§ Mr. Dykesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the progress of the commission 198W that has been established' to examine the system of rating.
§ Mr. John SilkinI have nothing to add to the reply I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Basildon (Mr. Moonman) on 1st December.—[Vol. 901, c.455–6.]
§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what figures were produced by the formulae stated under (i) and (ii) in his reply to the hon. Member for Islington, South and Finsbury of 4th December about rate support grant; and what is the cash value of London's total advantage in resources as defined later in that reply.
§ Mr. John Silkin51.3p, 80.8p, and £582 million respectively.
§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local authorities outside London have rateable resources in excess of £176 per head of population; and which they are.
§ Mr. John SilkinEight, namely, Thurrock, Slough, Spelthorne, Elmbridge, Watford, Welwyn, Beaconsfield and Ellesmere Port DCs.
§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the cash value of the total advantage in resources of local authorities other than London—taken together—calculated on the same basis as that stated for London in his reply to the hon. Member for Islington, South and Finsbury on 4th December.
§ Mr. John SilkinAbout £12.7 million.