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Mrs. Dunwoody
asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will reject the proposed closure of link lines between Halifax and Huddersfield until such time as British Rail has provided a new service from Sheffield to Huddersfield to Bradford.
Mr. Ridley
I am now considering the report which has been submitted by the transport users' consultative
| * Holdback Penalty | Rate Limitation 1985–86 | |||||
| Authority | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | 1983–84 | 1984–85 | Expenditure level | Rate limit |
| £ million | £ million | £ million | £ million | £ million | Pence | |
| Birmingham | — | — | — | — | N/A | N/A |
| Hackney | — | 1·359 | 1·097 | 1·930 | 82·315 | 147·18 |
| Islington | — | 1·194 | 0·060 | 17·514 | 85·564 | 112·07 |
| Lambeth | — | — | 2·175 | 14·183 | 113·558 | 107·57 |
| Liverpool | 5·479 | 6·517 | 0·800 | 3·193 | N/A | N/A |
| Manchester | — | 5·261 | 0·611 | — | N/A | N/A |
| Salford | — | — | 1·085 | — | N/A | N/A |
| Newcastle | — | 5·046 | 5·549 | 5·239 | N/A | N/A |
| Gateshead | — | — | 2·666 | 0·392 | N/A | N/A |
| * Figures from the latest supplementary report for each year. | ||||||