HC Deb 18 April 1991 vol 189 cc245-6W
Mr. Dewar

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in theOfficial Report an analysis for the years 1989–90, 1990–91 and 1991–92 showing for each regional, district and island council and for Scotland as a whole (a) grant-aided expenditure, (b) grant-aided expenditure expressed as pounds per head, pounds per adult and pounds per community charge unit, (c) the community charge required to be levied to finance grant-aided expenditure, (e) the long-run community charge required to be levied to finance expenditure 1 per cent., 5 per cent. and 10 per cent. below and 1 per cent., 5 per cent. and 10 per cent. above grant-aided expenditure; (f) Government grant as a percentage of local authority expenditure at each of the spending levels specified in (e) above, (g) that level of expenditure as a percentage of grant-aided expenditure which would require a zero community charge and (h) that level of expenditure as a percentage of grant-aided expenditure which would require a zero long-run community charge.

Mr. Lang

This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

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