§ Mr. Heddleasked the Minister of Transport if he has yet reached a conclusion about the future of transport supplementary grants and in particular the merging thereof with the rate support grant; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. FowlerIt is too early in the development of the block grant to judge how far it will meet the objectives of transport supplementary grant. The new system is therefore being framed so as to enable TSG to continue. However the Local Government, Planning and Land (No. 2) Bill, contains powers by order to discontinue payment of TSG, which could be used should it prove to be practicable and desirable to merge the two grants.