§ Mr. GibbTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the assumptions for household spending and council tax payment which were used in the answer to the right hon. Member for Edinburgh, Central (Mr. Darling) of 11 December 1996,Official Report, columns 190–202. [85912]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe written answer of 11 December 1996 was given by the previous Government. It would be inappropriate for me to seek to explain the assumptions on which it was based, beyond what was said at the time by the Minister concerned.