§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what method his Department employs in communicating to local authorities any existing criteria for determining the distribution of capital expenditure between local authorities.
§ Mr. Graham PageThe formula used to make allocations for locally determined schemes in 1972–73 and the data employed in the actual calculation were notified to English local authorities by circular letter dated 28th September, 1971. A similar letter was sent to Welsh authorities by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.