§ Sir Peter Emeryasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those authorities which will receive or are estimated to receive a rate support grant (a) higher and (b) lower than the national average, together with the percentage of their rate income coming from central Government payment and grant for the years 1983–84 and 1984–85.
§ Mr. WaldegraveFollowing is a table which shows for each local authority the percentage of their total expenditure — that is, that expenditure which, in the absence of block grant, would fall to be met from the rates —which is met by block grant in 1983–84 and 1984–85. The percentages for 1983–84 are based on grant entitlements, after holdback, as calculated on the basis of698W budgeted expenditure at the first supplementary report. The 1984–85 figures are based on grant entitlements for spending at target. We do not yet have a full set of budget estimates for 1984–85.
The table is arranged to show the individual grant percentages in each year in descending order; a horizontal line shows the average level of grant support in each year. Total block grant, after holdback, in 1983–84 is equal to 40.17 per cent. of total budgeted expenditure of English local authorities and the Metropolitan police. For 1984–85, bock grant is equal to 41.94 per cent. of planned total expenditure.
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Block grant as a percentage of expenditure (before London equalisation) 1983–84 after holdback 1984–85 spending at target per cent. per cent. Wandsworth 75.17 Wandsworth 71.80 Gillingham 73.24 Kirklees 67.43 Hove 69.84 Gillingham 67.40 Torridge 68.31 Pendle 66.29 Mansfield 68.03 Bradford 66.29 Alnwick 67.89 Calderdale 66.17 Easington 67.22 Kingston upon Hull 65.90 Kirklees 66.80 South Shropshire 65.88 Kingston upon Hull 66.34 Torridge 65.47 West Dorset 66.28 Easington 65.12 Pendle 66.14 Mansfield 64.75 Barrow in Furness 65.75 Alnwick 64.23 York 65.59 York 63.49 Calderdale 65.42 Barrow in Furness 63.29 Bradford 64.83 Hove 63.09 Bath 64.43 Oldham 62.84 West Devon 64.38 Barnsley 62.30 Teesdale 64.33 Rotherham 6218 Blackburn 63.92 Teesdale 62.01 Oldham 63.91 Sunderland 61.85 Boothferry 63.73 Boothferry 61 69 Allerdale 63.25 Allerdale 61.59 Wyre 63.06 Hyndburn 61.57 North Dorset 62.98 West Dorset 61.37 Rotherham 62.89 South Tyneside 60.71 South Shropshire 62.73 Blackburn 60.67 Barnsley 62.56 Hartlepool 60.54 Berwick-upon-Tweed 62.38 East Yorkshire 60.46 South Tyneside 62.30 Bolton 60.20 Eden 62.28 Wyre 60.05 Gloucester 62.06 West Devon 59.90 Weymouth and Portland 61.64 Newham 59.74 Plymouth 61.51 Rochdale 59.66 South Hams 61.31 Eden 59.52 East Yorkshire 61.17 Tameside 59.52 Bolton 60.73 North Shropshire 59.50 North Cornwall 60.45 Gloucester 59.36 Hastings 60.41 North Dorset 59.16 Blyth Valley 60.41 Tyne and Wear 59.14 Holderness 60.26 Blyth Valley 58.85 Penwith 60.23 Weymouth and Portland 58.74 Forest of Dean 59.89 Durham 58.64 Kingswood 59.40 Blackpool 58.34 Oswestry 59.35 Wigan 58.16 Hyndburn 59.30 Holderness 58.09 Durham 59.30 Plymouth 58.06 Caradon 59.13 Lancashire 58.05 Sunderland 59.12 Bath 57.79 Leominster 59.04 Rossendale 57.65 North Norfolk 58.99 Oswestry 57.21 Rochdale 58.93 Doncaster 57.16 Waveney 58.74 Burnley 57.10 Burnley 58.72 Salford 57.09 East Northamptonshire 58.70 Isles of Scilly 57.07 Tameside 58.52 North Cornwall 57.03 Wigan 58.43 Caradon 57.00
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1983–84 after holdback 1984–85 spending at target per cent. per cent. Kerrier 58.41 East Northamptonshire 56.97 North Shropshire 58.31 Cumbria 56.87 Dover 58.19 Scarborough 56.64 Lancashire 57.91 Hastings 56.62 South Lakeland 57.86 Preston 56.34 North Devon 57.86 Waveney 56.31 Preston 57.66 Kerrier 56.25 Rossendale 57.63 South Hams 56.22 Hammersmith and Fulham 57.58 Waltham Forest 56.17 Boston 57.50 Berwick-upon-Tweed 56.05 Waltham Forest 57.50 Kingswood 55.93 Salford 57.49 North Norfolk 55.83 East Devon 57.47 Gateshead 55.83 South Holland 57.36 Leominster 55.81 Forest Heath 57.36 Forest of Dean 55.79 Derwentside 57.29 Boston 55.55 Lancaster 57.08 Ryedale 55.48 Mid Devon 56.66 Bexley 55.46 Thanet 56.53 Knowsley 55.42 Hartlepool 56.52 Great Grimsby 55.37 Ryedale 56.45 Chester-le-Street 55.33 Exeter 56.44 Wakefield 55.30 Blackpool 56.15 Lewisham 55.24 Bolsover 56.11 Derwentside 55.21 Teignbridge 55.95 Mid Devon 55.07 Isles of Scilly 55.94 Humberside 55.06 Lewisham 55.93 Lancaster 55.04 Wear Valley 55.79 Dover 54.96 Middlesbrough 55.63 Bolsover 54.93 Nottingham 55.63 Yeovil 54.55 Bexley 55.61 Hackney 54.54 Wakefleld 55.60 Exeter 54.50 Knowsley 55.36 Penwith 54.42 Yeovil 55.35 Thanet 54.26 Scarborough 55.12 South Holland 54.23 Gateshead 55.06 West Yorkshire 54.18 Kettering 54.76 Cornwall 53.98 Great Grimsby 54.71 North Devon 53.65 Doncaster 54.63 Hammersmith and Fulham 53.53 Cumbria 54.62 North Tyneside 53.48 Purbeck 54.47 Wear Valley 53.32 Amber Valley 54.46 Portsmouth 53.21 Newham 54.37 East Devon 53.08 Gosport 54.27 Richmondshire 53.00 East Lindsey 54.27 Kettering 52.86 Shropshire 54.26 South Lakeland 52.85 Cornwall 54.20 Middlesbrough 52.83 Copeland 54.16 Liverpool 52.71 Richmondshire 54.09 Lincolnshire 52.67 West Derbyshire 54.04 St. Helens 52.58 Portsmouth 53.99 Forest Heath 52.36 Liverpool 53.97 Bury 52.36 Chester-le-Street 53.95 Chorley 52.32 Lincolnshire 53.90 Shropshire 52.27 Craven 53.88 Northumberland 51.96 Garrick 53.76 Teignbridge 51.91 Havant 53.76 Nottingham 51.80 Mendip 53.73 Taunton Deane 51.65 Bury 53.64 Beverley 51.63 South Herefordshire 53.59 South Ribble 51.53 Gedling 53.03 Isle of Wight 51.42 Chorley 52.90 Mendip 51.25 Beverley 52.78 Craven 51.16 West Yorkshire 52.73 Copeland 51.15 Ashfield 52.57 Derbyshire 51.03 Taunton Deane 52.54 North Wiltshire 50.97 Fenland 52.47 Merseyside 50.79 Hackney 52.44 Wiltshire 50.72 Wealden 52.32 Tynedale 50.71 North Kesteven 52.32 Gosport 50.67 Stroud 52.23 South Herefordshire 50.54 North Wiltshire 52.22 Ribble Valley 50.54 Tynedale 52.12 West Derbyshire 50.47 Wiltshire 51.97 Carrick 50.30
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1983–84 after holdback 1984–85 spending at target per cent. per cent. Northumberland 51.96 Greenwich 50.15 Sedgemoor 51.95 Kennet 50.11 Isle of Wight 51.95 Greater Manchester 49.87 Slough 51.91 Carlisle 49.78 Redbridge 51.85 Canterbury 49.78 Tyne and Wear 51.83 Gedling 49.64 Humberside 51.80 Amber Valley 49.60 Canterbury 51.65 North East Derbyshire 49.45 Kennet 51.52 Wirral 49.40 South Kesteven 51.50 Redbridge 49.23 North Yorkshire 51.46 Leeds 49.12 Tamworth 51.25 Ashfield 49.07 Ribble Valley 51.03 Erewash 48.89 Carlisle 51.01 North Kesteven 48.87 Lincoln 51.00 North Yorkshire 48.87 Sefton 50.92 Cleveland 48.85 West Somerset 50.91 South Norfolk 48.65 Wirral 50.86 Nottinghamshire 48.62 North East Derbyshire 50.72 East Lindsey 48.58 Arun 50.65 Lambeth 48.53 Rother 50.60 Sedgefield 48.38 Erewash 50.57 Wealden 48.37 South Norfolk 50.55 Staffordshire 48.28 West Wiltshire 50.49 South Kesteven 48.25 Stoke-on-Trent 50.38 Havering 48.23 Leeds 50.30 Sefton 48.12 Fylde 50.26 Lincoln 48.08 Sedgefield 50.23 Arun 48.07 Tunbridge Wells 50.15 Stoke-on-Trent 48.03 St. Helens 50.11 Tunbridge Wells 47.98 Wansdyke 49.82 Haringey 47.91 Mid Suffolk 49.71 Tendring 47.75 Tendring 49.63 Rother 47.72 Shepway 49.63 Devon 47.71 Staffordshire Moorlands 49.62 Tamworth 47.52 Coventry 49.62 Birmingham 47.51 Swale 49.59 Fenland 47.47 East Cambridgeshire 49.50 Breckland 47.45 Havering 49.43 Havant 47.42 Restormel 49.41 Somerset 47.37 Rochester upon Medway 49.40 West Lindsey 47.33 Broadland 49.39 Swale 47.20 Babergh 49.30 Sedgemoor 47.11 Glanford 49.16 Northamptonshire 47.06 Broxtowe 49.06 West Wiltshire 47.00 West Lindsey 49.03 Newcastle-under-Lyme 46.94 Newark 48.89 Stroud 46.92 Breckland 48.81 Worthing 46.78 Birmingham 48.72 Coventry 46.74 Gravesham 48.65 Kent 46.66 Medina 48.62 Broadland 46.44 Hambleton 48.46 Shepway 46.41 Newcastle-under-Lyme 48.43 Leicester 46.35 Ealing 48.26 Glanford 46.31 Staffordshire 48.25 Staffordshire Moorlands 46.23 Chichester 48.22 Sheffield 46.15 Colchester 48.21 Medina 46.14 Worthing 48.09 Ealing 46.08 North Tyneside 47.94 Hambleton 45.95 Southampton 47.89 High Peak 45.93 Dartford 47.82 Woodspring 45.86 Bournemouth 47.78 Leicestershire 45.73 Devon 47.70 Purbeck 45.67 The Wrekin 47.65 Walsall 45.46 High Peak 47.61 Newark 45.28 Kent 47.60 Fylde 45.22 Nottinghamshire 47.57 Restormel 45.18 Southend-on-Sea 47.44 East Staffordshire 45.12 Torbay 47.39 Broxtowe 45.03 Northamptonshire 47.35 Derby 45.01 South Wight 47.31 Babergh 45.01 Salisbury 47.23 Sutton 44.91 Cotswold 47.20 Bournemouth 44.89 Derbyshire 46.89 Brent 44.88
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1983–84 after holdback 1984–85 spending at target per cent. per cent. Derby 46.88 Mid Suffolk 44.79 Somerset 46.86 Gravesham 44.73 South Northamptonshire 46.81 South Wight 44.72 Leicestershire 46.63 East Cambridgeshire 44.54 Cheltenham 46.58 Wansdyke 44.48 Bromley 46.58 Oxford 44.18 St. Edmundsbury 46.54 Durham 44.11 East Hampshire 46.49 Southampton 44.11 Woodspring 46.37 Cleethorpes 44.11 East Staffordshire 46.31 Christchurch 44.04 King's Lynn & W Norfolk 46.30 South Yorkshire 44.01 Ashford 46.14 Salisbury 43.96 Maidstone 46.09 Merton 43.94 Sutton 45.83 Cotswold 43.90 Wimborne 45.77 King's Lynn & W Norfolk 43.82 Christchurch 45.45 Ashford 43.81 Bridgnorth 45.39 Torbay 43.72 Wolverhampton 45.39 Bromley 43.60 Brighton 45.38 Sandwell 43.26 Rushmoor 45.18 Wolverhampton 43.21 Cleethorpes 45.10 Wellingborough 43.08 Merton 45.08 West Lancashire 43.07 Durham 44.96 Enfield 42.92 West Lancashire 44.65 Gloucestershire 42.81 Sandwell 44.64 Chichester 42.74 Stockport 44.60 St. Edmundsbury 42.65 Cleveland 44.56 Stockport 42.55 Enfield 44.35 Malvern Hills 42.50 Gloucestershire 44.34 Maidstone 42.44 Solihull 44.25 Southend-on-Sea 42.32 Stafford 44.06 The Wrekin 42.23 Great Yarmouth 43.92 Barking and Dagenham 42.22 Oadby and Wigston 43.83 Hereford and Worcester 42.22 Crewe and Nantwich 43.69 Norfolk 42.20 Barking and Dagenham 43.66 Dartford 42.19 Cannock Chase 43.62 Southwark 42.15 Wellingborough 43.59 South Northamptonshire 42.02 Norfolk 43.51 West Oxfordshire 41.98 Sevenoaks 43.37 Rochester upon Medway 41.91 Harrogate 43.37 Oadby and Wigston 41.90 Hereford and Worcester 43.36 Bridgnorth 41.69 Walsall 42.94 Crewe and Nantwich 41.64 Castle Morpeth 42.93 Harrow 41.63 Woking 42.78 West Somerset 41.62 Suffolk 42.71 Solihull 41.55 West Oxfordshire 42.57 Chesterfield 41.42 Nuneaton and Bedworth 42.47 Colchester 41.22 Suffolk Coastal 42.40 Hereford 41.00 Harrow 42.32 West Midlands 41.00 Eastbourne 42.31 Harrogate 40.85 South Ribble 42.31 East Hampshire 40.69 Uttlesford 42.01 Great Yarmouth 40.69 Blaby 41.80 Suffolk 40.60 Hereford 41.72 Sevenoaks 40.24 Croydon 41.61 Avon 40.23 Lewes 41.47 Brighton 40.10 Corby 41.36 Castle Morpeth 39.87 Northampton 41.35 Cambridgeshire 39.84 Chesterfield 41.15 Rushmoor 39.53 Chelmsford 41.10 Wimbome 39.41 Rutland 41.05 Warwickshire 39.17 New Forest 41.01 Cheshire 38.92 Melton 40.71 Dudley 38.76 Dudley 40.66 Cheltenham 38.72 Lambeth 40.52 Castle Point 38.66 South Yorkshire 40.45 Blaby 38.66 Greater Manchester 40.43 Nuneaton and Bedworth 38.63 Halton 40.24 Croydon 38.63 Malvern Hills 40.24 Suffolk Coastal 38.54 Hinckley and Bosworth 39.99 Cannock Chase 38.50 Shrewsbury and Atcham 39.96 Shrewsbury and Atcham 38.23 Huntingdon 39.95 Melton 38.22 Horsham 39.72 Hampshire 38.22 Cambridgeshire 39.72 Islington 38.02
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1983–84 after holdback 1984–85 spending at target per cent. per cent. Warwickshire 39.67 Rutland 37.98 Manchester 39.51 Stafford 37.81 Hampshire 39.50 Eastbourne 37.72 Met. Police 39.49 Corby 37.11 Haringey 39.29 Horsham 37.04 Oxford 38.88 Lewes 37.03 Castle Point 38.36 Darlington 36.84 Darlington 38.35 Ipswich 36.72 North Bedfordshire 38.29 Met. Police 36.67 Rochford 38.17 Manchester 36.06 Braintree 38.14 Poole 36.04 Merseyside 38.14 Halton 36.03 Cheshire 38.01 Huntingdon 35.84 Cherwell 37.92 Wansbeck 35.20 Northavon 37.87 Hinckley and Bosworth 35.15 Harborough 37.77 Braintree 35.03 Sheffield 37.58 Rugby 35.03 Tewkesbury 37.36 Chelmsford 34.87 Poole 37.19 Woking 34.73 Winchester 37.17 Northampton 34.70 Broxbourne 37.02 Uttlesford 34.68 Kingston-upon-Thames 36.94 Rochford 34.48 North West Leicestershire 36.88 New Forest 34.44 Rugby 36.82 Scunthorpe 34.43 Macclesfield 36.53 Kingston-upon-Thames 34.41 Brent 36.45 Cherwell 34.40 Test Valley 36.44 Northavon 34.24 Wansbeck 36.39 Mid Sussex 34.09 South Staffordshire 36.16 North West Leicestershire 33.97 Greenwich 36.13 Richmond-upon-Thames 33.83 Avon 36.10 Bedfordshire 33.38 Tonbridge and Mailing 3606 North Warwickshire 33.29 Hart 36.03 Macclesfield 33.20 Luton 36.02 Dorset 33.04 Fareham 35.86 Newcastle upon Tyne 32.99 Charnwood 35.79 Winchester 32.93 Richmond-upon-Thames 35.71 South Staffordshire 32.73 Newbury 35.64 Tower Hamlets 32.71 North Warwickshire 35.24 North Bedfordshire 32.51 Tower Hamlets 35.23 Fareham 32.51 Dorset 35.22 Congleton 32.40 Congleton 35.04 Charnwood 32.32 Mid Sussex 34.78 Harborough 32.21 Barnet 34.67 Test Valley 31.81 Aylesbury Vale 34.61 Vale Royal 31.54 Scunthorpe 34.59 Essex 31.09 Bristol 34.47 Barnet 31.07 South Oxfordshire 34.22 Warrington 30.97 Warwick 33.84 West Sussex 30.96 South Derbyshire 33.83 Bristol 30.83 Tandridge 33.31 Worcester 30.74 Bedfordshire 33.13 Tonbridge and Mailing 30.70 Leicester 33.05 East Sussex 30.63 Worcester 33.01 Aylesbury Vale 30.06 Vale Royal 32.97 South Oxfordshire 30.03 Lichfield 32.87 Hart 30.01 Essex 32.86 Broxbourne 29.93 Basingstoke and Deane 32.72 Lichfield 29.90 Southwark 32.36 Luton 29.86 East Sussex 32.26 Bromsgrove 29.76 Oxfordshire 32.15 Chester 29.66 Trafford 31.65 Newbury 29.31 Ipswich 31.55 Oxfordshire 29.20 Cambridge 31.34 South Derbyshire 29.18 Maldon 31.22 Basingstoke and Deane 29.01 West Sussex 31.15 Tewkesbury 29.00 Eastleigh 30.91 Buckinghamshire 28.98 East Hertfordshire 30.81 Eastleigh 28.51 Bromsgrove 30.75 Tandridge 28.28 Wokingham 30.72 Warwick 27.98 Peterborough 30.63 Trafford 27.95 Mid Bedfordshire 30.46 Bracknell 27.87 Adur 30.46 Hounslow 27.77 Stockton-on-Tees 30.44 GLC 27.32
1983–84 after holdback 1984–85 spending at target per cent. per cent. Rushcliffe 30.07 Stockton-on-Tees 27.13 Epsom and Ewell 29.85 Maldon 27.09 Newcastle upon Tyne 29.68 Adur 26.91 Warrington 29.31 Wyre Forest 25.86 Bracknell 29.30 East Hertfordshire 25.81 Chester 28.90 Wychavon 25.55 Wyre Forest 28.65 Wokingham 25.10 Islington 28.50 Cambridge 25.09 Wychavon 28.32 Rushcliffe 24.82 South Cambridgeshire 27.88 Epsom and Ewell 24.82 West Midlands 27.85 Peterborough 24.63 Dacorum 27.83 Mid Bedfordshire 24.40 Kensington and Chelsea 27.61 Redditch 24.34 Buckinghamshire 27.43 Thamesdown 24.05 St. Albans 27.18 Daventry 23.99 Stratford on Avon 27.09 Stratford on Avon 23.75 Daventry 26.95 Dacorum 23.60 Windsor and Maidenhead 26.23 Berkshire 23.54 Epping Forest 26.19 Watford 23.34 Watford 26.16 North Hertfordshire 22.63 Redditch 26.12 Basildon 22.62 Three Rivers 26.02 Hertfordshire 22.26 Milton Keynes 25.34 South Cambridgeshire 21.98 Hertfordshire 24.45 St. Albans 21.87 North Hertfordshire 24.37 Three Rivers 20.92 Hounslow 24.28 Norwich 20.87 Runnymede 24.07 Hillingdon 20.46 Langbaurgh 23.32 Waverley 20.01 Waverley 23.12 Epping Forest 19.92 Hillingdon 22.92 Windsor and Maidenhead 18.63 Mole Valley 22.84 Runnymede 18.60 Selby 22.64 Mole Valley 17.99 Berkshire 22.29 Langbaurgh 17.20 Brentwood 21.90 Selby 16.91 Norwich 21.80 Surrey 16.86 Reigate and Banstead 21.79 Milton Keynes 16.85 Wycombe 20.90 Reigate and Banstead 16.55 Thamesdown 20.70 Brentwood 16.51 Vale of White Horse 19.49 Kensington and Chelsea 16.48 Surrey 19.03 Wycombe 16.43 Surrey Heath 18.74 Vale of White Horse 16.27 Guildford 18.45 Slough 15.33 Ellesmere Port and Neston 18.19 Ellesmere Port and Neston 11.91 Bassetlaw 17.27 Surrey Heath 11.87 Basildon 15.61 Hertsmere 11.64 Hertsmere 15.51 Guildford 11.42 Chiltern 14.54 Bassetlaw 11.28 Reading 14.14 Reading 10.34 South Bedfordshire 14.05 Chiltern 9.43 Stevenage 11.96 Stevenage 8.68 Welwyn Hatfield 9.41 South Bedfordshire 7.94 Elmbridge 5.54 Harlow 6.99 Spelthome 3.77 Welwyn Hatfield 4.43 South Bucks 2.69 Elmbridge .03 Harlow — South Bucks — Thurrock — Thurrock — Crawley — Spelthorne — City of London — Crawley — Camden — City of London — Westminster — Camden — GLC — Westminster — ILEA — ILEA —
§ Mr. Murphyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received from Welwyn Hatfield district council regarding the allocation of rate support grant and the proposed system of rate capping and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WaldegraveNone.