§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if, from the information now available to him, he will list those local authorities whose 1981–82 budgets are above (a) their grant-related expenditure and (b) their threshold, and in each case state by how much both in cash and percentage terms, and if he will list those local authorities whose 1981–82 budgets exceed their spending target of a 5.6 per cent. reduction in their 1978–79 expenditure, and in each case state by how much both in cash and percentage terms.
§ Mr. HeseltineWhen the analysis of the 1981–82 budgets is completed shortly, I shall as usual discuss the results with the local authority associations before making any general statements about them, or my conclusions.