§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give, at 1979 prices, the amount of rate support grant given to Sunderland for each year since 1979 inclusive.
§ Mr. Chope[holding answer 22 January 1990]: The information is as follows:
Rate Support Grant—Sunderland Cash Real (1979–80 prices) £ million £ million 1979–801 65.6 65.6 1980–81 77.1 65.2 1981–822 63.8 49.1 1982–83 64.7 46.5 1983–84 65.3 44.8 1984–85 65.6 42.9 1985–86 67.1 41.6 1986–873 71.4 42.8 1987–88 78.1 44.5 1988–89 87.4 46.4 1989–90 86.7 43.0 Note:
The information given is not available on a comparable basis for all years ie.
1 In 1979–80 and 1980–81 no RSG payments were made to Metropolitan County Councils and Sunderland's RSG was correspondingly higher in those years.
2 In 1981–82—1985–86 inclusive RSG payments were made to Metropolitan Counties (and other upper tier authorities) and Sunderland's RSG was correspondingly lower.
652W3 In April 1986 the Metropolitan County Councils (and the GLC) were abolished and arrangements for paying grant changed accordingly.