§ Dr. GibsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list, by year, the additional supplementary credit approvals given to local authorities for exceptional needs since 1997. [51655]
§ Dr. Whitehead[holding answer 22 April 2002]: The amounts of additional supplementary credit approval (SCA) given to local authorities for the relevant years are listed in the table.
£000 SCA 1997–98 20,000 1998–99 1,300 1999–2000 700 2000–01 20,500 2001–02 120,000 1 Represents current estimate.