Bedfordshire County Council

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Mr. Madel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the percentage increase of external finance that Bedfordshire county council will receive in 1991–92 as compared with 1990–91; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Key
The provisional figures issued by my right hon. Friend on 31 October indicate a 23·9 per cent. increase in the total level of external support for districts in Bedfordshire taken together.