Rate Support Grant

HC Deb 30 June 1988 vol 136 c300W

Sir Anthony Meyer

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what were the levels of rate support grant to local authorities in Wales in each year since 1976–77 in real terms.

Mr. Peter Walker

The levels of rate support grant distributed to local authorities in Wales for each year, expressed in real terms at 1988–89 prices using the GDP (market prices) deflator, are given in the following table:

	£ million
1976–77	1,251.7
1977–78	1,145.3
1978–79	1,096.2
1979–80	1,080.9
1980–81	1,071.6
1981–82	1,047.3
1982–83	1,046.7
1983–84	1,017.6
1984–85	978.6
1985–86	947.7
1986–871	967.2
1987–881	978.6
1988–891	1,000.0
1 Provisional.