Local Authorities (Expenditure)

Mr. Kaufman
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those local authorities whose expenditure guidance for 1983–84 will be greater than the provisional guidance issued to local authorities in July 1982; and, for each authority, what changes in principles----------------------------------------------------------------
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|Home insulation scheme: grants paid to local authority tenants|
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These figures do not include local authority dwellings insulated in the course of renovation, which are not recorded.

determined under part II of the Local Government Finance Act 1982 have taken place between July and December 1982 to cause these changes in expenditure guidance.

Mr. King
I will answer this question shortly.