§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if, pursuant to his answer of 21 December,Official Report, column 268, if he will list for each local authority its share of the accumulated reduction in rate support grant since 1978–79 at 1988–89 prices.
§ Mr. RidleyIt is not possible to estimate what grant individual authorities would have received in each of the last 10 years had the total of rate support grant been higher without knowing what decisions would have been made by the Government about the factors which affect the distribution of grant and by authorities about their level of spending.
§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will show for each local authority the rate support grant paid in each year since 1978–79, expressed in(a) cash terms and (b) real terms at 1988–89 prices; and what percentage of the council's total expenditure in each year this represented.
§ Mr. RidleyThe information will be placed in the House of Commons Library today.