County Councils (Expenditure)

HC Deb 25 July 1978 vol 954 cc694-5W

Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing (a) the rate in £ sterling and (b) the rateborne expenditure per capita of each of the old county councils in Wales for the last three years of their existence, and for each of the new county councils for each of the first three years of their existence.

Mr. Alec Jones

The information is as follows:

the provision of sports and leisure facilities in Wales.

Mr. Barry Jones

As my hon. Friend said in his reply to the hon. Member on 11th July, responsibility for the provision of recreational facilities rests with the local authorities—[Vol. 953, c. 542–43]. In accordance with Government policy, the Sports Council for Wales gives priority to applications for grant aid from areas in which recreational deprivation is associated with other forms of social and environmental deprivation.