HC Deb 24 November 1983 vol 49 cc253-4W
Mr. Michael Forsyth

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will detail the sums paid out of the rate support grant in 1982–83 and the current financial year other than those paid to local authorities.

Mr. Waldegrave

The figures are as follows. The bodies listed as providing services to local government receive grant under section 56(9) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980. The figures given for these bodies are for England only, showing the total sums paid in 1982–83 and the sums allocated to each body in 1983–84.

Sums paid out of the rate support grant in 1982–83 and 1983–84 other than to local authorities
Body 1982–83 1983–84
Metropolitan police 129,365,789 *137,592,773
Bodies providing services to local government
Local Government Training Board 4,405,000 4,187,600
Local Authorities Management Services and Computer Committee 401,000 747,700
Local Authorities Conditions of Service Advisory Board 585,000 630,200
Schools Council 1,699,000 944,000

Body 1982–83 1983–84
National Foundation for Educational Research 283,000 405,300
Further Education Staff College 419,000 452,100
National Institute for Adult Education 65,000 67,600
The British sections of the International Union of Local Authorities and Council of European Municipalities 149,000 166,800
Local Authorities Coordinating Body on Trading Standards 38,000 78,300
National Meteorological Coordinating Unit 111,000 83,100
* As at the Rate Support Grant Supplementary Report (No.1) 1983–84.