§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what would be the cost to central funds if additional rate support grant money was made available to those local authorities whose declared assessments for the current year exceed 11 per cent., using the following proposed scale of rebates: range of rate declared, 11–15 per cent., rebate proposed, 2½ per cent., range of rate declared, 15–20 per cent., rebate proposed, 5 per cent., range of rate declared, over 20 per cent., rebate proposed, 7½ per cent.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettThe cost to the Exchequer of additional grant paid to local authorities on the basis proposed would be:
£ million Rebate of 2½ per cent. to authorities whose rate increases are 11 per cent. or more but are less than 15 per cent. 21.56 Rebate of 5 per cent. to authorities whose rate increases are 15 per cent. more but are less than 20 per cent. 9.92 Rebate of 7½ per cent. to authorities whose rate increases are 20 per cent. or more — 31.48 These figures are based on the increases of the average general rate in each rating authority between 1st April 1977 and 1st April 1978.