§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received from local authorities regarding the non-policing costs of the recent miners' dispute arising from local authorities fulfilling their statutory obligations under child care, school meals and milk, and social security and housing benefit regulations; and if he will disregard such costs for the purposes of block grant penalties.
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§ Mr. Patrick JenkinI have received a number of representations from local authorities and their associations for such expenditure to be disregarded for grant penalty purposes, which I shall consider carefully before I take further decisions on grant abatement for 1984–85.