HC Deb 25 May 1978 vol 950 cc692-4W
Mr. Maurice Macmillan

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the total income of local authorities, from local authority rates, the rate support grant and any other income, and the proportion of local authority incomes each represented in every year since 1959.

Mr. Freeson

The available information is as follows:

INCOME OF LOCAL AUTHORITY REVENUE ACCOUNTS†, 1958 TO 1977*
Other income Other income
Rates Government grants § Sales, fees and charges‡ All other income Total income Rates Government grants including rate support grant Rents, sales, fees and charges All other income Total income
£ million £ million £ million £ million £ million Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent.
1958–59 … … 579.3 658.8 550.3 1,788.4 32 37 31 100
1959–60 … … 649.9 705.6 593.5 1,949.0 33 36 31 100
1960–61 … … 696.7 756.0 638.3 2,091.0 33 36 31 100
1961–62 … … 747.4 830.6 690.2 2,268.2 33 37 30 100
1962–63 … … 831.3 907.0 753.6 2,491.9 33 36 31 100
1963–64 … … 923.1 1,022.4 826.7 2,772.2 33 37 30 100
1964–65 … … 991.2 1,103.0 900.1 2,994.3 33 37 30 100
1965–66 … … 1,131.5 1,260.0 1,002.6 3,394.1 33 37 30 100
1966–67 … … 1,266.1 1,389.1 1,087.7 3,742.9 33 37 30 100
1967–68 … … 1,323.3 1,591.0 1,186.1 4,100.4 32 39 29 100
1968–69 … … 1,398.0 1,712.9 1,329.3 4,440.2 31 39 30 100
1969–70 … … 1,515.2 1,955.0 1,195.2 962.0 5,628.0 27 35 21 17 100
1970–71 … … 1,640.4 2,284.2 1,268.4 1,065.5 6,258.5 26 36 20 18 100
1971–72 … … 1,911.7 2,653.9 1,394.7 1,332.2 7,292.5 26 36 19 19 100
1972–73 … … 2,179.6 3,135.0 1,489.3 1,410.9 8,214.8 27 38 18 17 100
1973–74 … … 2,414.6 3,897.3 1,615.5 1,902.8 9,830.2 25 40 16 19 100
1974–75 … … 2,927.2 5,651.8 1,544.2 2,355.2 12,478.4 23 45 12 19 100
1975–76 … … 3,795.7 7,666.1 1,909.0 2,826.4 16,197.2 23 47 12 17 100
1976–77 … … 4,151.0 8,639.5 2,089.1 3,631.1 18,510.7 22 47 11 20 100
* Figures from 1969–70 onwards are collected on a different basis from earlier data and are not strictly comparable. In the earlier data income from sales, fees and charges on rate fund services were not distinguished. In the later series income is inflated by recharges between services which were not included in the earlier series.
† Rate fund services, housing revenue, trading services, special and superannuation funds.
‡ Including income from rents in the housing revenue accounts.
§ Including all housing grants and subsidies, specific and supplementary service grants and rate support grants.