§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local authorities are budgeted for 1984–85 to exceed both cash target and grant related expenditure assessment.
§ Mr. Waldegrave108 local authorities.
§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local authorities are budgeted in 1984–85 to exceed cash target but be within grant related expenditure assessment.
§ Mr. WaldegraveSixty local authorities.
§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local authorities are budgeted in 1984–85 to exceed grant related expenditure assessment but be within cash target.
§ Mr. WaldegraveNinety-five local authorities.
§ Mr. Strawasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the average percentage increases in (a) pay and prices: all local authorities, (b) net current expenditure: all local authorities, (c) the gross domestic product and (d) the retail price index for the periods (i) 1978–79 to 1984–85, (ii) 1981–82 to 1984–85 and (iii) 1983–84 to 1984–85 on a basis comparable with the figures given in his Department's table, "Local Authorities' Expenditure and Manpower Performance 1978–79 to 1983–84—England."
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe available estimates are' as follows:
§ Mr. MacfarlaneYes. In early 1975 calculations based on approvals of development plans under the pre-1968 Town and Country Planning Act system indicated that almost 85,000 acres of land in Greater London had been designated as green belt. The Greater London development plan, which was approved in 1976, 523W confirmed this area in broad terms. More recent extensions and detailed boundary definition, in line with the Greater London development plan, are contained in local plans which have been adopted or are in preparation.