§ Mr. Ian Lloydasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what was the total sum expended by the Property Services Agency on the erection of permanent scaffolding in each of the last three financial years for which complete figures are available;
(2) what the total expenditure of the Property Services Agency on the hire or acquisition of mobile or self-propelled aerial platforms or other forms of mobile working platform has been in each of the last three financial years for which complete figures are available.
§ Sir George YoungI regret that the information requested is not available.
§ Mr. Ian Lloydasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether it is the general practice of the Property Services Agency to consider the use of mobile self-propelled aerial platforms or other forms of mobile working platform before deciding on the award of contracts involving the use of scaffolding.
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1981–82 revised budget net rate fund revenue expenditure (1) per head (2) £ Lambeth London Borough 392 Lewisham London Borough 315 Southwark London Borough 400 Tower Hamlets London Borough 399 Wandsworth London Borough 219 Westminster London Borough 286 Average of all inner London Boroughs 343 (1) Rate fund revenue expenditure met from rates. Aggregate Exchequer grant, and balances, ie on the same basis as column 73 (Part II) of Financial, General and Rating Statistics, published by OPEN.
(2) Based on Registrar General's mid-1980 estimates of population.
§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will set out in the Official Report the 1981–82 grant-related expenditure assessments for each of the 12 inner London boroughs indicating the estimated amount per head of population in each case.
§ Mr. KingThe information requested is as follows: columns (1) and (2) show the grant related expenditure assessments determined in the rate support grant report (England) 1980, and columns (3) and (4) the assessments it is proposed to determine in the first supplementary report for 1981–82.
§ Sir George YoungNormally the choice of using mobile working platforms or scaffolding is left to the contractor undertaking a particular contract. Where, however, it is necessary to specify the method of working to be adopted, the Property Services Agency would consider the use of such platforms.