HC Deb 18 July 1997 vol 298 c375W
Mr. Gorrie

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which countries in the EU include local authority self-financed expenditure or an equivalent category in their national control total or its equivalent. [8195]

Mrs. Liddell

The Treasury does not hold comprehensive information about the budgetary control totals of other member states. All countries in the EU measure the General Government Financial Deficit, which takes account of local authorities' current and capital expenditure on sectors outside general government.