§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the estimate of the personal social services share of reductions in rate or revenue support grant for England as a whole for each year since 1978–79 at 1991–92 prices, when calculated by applying to the grant reductions the share that personal social services spending made up of total local authority spending each year and using relevant expenditure in each year except for(a) net expenditure met by rents, rates and balances for 1978–79 to 1980–81, (b) budgeted net revenue expenditure for 1990–91 and (c) standard spending assessments for the current year.
§ Mr. KeyRevenue support grant, like its predecessor rate support grant, is paid to local authorities in support of general revenue expenditure. It would not therefore be appropriate to try to attribute amounts of grant to specific services.