§ Mr. Penhaligonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list those local county or metropolitan councils which in the year 1982–83 spent within plus or minus 1 per cent. of their grant-related expenditure assessment;
448W(2) if he will list those local county or metropolitan councils which in the year 1982–83 overshot their grant-related expenditure assessments by more than 1 per cent., 5 per cent., 10 per cent. , 20 per cent., 50 per cent. and 100 per cent., respectively;
(3) if he will list those local county or metropolitan councils which in the year 1982–83 overshot their grant-related expenditure assessments by more than 1 per cent 3 per cent., 5 per cent. and 7 per cent., respectively.
§ Mr. King:The hon. Member will appreciate that this information will not be available until after the end of 1982–83.
§ Mr. Penhaligonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will take steps to ensure that those local authorities whose expenditure for the year 1982–83 is less than the grant-related expenditure assessment will not be surcharged for overspending.
§ Mr. King:Yes, I have made it clear from the outset that, as a concession, authorities spending below their grant-related expenditure in 1982–83 will be exempted from the effects of the general abatement of grant I have proposed in response to overspending by local government.
§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a list of those authorities in England which used a surplus of their housing revenue account in 1982–83 to subsidise their current expenditure, listing the size of the surplus in each case.
§ Mr. Stanley:Authority by authority information on housing revenue account surpluses transferred to the general rate fund in 1982–83 will not be available until the summer of next year.
§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the estimated outturn (a)current and (b) total expenditure of every local authority in England in 1981–82, showing its estimated final block grant entitlement and any penalties to be imposed.
§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the assumed housing revenue account surplus calculated for purposes of indicator E7 of block grant grant-related expenditure which was treated a s zero in 1982–83 for each authority deemed to have a surplus.
§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the estimated capital underspending or overspending of each local authority in England in 1982–83.
§ Mr. King:I believe that in aggregate the cash limit on local authority capital expenditure in England will be very substantially underspent this year, but I have made no estimate of the likely performance of individual authorities.