asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the amount of any charge upon the Consolidated Fund expected during the current financial year deriving from (a) any expense met directly by his Department and (b) central Government payments to local authorities occasioned in each case by New Commonwealth immigration and the problems resulting from it.

None. Any expenditure incurred by local authorities because of New Commonwealth immigration would be relevant expenditure for rate support grant purposes, but the total of any such expenditure cannot be separately identified.