§ 63. Sir William van Straubenzeeasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his practice 623W in future, when assessing a district council's grant related expenditure, to take into account the precepts of parish councils within its area.
§ Mr. Waldegrave:Parish councils have powers to provide a range of services concurrently with district councils, and to raise the necessary revenue from precepts levied on their district council. For the purpose of assessing grant related expenditure (GRE) it is assumed that the bulk of parish council expenditure relates to recreation services. A district council's recreation GRE therefore covers any spending by its constituent parish or town councils as well as its own expenditure.