§ Mr. Warbeyasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing, for each of the years 1950 to 1964, the amounts spent by the Nottinghamshire County Council in interest charges, the amounts received in interest payments, the net interest burden remaining after deducting the second item, the total expenditure of the county council, and the relationship of the last two items expressed as a percentage.
§ Sir K. JosephThe interest charges and total expenditure are shown in the table below. Interest received by the County Council cannot be identified in the returns and I cannot therefore give the net interest burden or the percentage.
Year Interest charges Expenditure £ £ 1950–51 70,447 5,779,426 1951–52 82,735 6,716,910 1952–53 111,314 7,385,845 1953–54 139,336 7,700,279 1954–55 157,352 8,500,540 1955–56 190,578 9,391,345 1956–57 289,155 11,652,054 1957–58 438,139 12,586,658 1958–59 496,109 14,369,485 1959–60 531,901 14,278,242 1960–61 632,572 15,477,874 1961–62 728,984 17,505,796 1962–63 722,783 19,300,478 Source: Epitomes of accounts.