Manchester (Grant) (Hansard, 21 June 1984)

§ Mr. Alfred Morris

asked the Prime Minister how much was paid in each type of grant given by Government

TABLE I
Central Government grants to the city of Manchester
Cash
£ million
	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85
1. Grants taken to rate fund revenue account
(i) RSG
Needs and resources^*/block grant†	95.5	107.0	126.3	‡109.6	║99.8	║96.2	¶89.9
Domestic rate relief	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6
(ii) Specific grants^● in respect of
Education	4.9	6.2	7.8	8.3	8.7	33.6	33.8
Libraries, museums and art galleries	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2
Personal social services	0.4	0.8	1.4	1.6	1.8
Administration of justice	1.2	1.3	1.7	2.0	2.0
Recreation	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.6
Town and country planning	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.8
Housing	5.7	6.0	9.4	6.9	11.1
Other rate fund services	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.7
(iii) Rate rebates grant	2.0	2.0	3.3	5.2	17.3	8.3	7.6
2. Housing subsidies^■
(i) Housing subsidy	18.7	23.2	26.7	15.9	7.6	2.1	2.4
(ii) Modified rent rebates	5.0	5.3	6.6	4.4	5.5	7.5	7.2
3. Capital grants^⋆	1.5	1.4	2.9	4.6	7.6	N/A	N/A

TABLE II
Central Government grants to the city of Manchester
Cost (1982–83 prices)
£ million
	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85
1. Grants taken to rate fund revenue account
(i) RSG
Needs and resources^*/block grant†	155.2	148.8	147.9	‡116.8	║99.8	║91.2	¶81.4
Domestic rate relief	8.5	7.3	6.2	5.7	5.5	5.3	5.0
(ii) Specific grants^● in respect of
Education	7.9	8.6	9.1	8.9	8.7	31.8	30.5
Libraries, museums and art galleries	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.2
Personal social services	0.7	1.0	1.6	1.7	1.8
Administration of justice	2.0	1.8	2.0	2.1	2.0
Recreation	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.6
Town and country planning	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.8
Housing	9.3	8.4	11.0	7.3	11.1
Other rate fund services	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.7
(iii) Rate rebates grant	3.2	2.8	3.9	5.6	17.3	7.9	6.8
2. Housing subsidies^■
(i) Housing subsidy	30.4	32.2	31.3	17.0	7.6	2.0	2.2
(ii) Modified rent rebates	8.1	7.4	7.7	4.7	5.5	7.1	6.5
3. Capital grants^⋆	2.4	1.9	3.4	4.9	7.6	N/A	N/A
Notes to tables I and II
^*Covering the years 1978–79 to 1980–81 and based on final entitlements.
† Covering the years 1981–82 to 1984–85. In 1981–82, grant was paid direct to metropolitan counties for the first time, and district entitlements were reduced.
‡Based on outturn, after holdback.
║ Based on budget, after holdback.
¶ Based on budget, before holdback.
^●Based on outturn for 1978–79 to 1982–83 and on budgets for 1983–84 and 1984–85. Budget figures are not broken down by service.
^■Figures for 1978–79 to 1981–82 are based on final audited claims. Figures for 1982–83, 1983–84 and 1984–85 are from the pre-audit claim, the second advance claim and the first advance claim respectively.
^*Including some housing association grants. Figures are not available for 1983–84 and 1984–85.

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Departments to Manchester city council in each year from 1978–79 to 1983–84; and what grants are expected to be paid in 1984–85, in each case giving the figures in cash an in constant prices.