Local Government Finance (Hansard, 8 June 1992)

§ Mr. Blunkett
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what proposals he has to review the system of standard spending assessments for the financing of local government in 1993–94; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Redwood
Discussions with the local authority associations about a few possible methodological changes to SSAs for 1993–94 have been under way since February.

§ Mr. Blunkett
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the operation of section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.

§ Mr. Redwood
Councillors who are two or more months in arrears with payment of their community26W charge or council tax are required by section 106 to declare the fact and to abstain from voting on matters concerning charge or tax.
Compliance with the law is the responsibility of individual councillors.

§ Mr. Blunkett
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total level of revenue expenditure by local authorities in 1991–92.

§ Mr. Redwood
Total net revenue expenditure by English local authorities in 1991–92 is estimated to have been £36.4 billion.