§ Mr. Jim Lesterasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give an assurance that the consequences of Government action under Circular 45 on local authority overspending will fall on those authorities which actually overspend and not on those whose budgets fall within Government guidelines.
§ Mr. John SilkinParagraph 13 of Circular 45/76 describes the Government's approach to settling the expenditure base of grant percentage for the rate support grant settlement of 1977–78. No decisions have been taken about the distribution of the grant.