§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report a table covering the years 1978–79 to 1984–85 which expands the reconciliation in Cmnd 9143 (vol. II, table 2.18.1) of local authority expenditure in Wales on a public expenditure survey basis with total relevant expenditure for rate support grant purposes, detailing (i) the adjustments to current expenditure on a public expenditure survey basis to reach relevant current expenditure on a rate support grant basis and (ii) the adjustments for relevant current expenditure to reach total relevant expenditure.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsTotal current expenditure on a PES basis differs from relevant current expenditure in the following respects. It includes rate fund contributions to housing revenue accounts, mandatory student awards—provided through local authorities in Wales — and statutory housing benefit plus other expenditure financed by grants outside aggregate Exchequer grant.
Information in respect of the years 1978–79 to 1984–85 is given in the following table:
139Wmade in that table in order to ensure consistency with future years.
† Definitions of relevant current expenditure are consistent with rate support settlements for each year. Thus interest receipts on services are included with interest receipts from 1982–83 onwards, rather than deducted from relevant current expenditure. Some elements of housing benefit ("relating to part of rent rebate expenditure) are included with relevant current expenditure in 1984–85, rather than with the rate fund contribution to the housing revenue account.
‡Corrected (Corrigenda to Cmnd 9143, May 1984)