HC Deb 12 December 1980 vol 995 cc501-2W
Mr. Thornton

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give figures at constant prices for the amount of central Government financial assistance to expenditure by local and regional government in the United Kingdom, France, West Germany and Italy in each of the last 10 years (a) in absolute terms and (b) as a percentage of the expenditure by such local and regional governments.

Mr. Biffen

The information requested is not available.

Figures for central Government grants to local and regional governments, and for local and regional expenditure, are published at current prices in "National Accounts of OECD Countries", volume II. Figures for central Government loans to local and regional authorities are published at current prices in the SOEC publication "General Government Accounts and Statistics 1970–77".