§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what proportion of total local authority expenditure was met in each of the last four years by(a) central Government funds, (b) business rate payers and (c) council tax payers. [27936]
§ Dr. WhiteheadEnglish local authorities have reported the following funding of revenue expenditure.
columns 136–37, he explained that he would introduce an alternative baseline for 2001–02 which, in effect, adjusts only for the transfers of service for which shire districts are responsible and that, in order to guarantee a minimum 2.3 per cent. increase for shire districts, he would ensure that all shire districts received a minimum grant increase of whichever increase is greater—2.3 per cent. on the original baseline, or 2.3 per cent. on this alternative baseline.
Further details will be provided as part of the Government's final settlement proposals, which the House will have a chance to debate on 30 January.