§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Bridgend of 27 February,Official Report, column 19, concerning expenditure provision of £9 million in the 1989–90 rate support grant settlement to cover the cost of implementing the poll tax, what proportion of that sum the actual cash grant will represent.
§ Mr. GristRate support grant is paid to all authorities in Wales in support of their expenditure generally and is not hypothecated. It is not therefore possible to calculate a notional allocation of grant to any particular function.