§ Mr. Fryasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish in the Official Report the amounts of special aid paid to each local authority to cover the costs of winter maintenance arising from the exceptional weather conditions in each of the last three full years; and how much each authority spent.
§ Mr. Giles ShawI have been asked to reply.
Special Government assistance to local authorities, following exceptional weather conditions in 1977–78 and 1978–79, was given to relieve undue financial burdens incurred in dealing with the emergencies. The assistance was not specifically related to the costs of maintenance. The details requested are attached.
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Authority Amount paid (to date) Additional expenditure on which assistance is based £ £ Winter 1977–78 Devon County Council 610,896 2,394,349 Somerset County Council 49,253 751,267 Cleethorpes Borough Council 118,624 273,661 LancasterCity Council 10,000 220,128 North Norfolk District Council 276,713 511,228 Winter 1978–79 Derbyshire County Council 775,000 2,735,912 Devon County Council 1,047,000 3,213,655 Durham County Council 155,400 1,578,549 Gloucestershire County Council 156,400 1,088,933 Humberside County Council 256,880 1,851,773 Norfolk County Council 603,656 1,985,438 Northamptonshire County Council 147,000 1,123,582 Northumberland County Council 775,282 1,540,451 North Yorkshire County Council 949,000 2,562,510 Shropshire County Council 71,427 731,700 Somerset County Council 437,209 1,310,777 Suffolk County Council 684,000 2,030,046 West Yorkshire County Council 767,620 4,682,352 Winter 1979–80 Nil