§ Dr. Mawhinneyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how much money, in total, he has made available to the Peterborough district council in the form of (i) loans and (ii) grants since May 1979.
§ Mr. King[pursuant to his reply, 3 May 1983, c. 27]: The available information on grants and borrowing approval is given in the following table. Because rate support grant payments have changed over the period, comparisons between years are of limited value.
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DOE grants and borrowing approvals to Peterborough district council 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million Grants Rate support grant Needs and resources *2.2 *2.6 — — — Block grant — — †2.6 †2.7 †2.7 Domestic rate relief grant 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 Housing‡ Housing subsidy 2.3 2.7 1.2 0.0 … Modified rent rebates 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.3 … Rent allowance subsidy 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 … Slum clearance subsidy 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 … Homes insulation scheme 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7 … Improvement contributions 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 … Other Urban programme 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.4 … Open space 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 … Rate rebates 0.5 0.6 0.9 0.9 … Rate rebates for the disabled 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 … Total grants 8.5 10.0 9.3 9.3 … Borrowing approvals Housing 3.8 3.2 2.9 4.0 3.6 Other║ n/a n/a 0.3 1.0 0.6 Total borrowing approvals 3.2 5.0 4.1 Notes * Figures for 1979–80 and 1980–81 include needs element and that part of the resources element that remained in the district after precepts had been taken. † 1981–82 second supplementary report, 1982–83 first supplementary report, 1983–84 main report. ‡ All housing related grants: (i) 1979–80 and 1980–81 figures are taken from audited claims apart from those for Home Insulation in 1980–81, which are taken from advance claims. (ii) 1981–82, and 1982–83, figures are provisional: 1981–82 are from unaudited claims, 1982–83 from banking records. ║ In 1979–80 and 1980–81 borrowing approvals for other services were granted to county areas; distribution between authorities in the county was determined locally.