§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money was paid to local authorities under section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966 in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. John PattenThe amount of grant paid under section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966 to local authorities in respect of each of the last 10 years for which information is available is given in the table. Grant is paid at the rate of 75 per cent. of an authority's eligible expenditure. Figures for 1987–88 are not yet available as a number of authorities have not yet submitted audited claims.
Year Grant 1977–78 24,656,387 1978–79 28,273,873 1979–80 34,481,552 1980–81 45,767,083 1981–82 54,754,571 1982–83 65,305,918 1983–84 174,017,662 1984–85 172,819,943 1985–86 180,808,402 1986–87 187,177,400 1 Provisional figure.