§ Mr. WheelerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has any proposals to cash limit the specific grants to the probation and magistrates courts services.
§ Mr. WaddingtonUnder the new capital finance system for local authority services, capital grant for probation and magistrates courts will be cash limited from April 1990. Following our consultations with the local authority associations and relevant service organisations about the specific grants payable in respect of these services, I propose to introduce cash limits on their current grants. I shall he seeking a suitable opportunity for the necessary legislative provision with a view to implementing the new arrangements in April 1992. We shall be discussing further with the relevant bodies possible mechanisms for the allocation of cash-limited grant.