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Mr. Steinberg
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the rate support grant as a percentage of local authority expenditure in (a) 1979–80 and (b) 1988–89.
Mr. Chope
Rate support grant as a percentage of local authority relevant expenditure in England was 49·3 per cent. in 1979–80 and 31·2 per cent. in 1988–89.