Partnerships and Programme Authorities (Hansard, 22 January 1986)

§ 43. Mr. Clelland
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he has any plans to increase resources to partnership and inner urban authorities.

§ Sir George Young
I shall announce partnership and programme allocations for 1986–87 shortly.

§ 49. Ms. Clare Short
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the amount of total Government financial support, including rate support grant and urban programme, to partnership and programme authorities in 1978–79 and 1984–85, in constant price terms.

Government financial support to partnership and programme authorities at 1984–85 prices (£ million)

1978–79 1984–85

Total excluding capital grants Capital grants Total excluding capital grants

Partnership Authorities

Birmingham ^*393.1 24.0 356.7

Gateshead ^*91.2 7.8 75.5

Hackney ^*106.2 1.3 114.8

Islington ^*127.5 11.0 117.3

Lambeth ^*130.8 3.8 148.6

Liverpool ^*245.2 3.0 233.6

Manchester ^*256.7 2.6 205.5

Newcastle-upon-Tyne ^*121.9 2.1 98.2

Salford ^*116.2 3.0 100.4

Programme Authorities

Blackburn †34.6 10.2 27.3

Bolton ^*95.0 0.8 89.1

Bradford ^*182.3 1.8 170.5

Brent ^*122.8 6.6 128.8

Coventry ^*113.8 2.9 102.9

Hammersmith and Fulham ^*77.9 8.2 74.4

Kingston-upon-Hull †53.5 0.7 47.8

Knowsley ^*81.3 — 68.7

Leeds ^*251.1 1.1 203.1

Leicester †47.2 7.1 48.0

Middlesbrough †29.7 3.1 32.1

North Tyneside ^*86.8 1.9 72.8

Nottingham 49.4 2.4 53.5

Oldham ^*99.1 1.1 85.1

Rochdale ^*88.5 0.5 78.0

Sandwell ^*103.5 0.2 100.0

Sheffield ^*205.3 1.1 174.5

South Tyneside ^*77.8 0.4 67.0

Sunderland ^*126.4 0.9 102.1

Tower Hamlets ^*74.5 0.7 50.9

Wandsworth ^*128.3 3.0 106.3

Wirral ^*123.5 2.5 106.2

Wolverhampton ^*97.8 1.0 90.4

^* In 1978–79 no payments of rate support grant were made direct to metropolitan county councils or the GLC. Payments in respect of county and GLC expenditure are therefore included in these figures.

† These figures include payments of the then resources element of RSG in respect of county services. They exclude payments of the then needs element of RSG in respect of district services which was paid to counties.

Notes:
1. Identifiable Government financial support to these local authorities includes rate support grant, housing subsidies, housing benefit and specific revenue and capital grants (which include urban programme grants). Except as indicated in 2. below, the total figures in the table are made up of these items. The 1978–79 figures have been expressed in 1984–85 prices by using the GDP deflator.
2. Capital grants are not yet available for 1984–85. They have therefore been excluded from the totals for both years but have been shown separately for 1978–79.
3. The 1978–79 figures included for rate support grant comprise the needs, resources and domestic elements and are final entitlements. Those for 1984–85 comprise block grant and domestic rate relief grant and are the latest entitlement based on unaudited outturn.
4. The 1978–79 figures for Leicester for rent rebates and housing subsidy are not available. The 1979–80 figures (at 1984–85 prices) have been used as estimates for them.
5. The figures only include grants and subsidies paid to the local districts/boroughs and do not include grants paid to the upper tier authorities within whose areas these authorities are situated, nor any payments to persons, companies or other organisations within the areas administered by them.
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§ Mr. Waldegrave
The information requested is given in the table and is explained in the notes to the table. Meaningful comparisons between figures for the two years are not possible. In particular, the arrangements for paying rate support grant changed in 1981–82, when the needs, resources and domestic elements were replaced by block grant, and domestic rate relief grant. Prior to 1981–82, in non-metropolitan areas, the needs element was paid only to counties and the resources element only to districts. In metropolitan areas and London, no payments were made to precepting authorities. Since 1981–82 block grant has been paid direct to authorities in both tiers. Also, since 1982–83, as part of the arrangements for unified housing benefit, the DHSS has paid grant to authorities for rent and rate relief previously paid to individuals.

Government financial support to partnership and programme authorities at 1984–85 prices (£ million)
	1978–79	1984–85
	Total excluding capital grants	Capital grants	Total excluding capital grants
Partnership Authorities
Birmingham	^*393.1	24.0	356.7
Gateshead	^*91.2	7.8	75.5
Hackney	^*106.2	1.3	114.8
Islington	^*127.5	11.0	117.3
Lambeth	^*130.8	3.8	148.6
Liverpool	^*245.2	3.0	233.6
Manchester	^*256.7	2.6	205.5
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	^*121.9	2.1	98.2
Salford	^*116.2	3.0	100.4
Programme Authorities
Blackburn	†34.6	10.2	27.3
Bolton	^*95.0	0.8	89.1
Bradford	^*182.3	1.8	170.5
Brent	^*122.8	6.6	128.8
Coventry	^*113.8	2.9	102.9
Hammersmith and Fulham	^*77.9	8.2	74.4
Kingston-upon-Hull	†53.5	0.7	47.8
Knowsley	^*81.3	—	68.7
Leeds	^*251.1	1.1	203.1
Leicester	†47.2	7.1	48.0
Middlesbrough	†29.7	3.1	32.1
North Tyneside	^*86.8	1.9	72.8
Nottingham	49.4	2.4	53.5
Oldham	^*99.1	1.1	85.1
Rochdale	^*88.5	0.5	78.0
Sandwell	^*103.5	0.2	100.0
Sheffield	^*205.3	1.1	174.5
South Tyneside	^*77.8	0.4	67.0
Sunderland	^*126.4	0.9	102.1
Tower Hamlets	^*74.5	0.7	50.9
Wandsworth	^*128.3	3.0	106.3
Wirral	^*123.5	2.5	106.2
Wolverhampton	^*97.8	1.0	90.4
^* In 1978–79 no payments of rate support grant were made direct to metropolitan county councils or the GLC. Payments in respect of county and GLC expenditure are therefore included in these figures.
† These figures include payments of the then resources element of RSG in respect of county services. They exclude payments of the then needs element of RSG in respect of district services which was paid to counties.