§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his policy on increasing the borrowing powers of district councils which have no further disposable assets to sell.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 19 March 1990]: In determining non-housing capital allocations to district councils my right hon. and learned Friend takes into account all factors known to him, including councils' patterns of receipts raised in recent years and their own forecasts of receipts likely to be raised in future.