§ Mr. Weetchasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if it will be the practice that local authority charges for work relating to planning permissions will not augment local authority revenue but will attract the corresponding reduction in the rate support grant.
§ Mr. KingYes. It is a statutory requirement that estimates of relevant expenditure for the purposes of calculating rate support grant take into account the income that local authorities are expected to receive from fees, charges and other sources. Otherwise grant would be paid in support of expenditure already offset by income.