To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will place in the Library the draft regulations on the council tax upon which the local authority associations are being consulted through the council tax technical sub-group.

I am arranging for copies of the draft regulations already sent to the local authority associations to be placed in the Library of the House and for further drafts to be placed there as they are issued.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table in the Official Report based upon the information contained in annex VIII of his local government statement of 26 November, showing for each local authority area listed on pages 2 to 13 (a) income from the community charge for standard spending, (b) business rate income and (c) revenue support grant in each case as a percentage of standard spending assessment, with each local authority being listed in ascending order according to the percentage size of its revenue support grant.

[holding answer 29 January 1992]: A table containing the information requested has been placed in the Library.