§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list the authorities 'which have a higher spending above standard spending assessment but have a lower council tax than Grimsby; and if he will set out the reasons for the difference in each case;
(2) further to his answer of 29 April, Official Report, column 13, if he will list each district where most households are in band B in order of the district's divergence from the standard spending assessment. with the estimated council tax for band B in each district;
(3) further to his answer of 29 April, Official Report, column 13, if he will list each district in order of its percentage increase in spending above its standard spending assessment, showing its correlation with its position in rank order of level of council tax;
(4) if he will publish the correlation, and its statistical significance, between the level of council tax in band B for a two-person household in all districts with (a) the percentage spending of the district over or under standard spending assessment, (b) the band of the average value home in that district, (c) the percentage of homes in band A in that district and (d) the level of unemployment in each district according to the latest available figures.
§ Mr. KeyI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 29 April 1991 to my hon. Friend the Member for Tynemouth (Mr. Trotter) at column12.