asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those local authorities whose expenditure guidance for 1983–84 will be greater than the provisional guidance issued to local authorities in July 1982; and, for each authority, what changes in principles determined under part II of the Local Government Finance Act 1982 have taken place between July and December 1982 to cause these changes in expenditure guidance.

[pursuant to his reply, 17 January 1983, c. 78]: The authorities are shown in the following list. The principles were determined in December, and are defined in annex E to the rate support grant report (England) 1983–84. Some changes to the provisional figures announced in July were made in response to representations. These changes fall into five categories, summarised as follows. The list shows which categories apply to each authority.