HC Deb 23 March 1977 vol 928 c553W
35. Mr. Doig

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if grant payments to the Beechwood urban aid project in Dundee will be included in the rate support grant to the Tayside Regional Council for the coming financial year.

Mr. Hugh D. Brown

Tayside Regional Council will be entitled to claim a specific grant at a rate of 75 per cent. for expenditure incurred on the Beechwood urban aid project in 1977–78. After payment of specific grant, net expenditure is taken into account in the distribution of resources element of rate support grant.