§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list by local authority, and by standard economic region, the changes in expenditure allowed under section 137 of the Local Government Act 1972 in the event that the proposals contained in the Government's response to the Widdicombe committee of inquiry are enacted; and if he will show these figures in both cash and percentage terms.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe information is not immediately available in the precise format sought. I will therefore write to the hon. Gentleman when the necessary data have been collated.