§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Prime Minister what comparisons have been made between the relative rateable value of comparable properties, small businesses and industries in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland, respectively; and if she will publish this information in the form of a table.
§ The Prime Minister[pursuant to her reply, Tuesday 7 May 1985, c. 310]: I regret that comparable information for Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland is not available centrally.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Prime Minister what was the level of the rate support grant, including the per capita value for each year, from central Government to Scotland, England and Wales, for each of the last 10 years; what percentage this represented of total local government expenditure for each year; and if she will publish a table.
§ The Prime Minister[pursuant to her reply, Tuesday 7 May 1985, c. 310]: The information is shown in the table.
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England Wales Scotland Rate Support Grant Rate Support Grant Rate Support Grant £ million* per capita £ per cent. of local govt. expen.† £ million* per capita £ per cent. of local govt. expen.† £ million|| per capita£ per cent. of local govt. expen.† 1982–83 9018.8 193 41.4 797.3 284 60.0 1677.7 325 57.9 1983–84 9067.1 194 39.3 814.5 290 58.0 1744.2 339 55.9 1984–85 8852.8 189 37.2 810.8 289 55.8 1713.2 333 53.4 Notes *Needs/Resources/Domestic elements for the years 1975–76 to 1980–81 and Rate Support Grant for subsequent years. † Grant as a percentage of 'relevant' Local Government Expenditure. ‡ The information is not available for England and Wales separately. || The information on rate Support Grants and Local government expenditure is taken from the RSG (Scotland) Orders and therefore reflects the Government's provision for expenditure in each year. The price bases adopted are those pertaining at the time of the RSG Settlement each year. ¶ The financial year 1975–76 covers a period of 10½ months.
The percentage for England and Wales combined are as follows: England & Wales Grant as percentage of local Government expenditure 1975–76 57.9 1976–77 55.0 1977–78 52.3 1978–79 51.9 1979–80 48.6 1980–81 48.8 For the years 1975–76 to 1977–78 Revenue expenditure has been used to derive the percentages. For the years 1978–79 to 1980–81 Relevant expenditure has been used at November price levels.