HC Deb 07 May 1985 vol 78 cc302-3W
Mr. Silvester asked

the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to the answer of 1 May to the hon. Member for Manchester, Withington, if he will indicate which local authorities there listed are to have their block grant reduced because their expenditure is above target, and for each of those authorities the grant per head that has been forgone.

Mr. Waldegrave

Although proposals for the basis of block grant reductions in 1985–86 were made in the main rate support grant report approved on 16 January, the reductions cannot be made until all authorities' budgets have been received and analysed. This is still in progress. The necessary recalculations will as usual be incorporated in a supplementary report to be laid before the House for approval in July.