HC Deb 05 December 1984 vol 69 c208W
25. Mr. Kirkwood

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how soon he expects to be able to remove the damping effects presently involved in the phasing in of the client group approach to assessing local authority financial needs.

Mr. Ancram

My aim is to move towards full implementation of the client group method for the distribution of needs element of rate support grant as quickly as is consistent with avoiding undue grant losses for those authorities which stand to lose.