HC Deb 29 March 1977 vol 929 cc132-42W
Mr. Christopher Price

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Report net revenue expenditure forecasts for 1976–77 for each local authority submitted to him following the issue of Circular 45/76 along with the estimated outturn estimates for 1975–76 prepared at the same time.

Mr. Shore

A detailed breakdown of expenditure forecasts for 1976–77 has been published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) in its "Return of Rates 1976–77". A copy of this publication has been placed in the Library. The forecasts are those returned to CIPFA and my Department in July 1976. The total figures taken from the returns are listed below along with the associated provisional estimates for 1975–76 outturn made in July 1976. It must be stressed that since the returns were submitted by authorities there will have been corrections made to the 1975–76 outturn figures; the final 1976–77 expenditure may also well be different as plans changed during the finalcial year.

Notes following the table explain the scope of the figures.

NET REVENUE EXPENDITURE TO BE FINANCED FROM GRANTS, RATES AND BALANCES
Authority 1975–76 Revised Estimate 1976–77 Estimate
£'000 £'000
Avon 147,825 168,648
Bedfordshire 85,077 98,288
Berkshire 106,910 118,413
Buckinghamshire 83,196 96,275
Cambridgeshire 86,259 98,006
Cheshire 150,242 169,943
Cleveland 103,094 124,586
Cornwall 56,904 66,046
Cumbria 81,107 89,905
Derbyshire 137,472 157,038
Devon 135,387 156,242
Dorset 83,982 95,148
County Durham 108,935 119,831
East Sussex 96,922 110,447
Essex 210,747 243,915
Gloucestershire 77,923 89,737
Hampshire 222,849 255,679
Hereford and Worcester county 95,588 109,227
Hertfordshire 161,074 183,816
Humberside 136,057 160,908
Isle of Wight 17,094 19,001
Kent 220,521 247,524
Lancashire 218,575 253,472
Leicestershire 127,530 146,507
Lincolshire 87,502 97,507
Norfolk 98,146 114,609
Northamptonshire 80,291 92,481
Northumberland 48,912 56,590
North Yorkshire 105,330 121,368
Nottinghamshire 161,369 185,799
Oxfordshire 83,191 92,024
Salop 55,092 61,475
Somerset 59,364 70,087
Staffordshire 162,614 187,372
Suffolk 79,965 92,711
Surrey 148,423 173,500
Warwickshire 73,852 82,093
West Sussex 88,385 102,482
Wiltshire 76,541 88,203
Clwyd 64,516 74,225
Dyfed 60,633 67,144
Gwent 78,377 88,040
Gwynedd 42,947 48,631
Mid Glamorgan 99,536 113,263
Powys 24,030 27,045
South Glamorgan 68,038 76,706
West Glamorgan 69,037 78,283
Greater Manchester 121,743 141,240
Merseyside 90,659 103,511
South Yorkshire 59,629 74,675
Tyne and Wear 67,133 78,545
West Midlands 121,267 146,412
West Yorkshire 107,465 118,438
Isles of Scilly 428 508
Greater Manchester
Bolton 40,693 46,417
Bury 23,756 27,910
Manchester 115,860 130,821
Oldham 35,523 40,613
Rochdale 35,094 43,236
Salford 45,245 50,013
Stockport 43,234 47,384
Tameside 33,769 39,504
Trafford 36,185 41,435
Wigan 46,317 53,307
Merseyside
Knowsley 36,327 40,343
Liverpool 109,101 117,125
St. Helens 28,700 33,174
Sefton 43,557 49,310
Wirral 55,973 63,205
South Yorkshire
Barnslay 34,288 39,933
Doncaster 50,581 57,604
Rotherham 40,191 45,584
Sheffield 88,741 102,898
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 35,207 41,717
Newcastle 56,611 64,684
North Tyneside 33,291 36,987
South Tyneside 29,992 35,005
Sunderland 48,817 54,406
West Midlands
Birmingham 185,094 206,244
Coventry 52,418 62,145
Dudley 35,817 40,089
Sandwell 48,171 54,994
Solihull 27,071 30,068
Walsall 40,644 44,684
Wolverhampton 40,120 46,107
West Yorkshire
Bradford 81,448 91,315
Calderdale 31,067 35,141
Kirklees 57,409 63,905
Leeds 105,802 116,886
Wakefield 49,980 54,819
Greater London Council 713,728 785,395
City of London 23,079 28,022
Camden 38,522 42,967
Greenwich 20,463 23,178
Hackney 23,701 26,902
Hammersmith 20,062 23,576
Islington 27,468 31,551
Kensington and Chelsea 15,090 17,859
Lambeth 35,456 40,183
Lewisham 25,939 31,776
Southwark 35,596 39,497
Tower Hamlets 25,119 27,793
Wandsworth 29,118 36,026
Westminster 28,557 31,912
Barking 28,657 32,548
Barnet 44,303 49,758
Bexley 33,963 40,359
Brent 49,156 59,887
Bromley 43,383 52,252
Croydon 52,716 57,787
Ealing 51,948 61,771
Enfield 40,715 46,196
Haringey 47,144 55,867
Harrow 32,692 37,380
Havering 39,521 43,837
Authority 1975–76 Revised Estimate 1976–77 Estimate
£'000 £'000
Hillingdon 44,578 52,112
Hounslow 38,582 42,768
Kingston-upon-Thames 23,299 26,431
Merton 28,945 32,842
Newham 46,849 54,225
Redbridge 35,125 38,402
Richmond-upon-Thames 25,137 28,469
Sutton 25,628 29,568
Waltham Forest 38,711 46,874
Avon
Bath 2,890 3,177
Bristol 12,166 14,958
Kingswood 1,168 1,348
Northavon 1,735 1,966
Wansdyke 1,541 1,926
Woodspring 3,938 3,782
Bedfordshire
North Bedfordshire 3,174 3,457
Luton 5,025 5,551
Mid Bedfordshire 1,347 1,687
South Bedfordshire 2,442 2,666
Berkshire
Bracknell 2,178 2,370
Newbury 2,049 2,231
Reading 4,753 5,615
Slough 4,153 4,532
Windsor and Maidenhead 2,961 3,230
Workingham 1,751 2,231
Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury Vale 2,313 2,593
Beaconsfield 1,188 1,295
Chiltern 1,617 1,908
Milton Keynes 2,112 2,774
Wycombe 2,706 3,302
Cambridgeshire
Cambridge 2,708 2,933
East Cambridgeshire 980 1,049
Fenland 1,191 1,348
Huntingdon 2,173 2,421
Peterborough 3,523 4,070
South Cambridgeshire 1,366 1,495
Cheshire
Chester 3,056 3,831
Congleton 1,756 2,034
Crewe 2,631 3,062
Ellesmere Port 2,219 2,625
Halton 3,191 3,713
Macclesfield 3,785 4,196
Vale Royal 3,416 3,712
Warrington 4,729 5,403
Cleveland
Hartlepool 3,933 4,226
Langbaurgh 6,183 6,830
Middlesbrough 6,204 8,551
Stockton-on-Tees 5,953 6,866
Cornwall
Caradon 1,300 1,572
Carrick 1,696 1,928
Kerrier 1,796 2,037
North Cornwell 1,451 1,651
Penwith 1,616 1,876
Restormel 1,945 2,261
Cumbria
Allerdale 2,989 3,410
Barrow in Furness 2,349 2,662
Carlisle 2,210 2,701
Copeland 2,598 3,015
Eden 955 1,046
South Lakeland 2,443 2,724
Derbyshire
Amber Valley 2,118 2,319
Bolsover 1,817 2,049
Chesterfield 3,248 3,690
Derby 5,113 5,831
Erewash 2,204 2,567
High Peak 2,027 2,253
North-East Derbyshire 2,450 2,837
South Derbyshire 1,146 1,272
West Derbyshire 1,096 1,309
Devon
East Devon 2,263 2,452
Exeter 2,637 2,877
North Devon 1,952 2,307
Plymouth 4,768 5,218
South Hams 1,231 1,341
Teignbridge 2,158 2,429
Tiverton 1,024 1,155
Torbay 2,721 2,980
Torridge 1,156 1,348
West Devon 569 648
Dorset
Bournemouth 3,953 4,773
Christchurch 691 754
North Dorset 899 1,130
Poole 3,124 2,723
Purbeck 634 706
West Dorset 1,414 1,530
Weymouth and Portland 1,390 1,525
Wimborne 904 1,017
Co. Durham
Chester-le-Street 1,558 1,717
Darlington 2,744 3,221
Derwentside 2,782 3,033
Durham 3,350 3,457
Easington 2,796 3,063
Sedgefield 3,308 4,101
Teesdale 454 513
Wear Valley 2,653 3,391
East Sussex
Brighton 6,868 7,665
Eastbourne 2,732 3,116
Hastings 2,670 2,912
Hove 2,515 2,727
Lewes 2,082 2,269
Rother 1,699 2,046
Wealden 1,659 1,965
Essex
Basildon 3,946 4,670
Braintree 2,254 2,456
Brentwood 1,491 1,553
Castle Point 1,857 2,233
Chelmsford 2,488 2,999
Colchester 2,960 3,067
Epping Forest 2,397 2,836
Harlow 2,663 3,221
Maldon 938 1,013
Rochford 1,131 1,403
Southend-on-Sea 4,830 5,665
Tendring 2,258 2,491
Thurrock 3,949 4,655
Uttlesford 1,044 1,203
Gloucestershire
Cheltenham 1,869 2,038
Cotswold 1,241 1,387
Forest of Dean 1,620 1,745
Gloucester 2,168 2,100
Stroud 2,202 2,595
Tewkesbury 1,651 1,800
Hampshire
Basingstoke 2,789 3,449
East Hampshire 1,464 1,809
Authority 1975–76 Revised Estimate 1976–77 Estimate
£'000 £'000
Eastleigh 1,818 1,918
Fareham 1,632 2,138
Gosport 1,619 1,933
Hart 1,173 1,357
Havant 2,116 2,440
New Forest 2,717 3,061
Portsmouth 7,713 8,861
Rushmoor 2,686 2,915
Southampton 8,269 9,481
Test Valley 1,789 1,954
Winchester 1,835 1,986
Hereford and Worcester
Bromsgrove 1,320 1,439
Hereford 1,119 2,181
Leominster 619 698
Malvern Hills 1,603 1,766
Redditch 1,386 1,657
South Herefordshire 753 835
Worcester 1,685 1,853
Wychavon 2,189 2,575
Wyre Forest 3,152 3,295
Hertfordshire
Broxbourne 2,009 2,333
Dacorum 3,270 4,165
East Hertfordshire 2,291 2,677
Hertsmere 2,446 2,927
North Hertfordshire 2,843 3,099
St. Albans 2,908 3,261
Stevenage 2,774 3,271
Three Rivers 2,267 2,595
Watford 3,018 3,684
Welwyn Hatfield 2,560 2,615
Humberside
Beverley 1,681 1,935
Boothferry 1,214 1,429
Cleethorpes 1,783 1,874
Glanford 1,347 1,492
Grimsby 2,870 3,014
Holderness 800 926
Kingston-upon-Hull 9,044 10,982
North Wolds 1,950 2,453
Scuthorpe 2,620 2,906
Isle of Wight
Medina 1,535 1,698
South Wight 1,169 1,273
Kent
Ashford 1,573 1,843
Canterbury 3,389 3,739
Dartford 2,571 3,698
Dover 3,117 3,785
Gillingham 1,019 1,271
Gravesham 2,454 2,626
Maidstone 3,158 3,578
Medway 3,657 4,366
Sevenoaks 3,197 3,565
Shepway 2,588 2,937
Swale 3,118 3,460
Thanet 3,881 4,230
Tonbridge and Malling 2,315 2,602
Tunbridge Wells 2,534 2,762
Lancashire
Blackburn 7,836 8,645
Blackpool 3,754 4,487
Burnley 3,665 4,428
Chorley 1,421 1,712
Fylde 1,299 1,534
Hyndburn 3,046 3,449
Lancaster 3,628 4,187
Pendle 2,582 3,282
Preston 5,438 5,288
Ribble Valley 1,071 1,313
Rossendale 2,627 2,796
South Ribble 1,786 2,209
West Lancashire 3,146 3,681
Wyre 2,013 2,254
Leicestershire
Blaby 1,423 1,548
Charnwood 2,191 2,607
Harborough 879 980
Hinckley and Bosworth 1,351 1,989
Leicester 9,504 9,758
Melton 578 671
North West Leicestershire 1,333 1,466
Oadby and Wigston 720 785
Rutland 489 532
Lincolnshire
Boston 1,094 1,254
East Lindsey 2,283 2,499
Lincoln 2,462 2,583
North Kesteven 1,154 1,266
South Holland 1,646 1,810
South Kesteven 1,721 2,060
West Lindsey 1,414 1,632
Norfolk
Breckland 1,580 1,983
Broadland 1,472 1,670
Great Yarmouth 2,370 2,662
North Norfolk 1,780 2,004
Norwich 3,996 4,926
South Norfolk 1,604 1,786
West Norfolk 2,780 3,033
Northamptonshire
Corby 1,598 1,755
Daventry 862 981
East Northamptonshire 964 1,112
Kettering 1,438 1,686
Northampton 4,763 5,568
South Northamptonshire 726 875
Wellingborough 1,222 1,390
Northumberland
Alnwick 871 871
Berwick-upon-Tweed 734 852
Blyth Valley 2,446 2,918
Castle Morpeth 1,160 1,245
Tynedale 1,542 1,815
Wansbeck 2,802 3,083
North Yorkshire
Craven 1,141 1,345
Hambleton 1,519 1,707
Harrogate 2,577 2,935
Richmondshire 1,073 1,244
Ryedale 1,566 1,781
Scarborough 3,462 3,739
Selby 1,679 2,166
York 2,888 3,448
Nottinghamshire
Ashfield 2,147 2,405
Bassetlaw 2,620 2,955
Broxtowe 1,983 2,223
Gedling 1,597 1,833
Mansfield 2,550 3,100
Newark 1,885 2,093
Nottingham 11,701 14,933
Rushcliffe 1,405 1,736
Authority 1975–76 Revised Estimate 1976–77 Estimate
£'000 £'000
Oxfordshire
Cherwell 2,176 2,340
Oxford 2,814 3,002
South Oxfordshire 2,469 2,583
Vale of White Horse 2,082 2,266
West Oxfordshire 1,373 1,560
Salop
Bridgnorth 736 901
North Shropshire 1,165 1,226
Osweatry 830 902
Shrewsbury and Atcham 1,882 2,086
South Shropshire 799 953
The Wrekin 3,094 3,527
Somerset
Mendip 1,486 1,620
Sedgemoor 2,083 2,297
Taunton Deane 1,849 2,164
West Somerset 483 577
Yeovil 2,295 2,516
Staffordshire
Cannock Chase 1,828 1,998
East Staffordshire 1,922 2,082
Lichfield 1,582 1,725
Newcastle-under-Lyme 2,659 3,113
South Staffordshire 1,557 1,585
Stafford 1,804 2,022
Staffordshire Moorlands 1,626 1,822
Stoke-on-Trent 6,002 6,837
Tamworth 1,803 1,983
Suffolk
Babergh 1,395 1,515
Forest Health 1,643 1,889
Ipswich 2,907 3,542
Mid-Suffolk 1,375 1,452
St. Edmundsbury 1,606 1,984
Suffolk Coastal 2,238 2,449
Waveney 2,840 3,009
Surrey
Elmbridge 3,110 3,414
Epsom and Ewell 1,649 1,853
Guildford 2,568 2,873
Mole Valley 1,945 2,135
Reigate and Banstead 3,031 2,797
Runnymade 1,280 1,553
Spelthorne 2,048 2,316
Surrey Health 1,513 1,743
Tandridge 1,146 1,271
Waverley 2,559 3,084
Woking 2,176 2,326
Warwickshire
North Warwickshire 1,263 1,402
Nuneaton 3,314 3,583
Rugby 2,169 2,598
Stratford-on-Avon 1,835 2,144
Warwick 2,530 2,774
West Sussex
Adur 1,342 1,527
Arun 2,895 3,257
Chichester 2,277 2,468
Crawley 2,196 2,610
Horsham 1,782 1,993
Mid-Sussex 2,067 2,369
Worthing 2,736 2,981
Wiltshire
Kennet 1,313 1,465
North Wilshire 1,707 1,946
Sailsbury 1,671 2,100
Thamesdown 5,355 5,769
West Wiltshire 1,449 1,727
Clwyd
Alyn and Deeside 2,086 2,266
Clowyn 1,734 1,889
Delyn 2,349 2,693
Glyndwr 1,204 1,426
Rhuddlan 1,916 2,137
Wrexham Maelor 3,388 3,800
Dyfed
Carmarthen 1,712 2,124
Ceredigion 2,160 2,350
Dinefwr 1,187 1,347
Llanelli 3,132 3,397
Preseli 2,038 2,222
South Pembrokeshire 1,580 1,753
Gwent
Blaenau Gwent 3,896 4,362
Islwyn 2,464 2,668
Monmouth 1,990 2,179
Newport 5,210 5,365
Torfaen 3,036 3,372
Gwynedd
Aberconwy 1,996 2,139
Arfon 1,772 2,040
Dwyfor 844 953
Meirionnydd 979 1,100
Ynys Mon 2,343 2,340
Mid-Glamorgan
Cynon Valley 3,119 3,443
Merthyr Tydfil 3,445 3,777
Ogwr 4,114 4,662
Rhondda 3,785 4,422
Rhymney Valley 5,035 5,767
Taff-Ely 3,471 3,993
Powys
Brecknock 1,019 1,088
Montgomery 1,389 1,550
Rednor 618 687
South Glamorgan
Cardiff 9,465 11,913
Vale of Glamorgan 3,369 4,195
West Glamorgan
Afan 4,239 4,622
Lliw Valley 2,305 2,566
Neath 2,351 2,576
Swansea 9,992 10,899

1. The figures represent authorities' estimates of their spending in 1975–76 and their budget plans for 1976–77 modified in the light of Circular 45/76, and represent what local authorities estimated was the position as seen in mid-summer 1976. The figures represent net expenditure charged to the rate fund and include the estimated rate fund contributions to the housing revenue account and other accounts including rate fund and revenue contributions to capital. They exclude the cost of rate collection and the net cost to local authorities of rate rebates. The 1976–77 budget forecasts include the local authorities own provisions for expected cost increases in that year. Parish precepts and land drainage precepts are included but not the general service charge collected on behalf of regional water authorities. The figures include the appropriate share of the expenditure of joint police authorities for all constituent authorities other than those of the Metropolitan Police Authority. No expenditure for the Metropolitan Police is included in the figures for London authorities.

2. The definition of expenditure used in these figures is close to but cannot be exactly identified with that of "relevant expenditure" used in the rate support grant settlement.

3. Differences between authorities in expenditure levels from year to year reflect differences in the range of services provided, demographic changes, and differing inflation assumptions amongst other factors.

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