§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the payment made in each year since the Act was brought into effect to local authorities in Wales under sectoion 11 of the Local Government Act 1966 relating to expenditure for Commonwealth immigrants by local authorities.
§ Mr. John PattenThe amount of grant paid to local authorities in Wales from the financial year 1983–84 onwards (the first year in which grant was claimed) is given in the table. The figures represent 75 per cent. of total section 11 expenditure in each year, the remainder being paid by the local authorities.
Financial Year Grant (£) 1983–84 63,551 1984–85 118,702 1985–86 156,583 1986–87 210,200 1987–88 227,039 1988–89 252,802