§ Mr. Altonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has as to the average rate of interest paid by local authorities on loans raised by them in the first half of the current financial year.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe Government do not collect information on the average rate of interest paid by local authorities on loans until after the end of the financial year. Moreover, such information as is then collected does not distinguish between loans according to the period in which they were raised.