§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the cost to the Exchequer of the domestic resource equalisation component in the rate support grant settlement to the county of Cumbria in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. ChopeWithin the grant total, the effect of resource equalisation is to transfer money from areas of high rateable value to areas of low rateable value. There is no cost to the Exchequer.