§ Mr. Budgenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in respect of section 11 of the Local Govern-
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Total payment (£) Advances (£) County Councils Avon … … … 402,317 356,190 Bedfordshire … … … 731,093 664,410 Berkshire … … … 558,993 558,993 Buckinghamshire … … … 230,922 196,033 Cambridgeshire … … … 158,628 133,927 Derbyshire … … … 347,205 347,205 Gloucestershire … … … 50,929 50,929 Hampshire … … … 54,505 54,505 Hertfordshire … … … 124,985 107,565 Kent … … … 79,346 68,256 Lancashire … … … 978,297 795,352 Leicestershire … … … 1,390,500 1,154,186 Northamptonshire … … … 106,269 91,742 Nottinghamshire … … … 468,072 468,072 Oxfordshire … … … 68,512 68,512 Shropshire … … … 4,807 4,408 Staffordshire … … … 51,853 51,853 Suffolk … … … 13,742 11,475 Warwickshire … … … 315,838 268,169 Districts Aylesbury Vale District Council … … … — 185 Birmingham, City of … … … 1,756,326 1,756,326 Blackburn Borough … … … 9,293 9,090 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council … … … 194,333 173,024 Bradford, City of … … … 1,645,647 1,339,838 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council … … … 191,640 191,640 Coventry, City of … … … 733,998 635,312 Derby City Council … … … − 128 169 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council … … … 403,141 319,962 Gravesham Borough … … … − 76 247 Ipswich Borough … … … 529 634 Kirklees Metropolitan Council … … … 527,682 527,682 Leeds City Council … … … 582,734 548,459 Leicester City Council … … … 3,183 5,493 Luton Borough … … … 3,632 3,037 Manchester, City of … … … 534,440 481,612 North Bedfordshire Borough Council … … … 14,607 8,876 North Hertfordshire District Council … … … 342 512 Northampton Borough Council … … … 261 291 Nottingham, City of … … … 277 378 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council … … … 292,779 292,779 Oxford, City of … … … 547 1,017 Pendle District Council … … … 4,825 4,827 Preston Borough … … … 522 634 Reading Borough … … … 11,837 11,837 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council … … … 258,006 258,006 Rotherham Borough … … … 42,500 42,500 Rugby Borough … … … 428 538 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council … … … 1,698,270 813,442 ment Act 1966, what payments and to which local authorities were made in the financial year 1979– 80; how, in making these payments, he distinguished between immigrants and persons of New Commonwealth and Pakistan ethnic origin born in the United Kingdom; and how he ensured that the said grants were used only for the purposes set out in section 11 above.
§ Mr. RaisonDetails of payments made to local authorities in 1979–80 in respect of grant payable under section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966 are as follows: 241W
Total payment (£) Advances (£) Sheffield, City of … … … 185,392 185,392 Slough District Council … … … 10,123 12,051 Southampton, City of … … … 4,057 2,286 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council … … … 49,093 44,371 Trafford Borough … … … 87,920 94,540 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council … … … 922,756 922,756 Warwick District Council … … … 716 1,063 Wellingborough Borough Council … … … 50 58 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council … … … 1,144,335 1,144,335 Wycombe District Council … … … 1,763 2,700 London Boroughs Barking … … … 36,072 36,072 Barnet … … … 203,937 203,937 Brent … … … 1,685,086 1,645,671 Camden … … … — 11,137 Croydon … … … 354,675 354,675 Ealing … … … 1,710,515 1,477,170 Enfield … … … 125,608 116,502 Greenwich … … … 18,024 19,328 GLC … … … 10,407 3,809 Hackney … … … 104,929 110,389 Hammersmith … … … 19,374 19,374 Haringey … … … 1,172,931 1,172,931 Harrow … … … 159,509 136,246 Hillingdon … … … 141,092 85,583 Hounslow … … … 263,195 246,316 ILEA … … … 7,664,611 6,651,889 Islington … … … 19,483 21,816 Kensington and Chelsea … … … 59,764 59,764 Lambeth … … … 48,040 48,040 Lewisham … … … 88,896 47,354 Merton … … … 99,335 88,232 Newham … … … 671,936 629,380 Redbridge … … … 176,615 176,615 Southwark … … … 33,874 71,446 Tower Hamlets … … … 79,233 79,233 Waltham Forest … … … 643,674 643,674 Wandsworth … … … 53,300 54,105 Westminster … … … 6,141 7,051 Total … … … 33,104,849 29,507,420 The figures shown above for total payment include both sums advanced in payment of grant for 1979–80 and adjustments to payments made in previous years which were revised in the light of subsequent information. Details of the sums advanced solely for grant for 1979– 80 are given above in brackets. In two cases the adjustment to payments in previous years led to a recovery of grant from the local authorities concerned, which exceeded the amount advanced to them in grant for 1979– 80.
For the purpose of determining eligibility for grants under section 11 of the 1966 Act, the reference in that section to substantial numbers of immigrants from the Commonwealth is normally construed as including both persons born in another Commonwealth country who have been ordinarily resident in the 242W United Kingdom for up to 10 years and the children of such persons—whether born in the United Kingdom or overseas. No distinction is therefore made, within these criteria, between those born here and those born overseas.
Local authorities are required to give assurances that new posts on which grant is claimed meet the appropriate criteria; chief finance officers of local authorities certify that the information forwarded in annual claims for grant is correct; and claims for grant are also examined and certified by the district audit service of the Department of the Environment.