HC Deb 27 February 1992 vol 204 cc561-2W
Mr. Conway

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what were the capital and revenue contributions from central Government to Shropshire county council and Shrewsbury and Atcham borough council for 1978–79, 1982–83, 1986–87 and 1991–92.

Mr. Key

The following is the information:

Central Government contributions
Shropshire county council £ million Shrewsbury and Atcham borough council £ million
1978–79 Revenue:
Rate support grant1 27.550 4.108
Relevant specific grants to revenue n.a. n.a.
Rate rebate grant 0.0 0.190
Transport supplementary grant to revenue 0.490 0.0
Total Revenue n.a. n.a.
Capital n.a. n.a.
1982–83 Revenue:
Rate support grant2 64.734 2.518
Relevant specific grants to revenue 8.554 0.358

Shropshire county council £ million Shrewsbury and Atcham borough council £ million
Rate rebate grant 0.0 0.731
Transport supplementary grant to revenue 0.913 0.0
Total Revenue 74.201 3.607
Capital n.a n.a.
1986–87 Revenue:
Rate support grant2 74.597 2.761
Relevant specific grants to revenue 12.859 0.884
Rate rebate grant 0.0 1.826
Transport supplementary grant to revenue 0.037 0.0
Total Revenue 88.393 5.471
Capital 0.868 0.051
1991–923 Revenue grants:
To Collection fund
Revenue support grant 0.0 11.074
Special grants 0.0 0.0
Community charge grant 0.0 9.550
To General fund
Specific grants inside AEF 20.202 0.151
Other revenue support:
NNDR entitlement (to Collection fund) 0.0 24.467
Total Revenue support inside AEF 20.202 47.579
Capital 7.751 0.750
1 In 1978–79, rate support grant was made up of needs, resources and domestic elements. The needs element was paid to county councils and resources and domestic elements were paid to district councils.
2 In 1981–82, following the introduction of a different rate support grant system, needs and resources elements were replaced by block grant payable to both upper and lower tier authorities.
3 In 1990–91 the community charge system was introduced. The figures include all grants into the collection fund administered by Shrewsbury and Atcham borough council, which supports the chargepayer in respect of spending by all tiers of authorities. The Government also pay specific grants into the general funds administered by both the named authorities. The figures given are estimates of those inside aggregate Exchequer finance (AEF). As the two authorities do not cover the same functions, the specific grants are quite different both in size and consumption.