§ Mr. Roy Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report the disaggregated grant-related expenditure assessments for Welsh local education authorities.
§ Mr. Michael RobertsBlock grant supports local authority revenue expenditure generally and is not earmarked for particular services. In Wales, the 1981–82 grant-related expendture (GRE) calculations were made initially on a service basis at 1978–79 volume and prices and then adjusted, using a single common factor, to determine, on a non-service basis, the overall assessment for each county council at the volume and prices accepted for the 1981–82 rate support grant settlement. Consequently the methodology used in Wales to determine GRE does not provide disaggregated assessments for individual services.