§ Mr. Robert Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will set out the number of local authorities receiving grant-related expenditure on the criterion that an airport is situated in their area.
§ Mr. ChopeMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment intends that, for the 1987–88 rate support grant settlement, 30 local authorities will receive grant-related expenditure for debt charges retained by local authorities where airport companies are established under the Airports Act 1986. Estimates of the debt charges remaining, totalling £9.9 million, are as follows:
Local Authority Airports Debt Charges GRE (£ Million) Luton 1.067 Bournemouth 0.171 Southend 0.043 Blackpool 0.114 Norwich 0.114 Merseyside Transport Authority 0.726 Gateshead 0.031 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 0.031 North Tyneside 0.031 South Tyneside 0.031 Sunderland 0.031 Birmingham 0.529 Coventry 0.529 Dudley 0.529 Sandwell 0.529 Solihull 0.529 Walsall 0.529 Wolverhampton 0.529 Bradford 0.962 Calderdale 0.168 Kirklees 0.168 Leeds 0.962 Wakefield 0.168 Cleveland 0.142 Devon 0.441 Dorset 0.171 Durham 0.192 Humberside 0.156 Norfolk 0.185 Northumberland 0.092 England 9.900