§ Miss Wrightasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the amounts received by the local authorities in Scotland towards (a) capital and (b) current expenditure in specific grant for the urban programme in 1978–79 at out-turn prices, together with provisional figures for 1979–80 and 1980–81.
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§ Mr. RifkindSpecific grant payments (at the rate of 75 per cent.) made to local authorities in Scotland in each of the last two years were as follows:—
1978–79 1979–80 £m. £m. Capital* 3.7 2.8 Current 2.6 3.5 As grant is paid in arrears no payments have yet been made in relation to 1980–81 expenditure. *Grant in relation to capital expenditure may be paid either on a lump sum basis or against annual loan charges. The determining factor is the method adopted by an authority to fund the project concerned.