§ Mr. Lubbockasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing the counties, county boroughs and metropolitan boroughs in England and Wales which exercised their power under the Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1963 to incur expenditure for extra statutory purposes in the year 1966–67, showing in each case the amount of the rate devoted to those purposes.
§ Mr. MacCollI regret this information is not available. Local authorities are not required to inform my right hon. Friend of expenditure they incur under Section 6 of the Act.