To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement about the revenue support grant 1992–93 for Bournemouth in 1991–92; and what account he has taken of the tourism factor.

Bournemouth's revenue support grant for 1992–93 is £34·766 million, an increase of 20 per cent. over the comparable figure for 1991–92. The allowance for overnight visitors in the authority's standard spending assessment is £1·088 million, also an increase of 20 per cent. on this year's figure.