§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the grant allocation to (a) Macclesfield borough council, (b) Cheshire county council (i) this year and (ii) the previous three years.
§ Mr. KingThe amounts of rate support grant paid to each of these councils in respect of 1978–79 and 1979–80 and the latest estimates for 1980–81 and 1981–82 are as follows:
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1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 £ million £ million £ million £ million Macclesfield B. Block Grant — — — 2.3 Needs Element — 1.4 1.5 — Resources Element 6.0 6.2 7.4 —
1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 £ million £ million £ million £ million Domestic Element 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 8.5 10.1 11.5 4.9 Cheshire CC Block Grant — — — 137.8 Needs Element 66.4 75.4 77.8 — Block grant replaced the former needs and resources element of rate support grant from 1981–82. Grant entitlements for 1981–82 and the earlier years are not directly comparable since resources element was only payable to district councils. A proportion of needs element grant only became payable to district councils in respect of 1979–80 and 1980–81.