§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those local authorities whose budgeted total expenditure for 1988–89 exceeds their total expenditure for 1987–88 by more than 6 per cent. and those authorities whose budgeted total expenditure for 1988–89 exceeds their grant-related expenditure assessment by more than 5 per cent., ranking the authorities according to the amount by which their budgeted expenditure exceeds their grant-related expenditure assessment, and showing for each authority(a) the authority's grant-related expenditure assessment, (b) its budgeted total expenditure for 1988–89, (c) its total expenditure for 1987–88, (d) the percentage by which its budgeted total expenditure exceeds or falls below its grant-related expenditure assessment and (e) the percentage by which its budget total expenditure for 1988–89 exceeds or falls below its total expenditure for 1987–88.
§ Mr. HowardI have today placed the information in the Library of the House. The total expenditure information for 1987–88 (revised budget) and for 1988–89 (budget) has been taken from the 1988–89 returns of expenditure and rates (RER89). Where these returns have not been received, the latest information available has been used and the figures are provisional.