§ Mr. Hoosonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if there are to be any changes in his Department's cash limits in the current year in connection with expenditure on rate support grants to local revenue in Wales.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsIn the light of local authorities' budgeted expenditure for 1984–85 I am withholding block grant of £13,000,000 in respect of 1984–85 in accordance with my proposals set out in paragraph 39 of the "Welsh Rate Support Grant Report 1984–85", which was approved by the House on 8 February 1984. I am also increasing block grant holdback in respect of 1982–83 by £800,000 in the light of local authorities' outturn figures and accounts for that year. These adjustments to block grant will of course be subject to the approval of the relevant supplementary reports by the House.
Accordingly, the cash limit in the current financial year on Class XVIII, Vote 2 is being reduced by £13,800,000 from £817,150,000 to £803,350,000.