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Oral answer to question provided on Thursday, 7 December 2006 in the House of Commons, by Gordon Brown (Labour), Treasury.


Lyons Review

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.

This is an answer to the Oral question asked on Thursday, 7 December 2006 by Philip Dunne (Conservative).

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.

Secondary information

Type
Oral answer to question
Reference
454 c426 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Civil servants Location Public Sector Relocation Independent Review
Link
View this Oral answer to question on www.publications.parliament.uk