§ Mr. Sedgemoreasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Report those Acts of Parliament since 1979 concerning (a)local government finance and (b) local authority duties, powers and responsibilities.
§ Mr. RidleyA considerable number of public general Acts, not all of them the responsibility of my Department, have some effect on the duties, powers and responsibilities of local authorities, and may thus affect the finances of those authorities. A list of the more major Acts since 1979 is set out below. Acts concerned purely with finance or of major significance in connection with local government finance generally are marked with an asterisk
1979
- Education Act (c. 49)
- Weights and Measures Act (c. 45)
1980
- Education Act (c. 20)
- Highways Act (c. 66)
- Housing Act (c. 51)
- Local Government Planning and Land Act (c. 65)*
1981
- Disabled Persons Act (c. 43)
- Education Act (c. 60)
- Local Government and Planning (Amendment) Act (c. 41)
- Town and Country Planning (Minerals) Act (c. 36)
- Wildlife and Countryside Act (c. 69)
- Zoo Licensing Act (c. 37)
1982
- Children's Homes Act (c. 20)
- Derelict Land Act (c. 42)
- Local Government Finance Act (c. 32)*
- Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (c. 30)
- Social Security and Housing Benefits Act (c. 24)
1983
- Local Authority (Expenditure Powers) Act (c. 52)*
- Water Act (c. 23)
1984
- Cycle Tracks Act (c. 38)
- Education (Grants and Awards) Act (c. 11)*
- Housing and Building Control Act (c. 29)
- Housing Defects Act (c. 50)
- Local Government (Interim Provisions) Act (c. 53)
- London Regional Transport Act (c. 32)
- Rates Act (c. 33)*
1985
- Further Education Act (c. 47)
- Local Government (Access to Information) Act (c. 43)
- Local Government Act (c. 51)
- Mineral Workings Act (c. 12)
- Social Security Act (c. 53)
- Transport Act (c. 67)
1986
- Airports Act (c. 31)
- Educaation Act (c. 40)
- Eduction (Amendment) Act (c. 1)
- Housing and Planning Act (c. 63)
- Local Government Act (c. l0)*
- Rate Support Grant Act (c. 54)*
- Road Traffic Regulation (Parking) Act (c. 27)
(Note: Consolidation Acts and Scottish Acts are not included in the above list.)