Local Government Finance (Hansard, 28 May 1976)

§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennett
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing the rate poundage, the total estimated expenditure and the total amount of rate support grant for each metropolitan district council and each non-metropolitan county council in England and Wales for 1976–77, and the

CHANGES IN RATE POUNDAGES AND RATE SUPPORT GRANT ENTITLEMENTS BETWEEN 1975–76 And 1976–77

Metropolitan Districts

1975–76 Average Total Rate Non-Domestic 1976–77 Increase Percentage increase between 1975–76 and 1976–77 rate support grant: needs and resources element^* Intial entitlement†

Local Authority p. p. per cent. Per cent.

Bolton … … … 62.33 66.17 6.16 27

Bury … … … 61.59 67.46 9.53 23

Manchester … … … 82.67 88.70 7.29 25

Oldham … … … 72.89 76.30 4.68 24

Rochdale … … … 75.78 82.90 9.40 23

Salford … … … 67.44 74.38 10.29 27

Stockport … … … 60.75 70.50 16.05 25

Tameside … … … 70.23 76.50 8.93 26

Trafford … … … 73.48 75.58 2.86 29

Wigan … … … 66.74 72.61 8.80 22

Knowsley … … … 82.19 88.34 7.48 22

Liverpool … … … 69.10 71.10 2.89 20

St. Helens … … … 70.37 77.20 9.71 20

Sefton … … … 62.00 63.77 2.85 21

Wirral … … … 71.17 77.20 8.47 19

Barnsley … … … 69.59 79.59 14.37 24

Doncaster … … … 78.38 87.22 11.28 25

Rotherham … … … 74.26 81.43 9.66 23

Sheffield … … … 74.22 78.96 6.39 22

Gateshead … … … 83.76 84.50 0.88 17

Newcastle … … … 98.07 96.31 -1.79 17

North Tyneside … … 81.65 84.81 3.87 17

South Tyneside … … 82.25 79.12 -3.81 17

Sunderland … … … 77.96 81.99 5.17 22

Birmingham … … … 71.48 73.55 2.90 26

Coventry … … … 69.96 73.00 4.35 22

Dudley … … … 55.99 61.40 9.66 23

Sandwell … … … 69.75 74.50 6.81 31

Solihull … … … 61.13 67.43 10.31 23

Walsall … … … 60.40 66.50 10.10 30

Wolverhampton … … … 59.59 66.60 11.76 29

Bradford … … … 80.70 82.50 2.13 19

Calderdale … … … 71.73 73.64 2.66 17

Kirklees … … … 68.61 69.70 1.59 18

Leeds … … … 62.09 61.38 -1.14 15

Wakefield … … … 81.96 82.50 1.00 16

^* The figures in £ million were published in the Official Report, 29th January 1975, col. 214–230 and 9th April 1976.

† This excludes the additional grant payable through increase orders, which is not yet known for 1976–77. The relationship between initial entitlements and additions through increase orders will vary with the rate of inflation.

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percentage increase that each of these amounts represents on the comparable figures for 1975–76.

§ Mr. Guy Barnett
A table containing the required figures for rate poundages and rate support grant is given below. On expenditure, a circular setting out the latest available national information and asking for revised expenditure projections for 1976–77 was issued today. I will send a copy to my hon. Friend.
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CHANGES IN RATE POUNDAGES AND RATE SUPPORT GRANT ENTITLEMENTS BETWEEN 1975–76 AND 1976–77

Non-Metropolitan Counties

1975–76 Average precept 1976–77 Increase Percentage increase between 1975–76 and 1976–77 rate support grant: needs and resources element^* Intial entitlement†

Local Authority p. p. Per cent. Per cent.

Avon … … … 52.20 56.39 8.03 22

Bedfordshire … … … 61.80 68.00 10.03 26

Berkshire … … … 46.50 51.00 9.68 19

Buckinghamshire … … 54.00 56.00 3.70 24

Cambridge … … … 49.00 53.00 8.16 23

Cheshire … … … 58.00 63.00 8.62 23

Cleveland … … … 55.85 61.00 9.22 28

Cornwall … … … 45.20 48.00 6.19 29

Cumbria … … … 44.00 50.00 13.64 24

Derbyshire … … … 49.00 58.00 18.37 27

Devon … … … 47.30 52.00 9.94 23

Dorset … … … 53.00 58.00 9.43 23

Durham … … … 55.80 58.00 3.94 30

East Sussex … … … 48.10 55.30 14.97 24

Essex … … … 44.00 51.00 15.91 19

Gloucestershire … … 51.25 57.00 11.22 24

Hampshire … … … 49.20 56.00 13.82 23

Hereford-Worcester … … 52.50 58.00 10.48 26

Hertfordshire … … 45.17 53.64 18.75 20

Humberside … … … 49.00 53.00 8.16 27

Isle of Wight … … … 53.00 53.00 0.00 32

Kent … … … 46.20 52.04 12.64 21

Lancashire … … … 49.00 54.00 10.20 30

Leicestershire … … 51.00 49.00 -3.92 29

Lincolnshire … … … 52.00 54.00 3.85 30

Norfolk … … … 49.50 55.20 11.52 28

Northamptonshire … … 54.00 56.00 3.70 33

Northumberland … … 51.00 55.00 7.84 26

North Yorkshire … … 45.00 52.00 15.56 26

Nottinghamshire … … 50.00 58.00 16.00 32

Oxfordshire … … … 48.50 57.00 17.53 20

Salop … … … 47.50 49.00 3.16 29

Somerset … … … 49.50 54.00 9.09 29

Staffordshire … … … 51.50 55.30 7.38 25

Suffolk … … … 48.50 52.50 8.25 24

Surrey … … … 45.85 54.33 18.50 13

Warwickshire … … 49.80 54.70 9.84 23

West Sussex … … … 45.00 51.00 13.33 21

Wiltshire … … … 48.00 52.00 8.33 21

Clwyd … … … 54.50 64.00 17.43 26

Dyfed … … … 54.00 56.50 4.63 29

Gwent … … … 55.00 63.87 16.13 29

Gwynedd … … … 60.00 62.00 3.33 29

Mid-Glamorgan … … 63.60 68.30 7.40 31

Powys … … … 51.70 52.60 1.74 31

South Glamorgan … … 52.00 59.00 13.46 26

West Glamorgan … … 63.00 69.50 10.32 28

^* The figures in £ million were published in the Official Report, 29th January 1975, Col. 214–230 and 9th April 1976.

† This excludes the additional grant payable through increase orders, which is not yet known for 1976–77. The relationship between initial entitlements and additions through increase orders will vary with the rate of inflation.

§ Mr. Watkinson
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many buildings in the Gloucester area have been viewed as possible alternatives to the present building in which the office of the DHSS is situated.
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§ Mr. Armstrong
One property in the area has been viewed by the Department of Health and Social Security but was rejected as unsuitable in May 1975. The Property Services Agency has considered six other buildings but these were unsuitable.

CHANGES IN RATE POUNDAGES AND RATE SUPPORT GRANT ENTITLEMENTS BETWEEN 1975–76 And 1976–77
Metropolitan Districts
				1975–76	Average Total Rate Non-Domestic 1976–77	Increase	Percentage increase between 1975–76 and 1976–77 rate support grant: needs and resources element^* Intial entitlement†
Local Authority	p.	p.	per cent.	Per cent.
Bolton	…	…	…	62.33	66.17	6.16	27
Bury	…	…	…	61.59	67.46	9.53	23
Manchester	…	…	…	82.67	88.70	7.29	25
Oldham	…	…	…	72.89	76.30	4.68	24
Rochdale	…	…	…	75.78	82.90	9.40	23
Salford	…	…	…	67.44	74.38	10.29	27
Stockport	…	…	…	60.75	70.50	16.05	25
Tameside	…	…	…	70.23	76.50	8.93	26
Trafford	…	…	…	73.48	75.58	2.86	29
Wigan	…	…	…	66.74	72.61	8.80	22
Knowsley	…	…	…	82.19	88.34	7.48	22
Liverpool	…	…	…	69.10	71.10	2.89	20
St. Helens	…	…	…	70.37	77.20	9.71	20
Sefton	…	…	…	62.00	63.77	2.85	21
Wirral	…	…	…	71.17	77.20	8.47	19
Barnsley	…	…	…	69.59	79.59	14.37	24
Doncaster	…	…	…	78.38	87.22	11.28	25
Rotherham	…	…	…	74.26	81.43	9.66	23
Sheffield	…	…	…	74.22	78.96	6.39	22
Gateshead	…	…	…	83.76	84.50	0.88	17
Newcastle	…	…	…	98.07	96.31	-1.79	17
North Tyneside	…	…	81.65	84.81	3.87	17
South Tyneside	…	…	82.25	79.12	-3.81	17
Sunderland	…	…	…	77.96	81.99	5.17	22
Birmingham	…	…	…	71.48	73.55	2.90	26
Coventry	…	…	…	69.96	73.00	4.35	22
Dudley	…	…	…	55.99	61.40	9.66	23
Sandwell	…	…	…	69.75	74.50	6.81	31
Solihull	…	…	…	61.13	67.43	10.31	23
Walsall	…	…	…	60.40	66.50	10.10	30
Wolverhampton	…	…	…	59.59	66.60	11.76	29
Bradford	…	…	…	80.70	82.50	2.13	19
Calderdale	…	…	…	71.73	73.64	2.66	17
Kirklees	…	…	…	68.61	69.70	1.59	18
Leeds	…	…	…	62.09	61.38	-1.14	15
Wakefield	…	…	…	81.96	82.50	1.00	16
^* The figures in £ million were published in the Official Report, 29th January 1975, col. 214–230 and 9th April 1976.
† This excludes the additional grant payable through increase orders, which is not yet known for 1976–77. The relationship between initial entitlements and additions through increase orders will vary with the rate of inflation.

CHANGES IN RATE POUNDAGES AND RATE SUPPORT GRANT ENTITLEMENTS BETWEEN 1975–76 AND 1976–77
Non-Metropolitan Counties
				1975–76	Average precept 1976–77	Increase	Percentage increase between 1975–76 and 1976–77 rate support grant: needs and resources element^* Intial entitlement†
Local Authority	p.	p.	Per cent.	Per cent.
Avon	…	…	…	52.20	56.39	8.03	22
Bedfordshire	…	…	…	61.80	68.00	10.03	26
Berkshire	…	…	…	46.50	51.00	9.68	19
Buckinghamshire	…	…	54.00	56.00	3.70	24
Cambridge	…	…	…	49.00	53.00	8.16	23
Cheshire	…	…	…	58.00	63.00	8.62	23
Cleveland	…	…	…	55.85	61.00	9.22	28
Cornwall	…	…	…	45.20	48.00	6.19	29
Cumbria	…	…	…	44.00	50.00	13.64	24
Derbyshire	…	…	…	49.00	58.00	18.37	27
Devon	…	…	…	47.30	52.00	9.94	23
Dorset	…	…	…	53.00	58.00	9.43	23
Durham	…	…	…	55.80	58.00	3.94	30
East Sussex	…	…	…	48.10	55.30	14.97	24
Essex	…	…	…	44.00	51.00	15.91	19
Gloucestershire	…	…	51.25	57.00	11.22	24
Hampshire	…	…	…	49.20	56.00	13.82	23
Hereford-Worcester	…	…	52.50	58.00	10.48	26
Hertfordshire	…	…	45.17	53.64	18.75	20
Humberside	…	…	…	49.00	53.00	8.16	27
Isle of Wight	…	…	…	53.00	53.00	0.00	32
Kent	…	…	…	46.20	52.04	12.64	21
Lancashire	…	…	…	49.00	54.00	10.20	30
Leicestershire	…	…	51.00	49.00	-3.92	29
Lincolnshire	…	…	…	52.00	54.00	3.85	30
Norfolk	…	…	…	49.50	55.20	11.52	28
Northamptonshire	…	…	54.00	56.00	3.70	33
Northumberland	…	…	51.00	55.00	7.84	26
North Yorkshire	…	…	45.00	52.00	15.56	26
Nottinghamshire	…	…	50.00	58.00	16.00	32
Oxfordshire	…	…	…	48.50	57.00	17.53	20
Salop	…	…	…	47.50	49.00	3.16	29
Somerset	…	…	…	49.50	54.00	9.09	29
Staffordshire	…	…	…	51.50	55.30	7.38	25
Suffolk	…	…	…	48.50	52.50	8.25	24
Surrey	…	…	…	45.85	54.33	18.50	13
Warwickshire	…	…	49.80	54.70	9.84	23
West Sussex	…	…	…	45.00	51.00	13.33	21
Wiltshire	…	…	…	48.00	52.00	8.33	21
Clwyd	…	…	…	54.50	64.00	17.43	26
Dyfed	…	…	…	54.00	56.50	4.63	29
Gwent	…	…	…	55.00	63.87	16.13	29
Gwynedd	…	…	…	60.00	62.00	3.33	29
Mid-Glamorgan	…	…	63.60	68.30	7.40	31
Powys	…	…	…	51.70	52.60	1.74	31
South Glamorgan	…	…	52.00	59.00	13.46	26
West Glamorgan	…	…	63.00	69.50	10.32	28
^* The figures in £ million were published in the Official Report, 29th January 1975, Col. 214–230 and 9th April 1976.
† This excludes the additional grant payable through increase orders, which is not yet known for 1976–77. The relationship between initial entitlements and additions through increase orders will vary with the rate of inflation.