To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will tabulate the annual income and expenditure on disbursements into and from the national non-domestic rates pool for each year of its operation together with his estimates of such operations for the year 1992–93.

The amounts of non-domestic rates distributed from, and contributed to the central pool for England in 1990–91 were:

Distributable Amount (£000)	Contributions (£000)
10,428,500	10,733,421

The amounts which are being, or to be distributed and which it is estimated will be paid into the pool in 1991–92 and 1992–93 are:

	Distributable Amount (£000)	Contributions (£000)
1991–92	12,408,000	11,992,289
1992–93	12,306,000	12,339,000

The contributions for 1990–91 are currently being adjusted to reflect the amount of rates actually collectable from businesses in that year. It is estimated that those contributions will be reduced by about £127 million as a result of the adjustments. Contributions for 1991–92 will be adjusted during 1992–93.