§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report those local authorities in Scotland which have exceeded the Government's 1983–84 expenditure targets; and if he will show for each authority by how much it has exceeded its target; and if he will show the level of grant to be held back by the Government in each case.
§ Mr. AncramThe arrangements for providing Exchequer support to, and for influencing the expenditure of, local authorities in Scotland differ from those in England and Wales. Expenditure targets are not issued and grant holdback is not related directly to the level of actual expenditure.