§ Mr. Chris Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if, pursuant to the answer from the hon. Member for Mitcham and Mordern (Mrs. Rumbold) on 19 May to the hon. Member for Islington, South and Finsbury, he will publish any economic models used by his Department in forecasting or assessing local government expenditure, spending targets, or rate limits, during the last two full financial years.
§ Mrs. RumboldA description of the economic model referred to in my answer of 19 May has now been published in the journal "Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 1986, volume 4, pages 145–153." I have today placed an offprint of this article in the Library.