§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what estimate he has made of the impact of tax changes since 1997 on(a)local authority pension schemes and (b)additional resulting revenue costs incurred by authorities. [46962]
§ Dr. WhiteheadThe Local Government Association assessed the net effect of the 1997 decision to abolish Advanced Corporation Tax relief, which impacted on local authority pension funds, as £130 million per annum. This was taken into account in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
§ Ms BuckTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will rank each local authority in England showing the proportion of expenditure in 2000–01 which was met by central Government grant. [44792]
§ Dr. WhiteheadThe information requested has been placed in the Libraries of the House.