§ Mr. RookerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many copies of the fact sheets relating to the Local Government Finance Bill were made available to right hon. and hon. Members at the time of the Bill's publication;
(2) how many copies of the questions and answers paper published in conjunction with the Local Government Finance Bill were made available to (a) right hon. and hon. Members and (b) to others;
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Percentage change in population for grant purposes between 1987–88 1st Supplementary Report and 1988–89 settlement 1987–88 population for grant purposes 1988–89 population for grant purposes Percentage change Rank in class Shire counties Avon 942,000 946,624 0.5 20 Bedfordshire 516,700 520,959 0.8 15 Berkshire 724,000 734,073 1.4 6 Buckinghamshire 601,600 612,863 1.9 2 Cambridgeshire 621,400 635,205 2.2 1 Cheshire 942,400 946,504 0.4 25 Cleveland 559,900 557,580 -0.4 39 Cornwall 441,900 446,231 1.0 14 Cumbria 484,400 486,603 0.5 24 Derbyshire 912,400 916,834 0.5 22 Devon 988,000 998,988 1.1 11 Dorset 627,700 638,215 1.7 3 Durham 600,900 599,553 -0.2 37 East Sussex 682,400 689,695 1.1 12 Essex 1,504,700 1,512,083 0.5 21 Gloucestershire 511,400 517,105 1.1 10 Hampshire 1,523,900 1,527,666 0.2 29 Hereford and Worcester 650,800 654,504 0.6 19 Hertfordshire 986,100 985,723 -0.0 35 Humberside 850,000 848,504 -0.2 36 Isle of Wight 122,900 124,555 1.3 7 Kent 1,495,200 1,500,927 0.4 27 Lancashire 1,380,300 1,380,727 0.0 34 Leicestershire 872,200 874,953 0.3 28 Lincolnshire 560,300 567,253 1.2 8 Norfolk 719,100 727,817 1.2 9 Northamptonshire 546,100 554,441 1.5 5 Northumberland 300,600 301,020 0.1 31 North Yorkshire 696,600 699,786 0.5 23 Nottinghamshire 1,005,900 1,006,437 0.1 33 Oxfordshire 565,400 574,703 1.6 4 Shropshire 390,300 392,685 0.6 18 Somerset 447,000 448,888 0.4 26 Staffordshire 1,020,400 1,020,991 0.1 32 Suffolk 624,200 628,578 0.7 17 (3) how many copies of the fact sheets relating to the Local Government Finance Bill were made available, and to whom.
§ Mr. HowardThe fact sheets and question and answer briefing referred to by the hon. Member were produced as part of a press pack for use by the media on introduction of the Local Government Finance Bill. Three hundred copies were sent to national and local media and about 100 copies were made available at the press conference itself. Copies were also provided to the Library of the House.
Other copies of the material have been provided to individuals on request, but no record has been kept of the numbers or to whom they have been sent.