§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is the increase in local authority capital spending, net of any authorised by the use of local authorities' own capital receipts, that he is anticipating in 1983–84 compared with his original provision for 1982–83, net of any authorised by local authorities' own capital receipts;
(2) if he will give the 1982–83 original estimates for the items in the list headed "Expenditure on Department of Environment Capital Programmes in 1983–84 compared with 1982–83 Provisional Outturn" placed in the Vote Office on 15 November; where in Cmnd. 8494 these original figures are to be found; and whether recently published figures include current expenditure as well as capital expenditure.
§ Mr. HeseltineI shall answer these questions shortly.