§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what consultations he has had with the Liverpool city council concerning expenditure targets for 1984–85; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Patrick JenkinlI announced provisional expenditure targets for 1984–85 for all authorities on 1 219W August 1983. Since then, I have received a written representation from Liverpool city council requesting exemption from any arrangements for grant abatement in 1984–85 of certain expenditure under the urban programme. I shall give careful consideration to this and all other representations about targets before taking any decisions on the 1984–85 rate support grant settlement.