§ Mr. KnoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing the breakdown of local authority revenue for each year from 1979–80 to 1992–93, with estimates for 1993–94, in terms of (i) Government grants, (ii) non-domestic rates and (iii) domestic rates or community charges or council tax, expressed both in pound million and as a percentage.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe available information is as follows:
aggregate external finance, council tax benefit grant arid the council tax transitional reduction scheme grant, £11.559 billion—or 28 per cent. —will be met by the distributable amount from the non domestic rates pool and £6.541 billion—or 16 per cent.—will be met by council 491W tax net of estimated council tax benefit grant and council tax transitional reduction scheme grant.