HC Deb 22 February 1989 vol 147 c636W
Mr. Alton

To 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 Patten

The 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.

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