90 56.49 77.48 57.35 37.16
Hillingdon 33.98 49.56 69.90 45.85 41.04
Hounslow 38.15 58.97 86.18 54.57 46.14
Kingston on Thames 35.09 54.42 74.70 55.09 37.27
Merton 35.69 54.34 75.91 52.26 39.69
Newham 48.50 75.71 106.33 56.10 40.44
Redbridge 30.48 44.81 63.17 47.01 40.97
Richmond on Thames 30.08 46.37 67.11 54.16 44.73
Sutton 31.92 49.75 73.56 55.86 47.86
Waltham Forest 34.73 55.92 78.61 61.01 40.58

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has so far received from local authorities following his recent announcement regarding the allocation of the rate support grant.

Mr. Freeson

I have received a number of representations about my proposals for the distribution of grant in 1977–78. The Order giving effect to those proposals will need to be approved by the House before it becomes effective.