HC Deb 19 January 1987 vol 108 c365W
Mr. Robert Banks

asked 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. Chope

My 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

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