§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will rank in descending order, using their 1986–87 budgets, all English local authorities on the basis of the percentage above or below their grant-related expenditure assessments for 1986–87.
§ Mr. RidleyI have today placed the information in the House of Commons Library.
§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the shares of total grant related expenditure given to (a) London, (b) the metropolitan areas and (c) non-metropolitan areas in 931W each year from 1981–82 to 1987–88 (provisional), taking account of all changes in definition and service transfers from year to year.
§ Mr. RidleyFollowing are the figures requested:
London Metropolitan Areas Non-Metropolitan Areas 1981–821 18.7 25.2 56.1 1982–831 19.0 25.0 56.0 1983–841 19.0 25.1 56.0 1984–851 18.7 25.0 56.3 1985–86 18.6 25.3 56.1 1986–87 18.9 25.5 55.6 1987–882 19.0 25.5 55.5 1 Prior to 1985–86 GLC received GRE in respect of public passenger transport: in later years responsibility for public passenger transport has resided with London Regional Transport. The GLC GRE for public passenger transport represented no more than about 0–1 per cent. of total GRE in any year. 2 Provisional.
§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will arrange for the publication of the technical handbook on grant-related expenditure for 1987–88.
§ Mr. RidleyWe aim to publish the technical handbook on grant-related expenditure for 1987–88 within two months of laying the 1987–88 RSG settlement report before the House. This will be some two to three months earlier than in previous years.