§ Mr. Michael Morrisasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the rate fund revenue expenditure of local authorities in England and Wales analysed by service for each year since 1974–75.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettAnnual figures from 1974–75 of relevant expenditure for each major service in the rate support grant settlement—broadly equivalent to net rate fund revenue expenditure—are contained in Table 23 of "Rate Support Grant: Ninth Period", published by the local authority associations, a copy of which has been placed in the Library.