§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the proportion of local authority expenditure undertaken by (a) the precepting authorities and (b) the borough or district councils in (i) London, (ii) the metropolitan counties and (iii) the non-metropolitan areas.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe information is given in the table which is based on revenue budgets of local authorities in England in 1983–84.
rate fund net revenue expenditure: percentages Precepting Authorities per cent.
Borough or District Councils per cent.
London *47½ 52½ Metropolitan areas 26¼ 73¾ Non-metropolitan areas 86½ 13½ * GLC, ILEA and Metropolitan Police Authority.