asked the Minister for the Environment the criteria used in allocating the rates support grant; if the £9½ million outlined in correspondence to local authorities will be allocated; and when this allocation will be made.
Written Answers. - Rates Support Grant.
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The amounts, as set out in the Revised Estimates for Public Services for 1985, which have been made available in respect of the grant in relief of domestic rates and the grant in lieu of rates on agricultural land have already been allocated to local authorities in the same proportions as the corresponding grants for 1983 and 1984.