To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to receive a copy of Her Majesty's railway inspectorate's further study of the management of safety on the London Underground.
Her Majesty's Chief Inspecting Officer of Railways tells me that the report of the further study announced on the 23 May 1989, will be completed within the coming month. I will arrange for a copy of the report,
| Rate support grant | Domestic rate income1 | Non-domestic rale income2 | £ million | ||||
| Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Total | ||||
| 1979–80 | 33·7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1980–81 | 36·8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1981–82 | 31·2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1982–83 | 28·4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1983–84 | 24·7 | (23) | 27·8 | (26) | 56·4 | (52) | 108·9 |
| 1984–85 | 23·7 | (21) | 31·0 | (27) | 59·9 | (52) | 114·6 |
| 1985–86 | 21·3 | (19) | 31·3 | (27) | 62·3 | (54) | 114·9 |
| 1986–87 | 56·9 | (36) | 33·3 | (21) | 68·9 | (43) | 159·1 |
| 1987–88 | 61·4 | (36) | 35·9 | (21) | 71·1 | (42) | 168·4 |
| 1988–89 | 61·5 | (35) | 40·2 | (23) | 76·0 | (43) | 177·7 |
| 1989·90 | 77·2 | (46) | 32–8 | (20) | 57·6 | (34) | 167·6 |
| 1 Domestic rates include rebates but are net of domestic rate relief grant. | |||||||
| 2 Non-domestic rates are net of disabled non-domestic relief grant and enterprise zone grant. | |||||||
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a list of the 15 local authorities which have the greatest arrears in collection of (a) community charge and (b) rents, indicating in each case the political control of the authority.
Local authorities have been asked to report to the Department on their arrears of community charge at 31 March 1991 by 7 August. For details of local authorities' cumulative rent arrears, I refer my hon. Friend entitled "The Management of Safety on London Underground Ltd.—A Further Study", to be placed in the Library of the House.