HL Deb 18 December 1985 vol 469 cc883-5WA
Lord Dean of Beswick

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What total sum of money was allocated to the metropolitan authorities and London boroughs in the Rate Support Grant Settlement each year since 1979.

Lord Elton

The table below shows the latest estimates of grants paid to metropolitan districts and London boroughs covered by the RSG Settlement from and including 1981–82. These are based on the latest supplementary report for each year and on returns made by local authorities. Figures for 1983–84, 1984–85 and 1985–86 may be adjusted in future supplementary reports.

AEG GRANTS £ million
1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Greater London
City of London 8 8 8 9 10
Camden 6 7 9 9 10
Greenwich 30 32 30 29 41
Hackney 44 48 54 52 48
Hammersmith and Fulham 33 36 41 41 47
Islington 28 36 42 18 38
Kensington and Chelsea 13 19 24 17 19
Lambeth 54 61 61 45 57
Lewisham 46 49 49 47 52
Southwark 44 41 39 22 48
Tower Hamlets 28 28 31 26 26
Wandsworth 45 49 55 54 61
Westminster 14 15 16 17 20

AEG GRANTS £ million
1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Outer London Boroughs
Barking and Dagenham 26 27 29 27 28
Barnet 41 44 42 41 42
Bexley 43 46 48 48 50
Brent 55 62 62 62 61
Bromley 50 50 50 50 51
Croydon 52 53 52 51 54
Ealing 54 64 64 66 70
Enfield 42 46 48 47 49
Haringey 62 66 64 62 59
Harrow 31 35 36 35 35
Havering 43 45 46 46 47
Hillingdon 26 26 24 24 20
Hounslow 24 28 28 20 12
Kingston-upon-Thames 19 20 20 19 19
Merton 30 30 31 31 33
Newham 63 77 81 82 74
Redbridge 40 43 45 46 48
Richmond-upon-Thames 25 24 22 22 18
Sutton 27 28 29 29 30
Waltham Forest 53 61 69 69 70

AEG GRANTS £ million
1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Greater Manchester
Bolton 59 61 64 66 68
Bury 33 33 36 36 36
Manchester 129 121 124 124 132
Oldham 59 59 61 63 65
Rochdale 52 54 57 58 58
Salford 65 65 68 66 62
Stockport 47 46 47 47 45
Tameside 50 52 53 55 51
Trafford 30 28 30 27 26
Wigan 66 68 67 69 66
Total of Districts 590 587 607 611 609
Merseyside
Knowsley 42 42 42 42 40
Liverpool 136 138 149 151 65
St. Helens 39 40 41 41 42
Sefton 53 52 53 54 54
Wirral 64 64 69 70 67
Total of Districts 334 336 354 358 268
South Yorkshire
Barnsley 52 51 53 53 53
Doncaster 63 63 66 66 63
Rotherham 57 57 59 60 58
Sheffield 104 103 98 103 106
Total of Districts 276 274 276 282 280
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 48 48 50 51 51
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 54 44 46 47 29
North Tyneside 43 42 43 45 43
South Tyneside 44 44 44 43 44
Sunderland 67 68 70 65 63
Total of Districts 256 246 253 251 230
West Midlands
Birmingham 192 188 217 224 217
Coventry 65 67 68 67 65
Dudley 38 38 42 43 43
Sandwell 45 53 60 63 63
Solihull 29 30 32 31 29
Walsall 46 44 53 54 54
Wolverhampton 49 51 57 56 57
Total of Districts 464 471 529 538 528
West Yorkshire
Bradford 122 117 127 128 129
Calderdale 46 46 48 49 48
Kirklees 83 90 95 98 96
Leeds 129 131 133 136 128
Wakefield 59 58 60 61 56
Total of Districts 429 442 463 472 457