§ Mr. Watsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement about the changes to local authorities' grant-related expenditure in the Rate Support Grant Supplementary Report (England) (No. 3) 1982–83.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinI first laid this report before the House on 4 July. Since then it has come to light that the report did not incorporate a change to Dudley MBC's grant-related expenditure which my Department had agreed should be made so as to correct a form-filling error by the council. Accordingly I laid before the House yesterday the 1982–83 Report with the requisite changes in manuscript on pages 3, 8 and 28. The report is being re-printed. Copies of the substituted report will be sent to all local authorities.