HC Deb 25 July 1988 vol 138 c50W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a detailed breakdown for the year 1982–83 to 1990–91, by nature of item and functional area of charge, of the receipts to his programme classified as charges for the purposes of the public expenditure survey.

Mr. Hurd

[holding answer 7 July 1988]: The following figures, which are consistent with those given by my right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary of the Treasury on 27 May at columns 375–76 relate to receipts in respect of programme expenditure for which the Home Office is responsible. Receipts in respect of running cost expenditure are not included.

Mr. Waldegrave

Of the 18,474 planning appeals decided between 1 April 1987 and 31 March 1988, 6,955 (37.6 per cent.) were allowed and 11,519 (62.4 per cent.) were refused. In all cases the grant of planning permission on appeal is subject to a condition that sets a time Iimit within which the development must commence.

Information on the proportion of planning appeals allowed that were subject to further restriction or where the proposal in the original application was amended is not available.