§ Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if the following local authorities underspent the sums he allotted to them for capital expenditure over the past two years, and, if so, by how much (a) St. Edmundsbury borough council, (b) Forest Heath district council, (c) Mid-Suffolk district council and (d) Suffolk county council.
§ Mr. KingThe year 1981–82 was the first year for which capital allocations were issued. The following table compares for each authority prescribed expenditure, capital allocations and prescribed proportion of new capital receipts for that year. The authorities may also have had accumulated capital receipts available.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe payments made by my Department to the Post Office to cover the costs of issuing dog licences in the past three financial years, together with the sums collected by the Post Office in those years, were as follows—in round figures:
In £ million Post Office charges Sums collected 1979–80 1.9 1.0 1980–81 2.9 1.0 1981–82 3.1 0.9