§ Mr. Fryasked the Secretary of State for Transport what increases of planned local transport current expenditure are to be authorised during the present financial year; how much such totals will compare in real terms with the authorised expenditure during the previous financial year; and what are the reasons for any changes in the levels of authorised expenditure.
§ Mr. David HowellI have no proposals for changing the 1982–83 provision shown on Cmnd. 8494. Any decisions to change the provision for 1983–84 and subsequent years will be taken as part of this year's public expenditure survey, and announced in due course.