§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will explain the anomaly in the construction of the housing component of grant-related expenditures referred to in paragraph 12(2) of the Rate Support Grant Supplementary Report (England) 1982–83.
§ Mr. HeseltineIn London expenditure on non-HRA housing is incurred by both the GLC and the London boroughs. Applying the formula for this component of GRE to the London boroughs and the GLC separately had the effect of double counting the data used in the formula. The disregard of expenditure described in paragraph 12(2) of the 1982–83 first supplementary report is designed to avoid any disadvantage to authorities which might otherwise have received higher GRE's or expenditure targets.