§ Mr. Edward Lyonsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he will announce his decision on the urban aid applications by Belgrave and Highfields, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Bristol, Rochdale, Wythenshawe, Salford and Stockton law centres.
§ Sir George YoungDecisions on these applications will be announced as soon as possible.
DOE grants and borrowing approvals to Welwyn Hatfield D.C. (£ million) 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 GRANT Rate Support Grant: Needs and Resources 1.1* 1.3* — — — Block Grant — — 0.2† 0.8† 0.5† Domestic Rate Relief Grant 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 Housing‡ Housing subsidy 2.8 3.4 1.1 0 ֵ Modified Rent Rebates 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.1 ֵ Rent allowance subsidy 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 ֵ Improvement contributions 0.1 0.1 0 0 ֵ Other Rate Rebates 0.4 0.5 0ֵ6 0.8 ֵ Rate Rebates for the disabled 0 0.3 0.2 0.1 ֵ Total Grants 6.7 8.0 4.8 4.6 ֵ Borrowing Approvals Housing|| 4.8 3.6 2.3 3.4 2.9 Other¶ N/A N/A 0.2 0.4 0.4 Total Borrowing Approvals 2.5 3.8 3.3 * 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 and 1981–82 figures are taken from audited claims. (ii) 1982–83 come from the second advanced claim form and are provisional. || (i) Allocations before 1981–82 are not directly comparable with succeeding years because authorities were able to increase their allocations using capital receipts. (ii) Further allocations for 1982–83 will be made to authorities for expenditure on Housing Improvement Grants when outturn information will be received. ¶ In 1979–80 and 1980–81 borrowing approvals for other services were granted to county areas: distribution between authorities within the county was determined locally.