HC Deb 02 February 1976 vol 904 c403W
Dr. Edmund Marshall

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what

(a) 1976–77 Initial Needs Grant £ million (b) 1975–76 Initial Needs Grants £ million (c) 1975–76 Needs Grants Increase Order stage £ million
Humberside County Council … 62.3 48.4 60.8
North Yorkshire County Council 44.9 36.0 45.2
South Yorkshire:
Barnsley … … … 15.4 11.9 14.9
Doncaster … … … 23.1 17.9 22.5
Rotherham … … … 18.1 14.2 17.9
Sheffield … … … 40.7 31.8 39.9
West Yorkshire:
Bradford … … … 37.5 28.5 35.7
Calderdale … … … 14.7 11.3 14.2
Kirklees … … … 27.5 21.1 26.5
Leeds … … … … 50.9 40.7 51.1
Wakefield … … … 20.7 16.3 20.5

The needs grant for 1976–77 may be expected to be increased through the increase order procedure subject to the cash limits already announced. Payment of the resources element will depend on the rates levied, but will in general represent a higher proportion of each authority's expenditure than in 1975–76. The domestic element will be based on current rateable values, and should be sufficient to cover the prescribed domestic relief of 18.5p.