§ Mr. Michael Morrisasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total expenditure of local authority housing revenue accounts in England for the latest available year; and what proportion of this expenditure is met from (a) rents, (b) specific grants, (c) rates and (d) rate support grants.
Percentage of rate support grant 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 Needs element … … 65.1 60.3 60.7 60.6 60.5 Resources element … … 24.7 29.0 29.2 29.2 29.2 Domestic element … … 10.2 10.7 10.1 10.2 10.3 The figures for 1974–75, 1975–76 and 1976–77 include first and second increase order additions to the total of rate support grant at main order. The figures for 1977–78 include the first increase order; and those for 1978–79 are for main order only.
§ Mr. Michael Morrisasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what share
Year English non-metropolitan counties English metropolitan district London boroughs Welsh counties per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. 1974–75 … 33.73 25.93 13.99 3.75 1975–76 … 31.01 26.32 13.20 3.54 1976–77 … 30.07 26.04 14.45 3.53 1977–78 … 29.01 26.92 14.66 3.55 1978–79 … 26.72 26.71 15.23 3.30