§ Ms. Harmanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how much each local authority spent above or below its grant-related expenditure assessment for social services in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe information is not readily available. Grant-related expenditure assessments relate to total expenditure as defined in annex A of the rate support grant reports and this definition of expenditure includes an element of capital expenditure and other financing charges which cannot be attributed to individual services.