§ Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether the information in the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy's publication "Local Government Comparative Statistics 1981" relating to local authorities' outturn expenditure in 1979–80 was available to his Department prior to publication; and, if so, from what date.
§ Mr. KingSome, but not all, of this information was available to my Department at various dates in 1980 and 1981, depending on the dates by which the authorities submitted the returns concerned.