HC Deb 06 December 1977 vol 940 cc628-9W
Mr. Grylls

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the amount, per capita, of the needs element of the rate support grant for each of the shire counties, for the years 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78 and 1978–79; what has been the reduction, per capita, for each of these years.

Mr. Guy Barnett

Theper capita payments of needs element made under the

GRANT AMOUNTS PER HEAD AND PERCENTAGE CHANGES
Amounts per head 1975–76 Amounts per head 1976–77 Amounts per head 1977–78 Percentage change 1976–77 over 1977–78 Percentage change 1977–78 over 1976–77
£ £ £ % %
Avon 51 61 61 19.61 0.00
Bedfordshire 51 64 65 25.49 1.56
Berkshire 56 66 64 17.86 -3.03
Buckinghamshire 51 63 57 23.53 -9.52
Cambridgeshire 48 58 50 20.83 -13.79
Cheshire 52 63 62 21.15 -1.59
Cleveland 69 88 93 27.54 5.68
Cornwall 47 60 67 27.66 11.67
Cumbria 64 79 77 23.44 -2.53
Derbyshire 50 64 65 28.00 1.56
Devon 45 55 56 22.22 1.82
Dorset 43 52 51 20.93 -1.92
Durham 54 71 73 31.48 2.82
East Sussex 44 55 56 25.00 1.82
Essex 51 61 60 19.61 -1.64
Gloucestershire 51 62 62 21.57 0.00
Hampshire 49 59 64 20.41 8.47
Hereford and Worcester. 48 61 57 27.08 -6.56
Hertfordshire 60 72 69 20.00 -4.17
Humberside 58 73 81 25.86 10.96
Isle of Wight 42 56 56 33.33 0.00
Kent 51 62 63 21.57 1.61
Lancashire 54 70 75 29.63 7.14
Leicestershire 52 67 70 28.85 4.48
Lincolnshire 52 68 69 30.77 1.47
Norfolk 46 59 59 28.26 0.00
Northamptonshire 55 66 64 20.00 -3.03
Northumberland 50 79 79 58.00 0.00
North Yorkshire 63 70 68 11.11 -2.86
Nottinghamshire 54 71 80 31.48 12.68
Oxfordshire 47 56 49 19.15 -12.50
Salop 52 66 66 26.92 0.00
Somerset 46 59 57 28.26 -3.39
Staffordshire 50 63 60 26.00 -4.76
Suffolk 43 53 51 23.26 -3.77
Surrey 43 49 43 13.95 -12.24
Warwickshire 51 62 57 21.57 -8.06
West Sussex 46 55 50 19.57 -9.09
Wiltshire 53 63 58 18.87 -7.94
Clywd 53 66 70 24.53 6.06
Dyfed 65 83 84 27.69 1.20
Gwent 56 73 74 30.36 1.37
Gwynedd 66 84 86 27.27 2.38
Mid Glamorgan 54 70 74 29.63 5.71
Powys 106 137 148 29.25 8.03
South Glamorgan 57 71 78 24.56 9.86
West Glamorgan 53 68 67 28.30 -1.47