§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much supplementary credit approval has been granted to each local authority for each year since 1 April 1990, showing separately the name of the authority, the amount and the purpose for which it was given.
§ Mr. Howard[holding answer 4 March 1993]: Supplementary credit approvals are issued by a number of Government Departments and comprehensive information at this level of detail is not held centrally. In their regular returns to my Department local authorities report the total amount of supplementary credit approvals they have received, or expect to receive, and I have arranged for a summary of the most recent information from each authority to be placed in the Library of the House.
I have arranged for more detailed information regarding supplementary credit approvals issued by my Department to be collated and this will be placed in the Library as soon as possible.