§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether there is capital underspending by the Sedgefield district council.
§ Mr. King:Sedgefield district council had capital allocations of £6,142,000 in 1981–82. It could have spent in addition the prescribed proportion of its net capital receipts; in 1981–32 alone it generated useable capital receipts of £1,992,000. Its reported prescribed expenditure was £5,976,000. I cannot tell at this stage whether the authority is making fuller use of its resources in 1982–83.