§ Mr. SpellerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the last two occasions on which councillors have been surcharged for refusing to grant planning permission.
§ Mr. GummerThe surcharging of councillors under sections 19 and 20 of the Local Government Finance Act 1982 is a matter for individual auditors. I am not aware of any case in which councillors have been surcharged for refusing to grant planning permission.
§ Mr. SpellerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the last two occasions on which councillors have been surcharged.
§ Mr. GummerI understand that the last two occasions on which councillors were surcharged were in September 1985 when councillors from Lambeth and Liverpool were surcharged in connection with late rate-making.