§ Mr. Chapmanasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give the expenditure on transport professional and technical services by local authorities for 1985–86 based upon estimated outturn and for 1986–87 as planned.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyOutturn figures for 1985–86 will not be available until the end of 1986. Local authorities do not provide separate budget figures for expenditure on professional and technical services. It is combined with net receipts from parking. The total of local authority 1985–86 budgets for the two items combined is £194 million. Recent trends suggest that in 1985–86 net receipts from parking will total about £45 million. So if local authorities' outturn is in line with their budgets, the figure for professional and technical services will be £239 million. The provision for professional and technical services in the Government's public expenditure plans for 1986–87 is £189 million.