§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will rank in descending order using their 1985–86 budgets all English local authorities on the basis of the percentage above or below their expenditure targets for 1985–86, showing in each case the percentage above or below their grant-related expenditure assessments for 1985–86;
(2) if he will rank in descending order using their 1985–86 budgets all English local authorities on the basis of the percentage above or below their grant-related expenditure assessments for 1985–86, showing in each case the percentage above or below their expenditure target for 1985–86.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinI have today placed the available information in the Library.
§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are his Department's current estimates of the total amount by which local government expenditure is expected to exceed in 1985–86 (a) grant-related expenditure assessments and (b) expenditure targets; and if he will supply a breakdown of those figures in each category listed for each individual authority in terms of both total money amount and percentage.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinBased on English local authorities budget returns, aggregate total expenditure is estimated to exceed grant-related expenditure by £820 million and the aggregate of expenditure targets by £266 million.
I have today placed the available information for individual authorities in the Library.