HC Deb 02 November 1988 vol 139 c683W
46. Mr. Hardy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what account he proposes to take, in setting the rate support grant for Bradford city council for 1989–90, of the number of residential homes for the elderly in the city; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State intends to issue a consultation paper on his proposals for the 1989–90 rate support grant settlement shortly.