HC Deb 23 January 1989 vol 145 cc435-9W
Dr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will show for each local authority in Wales the rate support grant paid in each year since 1978–79, expressed in(a) cash terms and (b) real terms at 1988–89 prices; and what percentage of each council's total expenditure in each year this represented.

Mr. Peter Walker

The information requested is given in the following tables for all years from 1981–82 to 1988–89. It is not possible to provide meaningful figures for 1978–79 to 1980–81 on a comparable basis as the arrangements for paying rate support grant to each tier of local authorities in Wales were different and these grants were not directly linked to the expenditure of individual councils. Rate support grant comprises a block grant paid to individual county and district councils, and domestic rate relief grant, which is a direct subsidy to ratepayers, paid to district councils in order to reduce total domestic rate poundages, including county precepts, by 36p in 1981–82 and 18.5p from 1982–83 onwards. Domestic rate relief grant cannot sensibly be compared with districts' total expenditure. Block grant entitlements are compared with individual district expenditure figures in table(c) and rate support grant entitlements are compared with expenditure for county areas in table (d).

Local authority 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Cardiff 16,903 15,677 16,702 16,356 16,545 17,982 18,916 19,453
Vale of Glamorgan 5,745 4,889 4,778 4,464 4,357 5,036 5,778 6,154
Port Talbot 2,360 2,391 2,173 2,922 2,572 2,782 2,863 3,257
Lliw Valley 3,274 3,187 3,316 3,274 3,309 3,451 3,508 3,697
Neath 3,652 3,145 3,210 3,131 3,076 2,874 3,403 4,125
Swansea 12,814 11,076 12,755 12,905 14,128 14,184 14,525 14,918
Wales 744,820 797,313 811,568 814,360 836,369 881,524 940,004 1,000,915

(b) Rate Support Grants in real terms at 1988–89 prices (£000s)
Local authority 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Counties:
Clwyd 109,829 113,524 108,500 104,263 103,900 103,747 106,242 106,781
Dyfed 97,412 101,320 101,460 97,007 94,459 99,028 103,769 106,385
Gwent 125,718 133,199 129,336 125,168 118,015 124,521 124,081 123,768
Gwynedd 70,314 71,457 71,142 66,196 63,036 66,609 66,652 68,580
Md Glamorgan 188,076 188,884 182,264 176,031 175,821 177,933 184,047 188,728
Powys 44,147 48,102 46,972 43,817 42,291 42,943 43,976 43,773
South Glamorgan 87,984 95,456 90,586 84,716 80,166 79,592 81,580 81,281
West Glamorgan 98,168 106,600 100,943 98,950 99,138 99,160 100,339 98,416
Districts:
Alyn and Deeside 5,192 4,312 4,122 4,017 3,719 3,808 3,681 3,460
Colwyn 4,390 3,645 3,539 3,173 2,946 2,920 2,682 2,839
Delyn 6,439 5,239 5,030 4,885 4,546 4,649 4,553 4,384
Glyndwr 3,355 2,690 2,750 2,437 2,327 2,447 2,300 2,185
Rhuddlan 4,974 3,940 4,236 3,954 3,744 3,738 4.044 4,270
Wrexham Maelor 9,555 7,222 7,258 7,006 7,027 6,915 6,421 6,113
Carmarthen 4,453 3,438 3,544 3,290 3,260 3,410 3,423 3,268
Ceredigion 4,848 4,061 4,037 3,679 3,691 3,804 3,942 3,747
Dinefwr 2,756 2,462 2,262 2,169 2,082 2,072 2,103 1,987
Llanelli 7,245 5,972 6,047 5,710 5,565 5,517 5,295 5,018
Preseli 4,527 3,759 4,075 3,891 3,778 3,907 4,059 4,045
South Pembrokeshire 2,004 1,821 1,670 1,267 1,671 1,654 2,057 1,742
Blaenau Gwent 8,743 8045 7,987 7,748 8,404 8,046 7,761 7,591
Islwyn 6,370 5,258 5,496 5,163 5,196 5,921 5,799 5,734
Monmouth 5,361 4,330 4,320 3,930 3,610 3,636 3,324 3,038
Newport 10,216 8,346 8,646 8,549 7,438 8,359 7,437 7,073
Torfaen 8,375 6,524 6,418 6,487 6,069 5,850 4,986 4,970
Aberconwy 4,960 3,802 3,826 3,609 3,293 3,109 2,893 2,767
Arfon 5,083 4,558 4,397 3,674 3,214 3,318 2,986 2,617
Dwyfor 2,400 2,250 2,379 2179 2,135 2,162 2,132 2,184
Meirionydd 2,425 2,347 2,503 2,169 2,204 2,268 2,191 2,094
Ynys Mon 5,444 4,549 4,889 4,298 3,984 3,901 3,856 3,746
Cynon Valley 6,970 6,494 6,070 5,721 5,591 5,735 5,679 5,839
Merthyr Tydfil 7,122 6,303 5,971 6,109 6,007 6,037 5,780 5,564
Ogwr 11,688 9,785 8,677 9,247 8,738 8,472 8,482 8,158
Rhondda 9,555 10,165 10,161 8,957 9,514 9,735 9,592 9,045
Rhymney Valley 11,457 9,323 8,716 8,536 7,936 7,798 7,540 7,425
Taff Ely 7,808 7,004 6,386 5,876 5,294 5,256 4,805 4,835
Becknock 3,332 2,517 2,477 2,416 2,271 2,348 2,215 2,258
Montgomeryshire 3,408 2,940 3,221 2,905 2,688 2,835 2,752 2,525
Radnor 1,660 1,349 1,359 1,217 1,116 1,109 1,245 1,078
Cardiff 24,236 20,979 21,377 19,926 19,124 20,115 20,098 19453
Vale of Glamorgan 8,237 6,542 6,115 5,438 5,037 5,634 6,139 6,154
Port Talbot 3,384 3,200 2,782 3,560 2,973 3,112 3,042 3,257
Lliw Valley 4,694 4,265 4,244 3,989 3,825 3,860 3,727 3,697
Neath 5,236 4,209 4,108 3,815 3,555 3,215 3,616 4,125
Swansea 18,373 14,822 16,325 15,722 16,331 15,866 15,433 14,918
Wales 1,067,923 1,066,964 1,038,726 992,865 966,759 986,072 998,754 1,000,915
(c) Block Grant expressed as a percentage of total expenditure1
Local authority 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Counties:
Clwyd 59 61 58 57 57 55 56 55
Dyfed 63 67 66 63 63 60 61 60
Gwent 59 65 63 62 59 60 58 56
Gwynedd 64 65 64 60 58 59 57 57
Mid Glamorgan 72 72 69 66 70 67 67 67
Powys 74 77 74 70 69 68 70 67
South Glamorgan 51 55 51 49 47 44 44 42
West Glamorgan 54 58 56 56 57 54 54 51

Local authority 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Districts:
Alyn and Deeside 55 58 61 58 52 53 50 47
Colwyn 57 60 56 54 51 49 43 47
Delyn 63 65 63 67 64 64 63 60
Glyndwr 61 66 67 62 61 65 61 56
Rhuddlan 57 55 61 60 56 56 60 62
Wrexham Maelor 59 57 58 60 62 57 50 47
Carmarthen 70 67 75 70 68 70 70 66
Ceredigion 70 75 76 70 68 69 75 66
Dinefwr 75 74 84 80 78 73 75 69
Llanelli 66 70 69 67 63 64 61 58
Preseti 58 63 66 63 62 64 68 69
South Pembrokeshire 29 43 37 28 39 36 47 39
Blaenau Gwent 69 68 68 73 70 73 75 73
Islwyn 72 76 77 77 75 73 74 70
Monmouth 60 61 59 57 48 49 44 38
Newport 42 49 50 52 40 53 44 41
Torfaen 60 48 55 61 60 58 46 47
Aberconwy 57 57 60 58 53 49 46 43
Arfon 66 71 68 59 52 56 49 40
Dwyfor 63 66 70 65 63 61 60 61
Meirionydd 47 58 62 54 56 54 51 48
Ynys Mon 60 58 62 59 54 48 48 47
Cynon Valley 75 74 79 78 77 76 76 76
Merthyr Tydfil 72 75 73 76 73 70 67 68
Ogwr 65 69 58 68 65 60 61 58
Rhondda 83 84 85 80 84 84 84 84
Rhymney Valley 72 66 75 74 72 71 65 64
Taff Ely 60 59 57 57 53 55 48 49
Brecknock 72 69 78 64 65 62 56 56
Montgomeryshire 78 75 76 69 64 78 71 62
Radnor 59 67 65 59 54 58 72 57
Cardiff 56 63 63 61 60 66 65 64
Vale of Glamorgan 48 55 52 46 43 49 56 57
Port Talbot 29 38 32 46 38 44 43 49
Lliw Valley 70 63 68 67 66 67 65 65
Neath 59 68 69 67 65 47 62 79
Swansea 58 52 62 64 64 60 60 59
Wales 61 64 62 61 60 58 58 57
1 Total expenditure figures for 1986–87, 1987–88 and 1988–89 are calculated in accordance with the rules set out in schedule 1 to the Rate Support Grants Act 1988.

(d) Rate Support Grants as a percentage of Total Expenditure by county area1
County area 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Clwyd 64 63 61 60 60 57 57 57
Dyfed 67 69 68 65 64 62 63 62
Gwent 63 66 64 64 60 62 59 57
Gwynedd 67 67 66 61 59 60 57 57
Mid Glamorgan 75 74 70 69 71 68 69 68
Powys 77 78 76 72 70 70 71 68
South Glamorgan 57 59 55 53 51 49 49 48
West Glamorgan 58 59 58 59 59 56 56 54
Wales 65 66 64 62 62 60 60 59
1 Percentages are based on totals for the county council and all district councils within the relevant county boundaries.