§ Mr. WattsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will publish the total non-domestic rates collected by each local authority in the current financial year. [20128]
§ Ms ArmstrongInformation on the amounts of non-domestic rates collected by local authorities in the financial year 1997–98 is not yet available. I have today placed in the Library of the House a table showing the amounts which local authorities calculated as their provisional contribution to the non-domestic rates pool for 1997–98.
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is his forecast of the level of spending by English local authorities in 1998–99; and what the percentage change in real terms is compared to 1997–98. [20550]
§ Mr. RaynsfordMy Department has not made any forecast of the level of spending by English local authorities in 1998–99. The level will depend on the spending decisions of individual local authorities.