§ Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each local authority (a) the rate support grant at settlement spending assumption for 1987–88, (b) in 1986 prices the actual rate support grant paid in 1978–79, (c) the absolute difference between the two figures and (d) the percentage difference between the two figures for each authority.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsRate support grant figures for 1987–88 are not yet available, but we shall inform the House of our intentions for the forthcoming financial year in the near future. Details of the rate support grants paid to local authorities in 1978–79, expressed in real teems at 1986–87 prices using the GDP (market prices) deflator, are given in the following table.
No valid comparisons for individual authorities can be made between the two years as different arrangements for paying grants to each class of authority apply to each year. 363W
Rate support grants paid to Welsh local authorities £ thousand 1978–79 Local authority Domestic element Needs element Resources element Counties Clwyd — 56,862 — Dyfed — 59,391 — Gwent — 72,466 — Gwynedd — 42,161 — Mid Glamorgan — 92,164 — Powys — 32,567 — South Glamorgan — 67,450 — West Glamorgan — 55,346 — Districts Alyn & Deeside 2,675 — 6,967 Colwyn 2,283 — 6,506 Delyn 2,436 — 10,518 Glyndŵr 1,308 — 6,720 Rhuddlan 2,184 — 6,565 Wrexham Maelor 3,612 — 17,615 Carmarthen 1,350 — 8,830 Ceredigion 1,770 — 10,021 Dinefwr 832 — 6,874 Llanelli 2,057 — 12,104 Preseli 1,844 — 7,511 South Pembrokeshire 1,249 — 484 Blaenau Gwent 1,964 — 18,247 Islwyn 1,675 — 14,272 Monmouth 2,415 — 10,901 Newport 4,970 — 9,473 Torfaen 2,800 — 17,077 Aberconwy 2,052 — 7,095 Arfon 1,428 — 9,508 Dwyfor 892 — 4,082 Meirionnydd 1,146 — 3,004 Ynys Môn 2,120 — 8,939 Cynon Valley 1,393 — 15,461 Merthyr Tydfil 1,352 — 13,951 Ogwr 3,656 — 23,698 Rhondda 1,376 — 21,375 Rhymney Valley 2,594 — 23,222 Taff Ely 2,444 — 16,022 Brecknock 1,135 — 5,141 Montgomeryshire 1,346 — 6,574 Radnor 622 — 2,228 Cardiff 11,826 — 25,210 Vale of Glamorgan 4,152 — 12,566 Port Talbot 1,498 — 4,725 Lliw Valley 1,480 — 11,255 Neath 1,824 — 9,848 Swansea 6,337 — 33,465