Area Cost Adjustment

HC Deb 15 October 1996 vol 282 cc839-40W

18. Mr. Fabricant

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the application of the area cost adjustment on Local government funding. [38368]

Mr. Gummer

In our consultation, all four local government organisations have expressed reservations about implementing this review and have asked for further work. I will consider the representations after my meeting with them tomorrow.

24. Mr. Hendry

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what proposals he has to reform the area cost adjustment. [38374]

Sir Paul Beresford

We will be discussing the review of the area cost adjustment with the local authority associations tomorrow at the consultative council on local government finance. Once we have taken their views, we will decide how to proceed. [38374]