§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if, for each of the local authorities whose housing investment programme allocations for 1981–82 he lists in the document he deposited in the Vote Office on 15 December, he will state (a) the allocation for 1980–81 in 1981–82 outturn prices so as to make direct comparison possible and (b) the bid made by the local authority for 1981–82.
§ Mr. HeseltineThe information has today been placed in the Library of the House. However, provisional allocations for 1981–82 cannot properly be compared with allocations for 1980–81, since in 1981–82 unlike in 1980–81 authorities will be able to incur expenditure in excess of their allocation on account of their capital receipts.