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Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Philip Dunne (Conservative). It was answered on Thursday, 7 December 2006 on behalf of the Treasury.


Lyons Review

Question
Yesterday, the Chancellor recycled announcements and fiddled his fiscal rules. Has he given Sir Michael Lyons the same misleading information as he gave the public last month about increases in central Government grant for next year’s local finance settlement? In south Shropshire in my constituency, the public were told that the Chancellor was increasing that grant by 5.9 per cent., but it ended up being 3.4 per cent.
Answer

I see that the hon. Gentleman has asked not about relocation of jobs to his constituency, but about Government grants. I think he will agree that Government grants to local authorities have gone up every year, continue to go up this year and will go up next year, which is a very different situation from what happened under the Conservative Government.


Secondary information

Type
Oral question
Reference
454 c426 
Session
2006-07
Oral question type
Supplementary
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Civil servants Local government finance Location Public Sector Relocation Independent Review
Link
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