HC Deb 16 March 1981 vol 1 cc45-6W
Mr. Kaufman

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those local authorities in England whose grant related expenditures are higher than their target expenditure as set out in his written answer to the hon. Member for Lewisham, West (Mr. Price) on 18 February; and if, in each case, he will list the grant related expenditures for the authorities concerned.

Mr. King

As I explained in another answer to the hon. Member for Lewisham, West on 18 February grant-related expenditure assessments relate to the "total expenditure" of each authority, whereas the volume targets relate only to current expenditure. They cannot therefore be directly compared. [Vol. 999, c.168–169.]