§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement explaining the reasons why the expenditure targets of the Southend-on-Sea borough council have increased by 3.75 per cent. as against increases of up to 27 per cent. in other Essex boroughs.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe target methodology my right hon. Friend is proposing for 1985–86 is described in the
1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 (i) Expenditure targets 23 January 1981 5 February 1982 16 December 1982 14 December 1983 (ii) Grant holdback (provisional)* 28 July 1982 16 December 1982 4 July 1983 12 July 1984 (iii) Grant holdback (final)† 12 July 1984 — — — (iv) Rate support grant settlement 16 December 1980 5 February 1982 16 December 1982 14 December 1983 (v) Revised budgets request 2 June 1981 — — — (vi) Capital expenditure allocations‡ — — — — * Implementation of grant holdback on budgeted expenditure. † Implementation of grant holdback on audited outturn expenditure. ‡ The majority of capital allocations are made at about the time of the rate support grant settlement each year.