Rate Support Grant (Hansard, 24 February 1983)

§ Mr. Giles Shaw

The figures in the following table show the information that is available for the lower tier authorities in the categories specified. The list of authorities includes those authorities whose programme or designated district status was announced on 15 February. Changes in the way grant is paid over the relevant period limit the ability to compare grant entitlements over a period of years. For example, grant was paid direct to metropolitan counties for the first time in 1981–82; at the same time the entitlements of the districts were reduced. The information in the table therefore requires careful interpretation in the light of the explanatory notes attached.

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						£000' s
	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84
	(a)	(a)	(b)	(c)	(c)	(d)
Nottingham	3,020	^*8,374	8,162	8,069	8,599	10,200
Oldham	51,796	51,247	48,899	†49,641	49,538	51,400
Rochdale	51,808	51,024	49,970	†46,640	47,715	50,100
Sandwell	55,102	50,494	49,784	†36,553	42,671	48,900
Sheffield	111,446	104,300	104,745	†90,158	85,994	94,900
Sunderland	71,158	70,200	67,377	†61,413	60,579	63,700
Tower Hamlets	41,931	41,230	37,133	‡26,071	║23,701	¶27,600
North Tyneside	44,619	44,722	43,253	†38,554	36,342	39,600
South Tyneside	44,502	43,823	42,177	†39,143	38,092	38,800
Wandsworth	71,486	67,049	59,636	‡44,855	║45,183	¶51,100
Wirral	67,798	65,210	62,828	†55,056	55,575	56,700
Wolverhampton	49,647	47,273	47,527	†40,401	43,333	44,500
Designated Districts
Barnsley	51,746	51,186	52,079	†47,784	46,493	48,000
Burnley	3,256	^*4,501	4,423	4,645	4,712	2,200
Doncaster	65,174	62,617	62,669	†58,305	55,463	58,100
Ealing	59,647	56,454	53,730	‡52,460	║57,526	¶55,100
Haringey	67,911	64,019	61,938	‡56,069	║60,036	¶59,500
Hartlepool	6,744	^*8,742	10,105	3,510	3,226	3,900
Langbaurgh	1,799	^*4,682	5,009	3,612	3,043	3,000
Rotherham	56,803	56,012	53,896	†53,675	52,048	53,200
St. Helens	38,494	35,924	35,980	†33,797	33,603	36,400
Sefton	58,859	56,532	53,873	†46,980	45,980	45,400
Walsall	46,845	45,231	45,350	†37,134	36,276	44,400
Wigan	65,784	63,970	63,067	†59,561	59,488	61,800
Greenwich	37,891	40,747	39,517	‡29,512	║27,518	¶32,300
Lewisham	54,214	55,881	53,876	‡46,001	║44,208	¶46,700
Newham	66,091	62,756	60,685	‡61,264	║70,118	¶74,100
Southwark	62,852	62,488	58,753	‡43,981	║41,625	¶55,200
(a) Includes needs element, the resources element that remained in the district or borough after precepts had been taken, and payments under the London rate equalisation scheme; figures are final entitlements revalued to 1981–82 settlement prices;
(b) Includes needs element, the resources element that remained in the district or borough after precepts had been taken, and payments under the London rate equalisation scheme; figures are payments made up to September 1982 revalued to 1981–82 settlement prices;
(c) Includes block grant, after holdback, and payments under the London rate equalisation scheme; figures are in cash terms;
(d) Estimate of grant for spending at target; figures are in cash terms;
^* Non-metropolitan districts first received needs element in 1979–80; at the same time the entitlements of the counties were reduced;
† Grant was paid direct to metropolitan counties for the first time in 1981–82; at the same time the entitlements of the districts were reduced;
‡ Includes grant paid in respect of the GLC, ILEA—where appropriate—and the Metropolitan Police; the new grant system had the effect of increasing the amount of grant remaining in boroughs that had qualified for resources element, but this was offset by an increase in the size of the precepts;
║ Excludes grant paid in respect of the GLC or ILEA, which was paid to London boroughs in 1981–82 but direct to GLC-ILEA in 1982–83.
¶ Excludes grant paid in respect of the GLC, ILEA—where appropriate—and the Metropolitan Police, which is being paid direct in 1983–84.