§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the calculated public expenditure on benefits and grants to local authorities for benefit subsidy for rate rebates in England and Wales, and community charge benefit in Scotland, for income support claimants in Great Britain in 1989–90.
§ Miss WiddecombeOutturn figures are not available in the form requested. However, we estimate that rate rebate subsidy paid to local authorities in England and Wales in respect of income support claimants for 1989–90 was about £730 million. The comparable estimate of benefit subsidy for community charge rebates in Scotland is £120 million.