Rate Support Grant

HC Deb 02 April 1984 vol 57 cc425-6W

Mr. Murphy

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what factors have led to a decrease in the rate support grant for Welwyn Hatfield district for the year 1983–84; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Waldegrave

The latest estimates of the rate support grants payable to Welwyn Hatfield district council are:

	1982–83 £	1983–84 £
Block grant	770,165	511,430
Domestic rate relief grant	1,726,421	1,749,860
Rate Support Grants	2,496,586	2,261,290

The main reasons for the decrease in Welwyn Hatfield's block grant are a reduction in the council's grant related expenditure assessment; an increase in the council's expenditure in relation to GRE; abatement of its grant for spending in excess of its expenditure target; and the payment of block grant direct to the Receiver for the Metropolitan police district for the first time in 1983–84.