Mr. PIKE PEASEasked the President of the Local Government Board whether he can state the total municipal expenditure for the year ending 1910, and the total municipal debt to the same date?
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§ Mr. BURNSThe latest available information relates to the year ended 31st March, 1909. The figures for that year are approximately as follows:—Total expenditure, £56,333,000. Loans outstanding at the end of the year, £268,106,000. Total amount standing to the credit of sinking funds and other similar funds for the extinction of debt, £17,428,000. These particulars relate to the Corporation of the City of London, the Metropolitan Borough Councils, and the councils of all other boroughs in England and Wales.