HC Deb 05 March 1990 vol 168 cc451-2W
Mr. Oppenheim

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total Government grant per head of population for each shire county for 1990–91.

Mr. Chope

[holding answer 1 March 1990]: Revenue support grant will not be paid directly to shire counties in 1990–91. The table shows the average revenue support grant after transitional adjustments plus special grant for low rateable value areas, per adult, to be paid to district councils in the area of each shire county.

Each area will receive £292.51 per adult in business rate income. The Government will also pay specific grants to authorities in the area of each shire county, but I have no estimates of the amounts.

Shire counties (£/adult)
Avon 163
Bedfordshire 185
Berkshire 156
Buckinghamshire 143
Cambridgeshire 156
Cheshire 164
Cleveland 381
Cornwall 191
Cumbria 236
Derbyshire 186
Devon 167
Dorset 75
Durham 261
East Sussex 97
Essex 124
Gloucestershire 135
Hampshire 130
Hereford and Worcester 117
Hertfordshire 126
Humberside 302
Isle of Wight 151
Kent 177
Lancashire 273
Leicestershire 235
Lincolnshire 176
Norfolk 129
Northamptonshire 213
Northumberland 240
North Yorkshire 166
Nottinghamshire 212
Oxfordshire 86
Shropshire 204
Somerset 149
Staffordshire 151
Suffolk 137
Surrey 60
Warwickshire 108
West Sussex 72
Wiltshire 151