§ Mr. SandersTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the percentage changes in grants to local authorities, including revenue support grant, in each of the last three years, broken down by(a) London boroughs, (b) Metropolitan councils, (c) counties, (d) unitary authorities and (e) shire districts. [124989]
§ Ms Beverley HughesThe table sets out the percentage change in the amounts of grants made by my Department to local authorities in each of the last three financial years. It has not been possible to provide the requested breakdown by local authority class, because information is not held in that form for all the grants concerned. In addition, local government reorganisation during this period means that any data provided on a local authority class basis would not be comparable year on year.
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Percentage Description of Grant 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 Disabled facilities grant 2.2 4.5 13.2 Housing investment programme (private sector renewal grant) -27.7 -10.3 -3.8 Housing revenue account subsidy (rent rebate element) -4.8 -11.8 1.0 Estates renewal challenge fund 124.3 -45.0 -75.3 Housing defects grants -64.6 -53.6 -38.5 Gipsy site grant -68.1 -76.3 -33.3 Home improvement agencies 15.8 18.2 17.3 Estates action -22.3 -36.1 -43.6 European regional development fund 7.1 11.0 31.8 LA social housing grant 4.1 -8.0 -2.0 Loan charges: defective housing -2.4 -2.5 1.9 Overhanging debt Rural bus challenge grant — 2— 176.2 Rural bus subsidy grant — 2— 26.7 Public transport facilities grant -12.7 -84.6 -77.7 Transport supplementary grant -17.4 -20.2 1.6 Metropolitan railways passenger services grant 3— -11.7 -9.1 Industrial Development Act 1982 grant -66.2 53.1 -20.0 Planning redevelopment grant 261.7 16.6 4— Air quality grant -98.3 -93.8 Revenue support grant 3.4 4.6 2.1 National non-domestic rates -4.6 5.8 8.8 Bellwin scheme of emergency financial assistance3 -82.6 74.4 -15.2 SSA reduction grant -45.8 -11.5 -39.4 PFI special grant — 6— 185.4
Percentage Description of Grant 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 Central support protection grant 7 — — 7— Total -0.1 2.4 4.1 1One-off payment made to Burnley Council in 1999–2000. 2New funds for public transport in rural areas in the form of Rural Bus Subsidy and Rural Bus Challenge Grants announced in 1998 Budget and first paid in 1998–99. 3Since 1997–98 MRPS Grant has supported railway services in metropolitan areas outside London. 4Schemes wound up. Last payments made in 1998–1999. 5Figures take into account the special grant paid in 1996–97 and 1997–98 to local authorities affected by the Docklands and Manchester terrorist attacks in 1996. 6Grant first paid in 1998–99. 7Grant first paid in 1999–2000.