HC Deb 17 January 1984 vol 71 c203W
Mr. Heddle

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what evidence he has of parish councils levying a parish rate which puts the district council over target.

Mr. Waldegrave

Thirty-nine district and borough councils which collect precepts for parish councils are budgeting to exceed their targets in 1984–85. It is impossible to judge how they might have budgeted in the absence of those precepts.