§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish, for each local authority in England, the community charge for 1989–90 which is consistent with the expenditure and grant assumptions in the 1989–90 rate support grant settlement, showing the estimated budget figures for 1988–89 and the percentage change between the two figures.
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§ Mr. Ridley[holding answer 14 February 1989]I have placed the information requested in the Library.
The community charges shown assume that local authorities will spend according to the assumptions used for the 1989–90 rate support grant settlement and rate accordingly, and that non-domestic rate income increases in line with the RPI. When 1989–90 budget returns have been received, I will publish a further set of illustrative charges. If these show charges higher than those I have placed in the Library today, this will be entirely the result of the individual authorities deciding to spend more than was assumed.