§ 59. Mr. David Atkinsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received concerning his proposals on rate capping.
§ 63. Mr. Allen McKayasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many representations he has received in response to the White Paper on rates, Cmnd. 9008.
§ Mr. WaldegraveMy right hon. Friend has now received more than 1,200 responses to the proposals set out in our White Paper "Rates". They express a wide variety of opinions.
§ Mr. Simon Hughesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the data produced by his Department relating to local authorities' expenditure which are to be used in discussion of his rate capping proposals with hon. Members.
§ Mr. WaldegraveI will, as soon as physically possible, place in the House of Commons Library tables of English local authorities' expenditure that have been produced for routine briefing purposes within the Department.
§ Mr. Hughesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment, what is the total cost of the extra work done and to be done by his officials and his Department's 266W computer to produce information on local authority expenditure for use in discussions of his rate capping proposals with individual hon. Members.
§ Mr. WaldegraveMy Department collects financial information from all local authorities in England, and produces many analyses of these data as a matter of course. No work has been done or is to be done by the Department for use in discussions with individual hon. Members, other than the normal run of work required to answer hon. Members' requests for information from time to time.