§ Mr. Shoreasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the rate support grant provision made for each district council and London borough included in the seven inner city partnership areas in 1979–80; and what, in constant prices, was the rate support grant provision made for 1981–82.
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§ Mr. King[pursuant to his reply, 23 July 1981]: The figures requested are as in the following table.
Both sets of figures are in 1981–82 estimated outturn prices. They include payments made under the London rate equalisation scheme, but exclude domestic element and domestic rate relief grant. For London boroughs the figures include needs element and block grant payments in respect of GLC, ILEA and Metropolitan Police.
The two sets of figures are not directly comparable because in the non-London metropolitan areas, all needs element was paid to district authorities in 1979–80, whereas block grant is paid to both tiers on the basis of separate assessments of grant-related expenditure (GRE). Only resources element entitlements directly attributable to precepting authorities have been netted off the 1979–80 figures.
The 1981–82 grant figures are estimates based on authorities' initial budgets and grant claims, after close-ending by percentage adjustment. They will be subject to further revision in the light of later expenditure estimates, close-ending adjustments made to the poundage schedule, and decisions on any overall grant reduction.
Finally, the figures are affected by a change in the grant percentage between the two years—the England/Wales grant percentage for 1981–82 was 60 per cent. compared with 61 per cent. in 1979–80—and by expected reductions in the volume of local authority expenditure.
Rate Support Grant Payments to Partnership Authorities in 1979–80 and 1981–82 (at estimated 1981–82 outturn prices) 1979–80 Needs element and attributed Resources element with London equalisation payments
1981–82 Estimated block grant with London equalisation payments
LONDON £m £m Greenwich 40.747 30.511 Hackney 53.354 43.463 Islington 49.488 29.970 Lambeth 67.658 56.974 Lewisham 55.877 48.968 Southwark 62.488 46.801 Tower Hamlets 40.508 30.417 Newham 62.746 60.237 NON LONDON METROPOLITAN Manchester 135.722 109.800 Salford 62.999 53.603 Liverpool 135.376 116.701 Newcastle 59.503 44.160 Gateshead 46.485 41.469 Birmingham 204.571 164.128