HC Deb 11 July 1983 vol 45 cc280-8W
Mr. Proctor

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Report those local authorities in England and Wales that have exceeded the Government's 1983–84 expenditure targets; if he will show for each authority by how much they have exceeded their targets; and if he will also show the level of grant to be held back by the Government in each case.

Mr. Waldegrave

The following table shows those local authorities in England which have exceeded the Government's 1983–84 expenditure targets, the amounts by which they have exceeded these targets and the grant holdback. The table does not include figures for Welsh authorities since these are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales; moreover a different system of targets and holdback operates in Wales.

Authority Budget Disregard Target Overspend Holdback
£ million £ million £ million £ million per cent. £ million pence
Staffordshire 344.478 — 338.383 6095 1.8 1.928 1.6
Suffolk 187.610 — 187.007 0.603 0.3 0.216 0.3
Surrey 289.326 — 283.943 5.383 1.9 2.748 1.6
Warwickshire 156.707 — 155.211 1.496 1.0 0.562 0.8
GREATER LONDON
City of London 56.185 — 55.227 0.958 1.7 — —
Camden 108.760 — 100.121 8.639 8.6 — —
Greenwich 62.933 0.101 52.022 10.810 20.8 8.000 24.8
Hackney 81.340 0.450 77.835 3055 3.9 1.101 3.0
Islington 75.743 0.316 68.965 6.462 9.4 5.245 10.1
Lambeth 108.876 0.457 99.402 9.017 9.1 5.541 9.7
Lewisham 76.056 — 73.534 2.522 3.4 0.802 2.4
Southwark 100.443 0.031 86.048 14.364 16.7 10.905 19.5
Tower Hamlets 63.302 0.220 61.735 1.347 2.2 0.243 0.6
Bexley 78.632 — 77.148 1.483 1.9 0.373 1.2
Brent 141.341 0.168 132.606 8.567 6.5 7.869 15.6
Enfield 93.420 — 91.925 1.495 1.6 0.504 1.0
Haringey 131.231 — 120.675 10.556 8.7 8.020 22.9
Harrow 71.767 — 70.365 1.402 2.0 0.436 1.3
Hillingdon 87.732 — 86.245 1.487 1.7 0.605 1.1
Hounslow 86.845 — 83.595 3.250 3.9 3.512 7.3
Merton 57.825 — 57.034 0.791 1.4 0.268 0.9
Newham 126.318 0.353 119.004 6.962 5.9 4.817 13.6
Richmond-upon-Thames 51.050 — 49.772 1.278 2.6 0.885 2.9
Waltham Forest 107.783 — 107.060 0.723 0.7 0133 0.4
GLC 867.429 0.705 566.055 300.669 53.1 — —
ILEA 858.068 1.811 760.854 95.403 12.5 — —
GREATER MANCHESTER
Bury 58.277 — 57.260 1.017 1.8 0.274 1.4
Manchester 243.467 0.298 240.203 2.966 1.2 0.715 1.0
Rochdale 84.239 0.028 81.838 2.373 2.9 1089 5.2
Salford 94.908 0.189 92.297 2.422 2.6 1.089 3.5
Tameside 78.970 — 76.467 2.503 3.3 1.450 6.8
Wigan 106.413 — 104.672 1.741 1.7 0.415 1.3
MERSEYSIDE
Knowsley 69.559 0.089 67.972 1.499 2.2 0.513 2.4
Liverpool 218.609 2.429 212.940 3.240 1.5 0.809 1.2
St. Helens 69.683 — 66.964 2.719 4.1 2.241 9.9
Sefton 89.036 — 88.008 1.028 1.2 0.340 0.9
Wirral 112.776 0.115 111.385 1.276 1.1 0.386 0.9
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Barnsley 77.167 — 75.434 1.733 2.3 0.529 2.8
Doncaster 104.895 — 101.910 2.985 2.9 1.587 5.4
Rotherham 84.736 — 84.598 0.138 0.2 0.030 0.1
Sheffield 220.309 — 206.033 14.276 6.9 14.179 21.5
TYNE AND WEAR
Gateshead 77.367 0085 74.027 3.254 4.4 2.407 11.3
Newcastle upon Tyne 125.990 0.232 120.479 5.279 4.4 4.661 11.2
North Tyneside 77.300 0.116 72.783 4.401 6.0 3.715 18.0
South Tyneside 62.610 0.065 61.236 1.309 2.1 0.331 2.1
Sunderland 105.949 — 101.265 4.684 4.6 3.344 12.2
WEST MIDLANDS
Solihull 61.660 — 61.660 0.000 0.0 0.000 0.0
Walsall 98.806 — 96067 2.739 2.9 1.971 5.1
WEST YORKSHIRE
Bradford 170.135 — 167.288 2.847 1.7 0.597 1.4
Calderdale 65.652 — 64.326 1.326 2.1 0.304 1.9
Kirklees 129.352 — 126.816 2.536 2.0 0.521 1.6
METROPOLITAN COUNTIES
Greater Manchester 250.340 0.200 234.227 15.913 6.8 16.257 5.0
Merseyside 177.658 0.312 162.774 14.573 9.0 13.482 7.1
South Yorkshire 168.949 — 159.463 9.486 5.9 5.583 4.1
Tyne and Wear 145.514 0.429 134.720 10.364 7.7 7.379 5.8

Authority Budget Disregard Target Overspend Holdback
£ million £ million £ million £ million per cent. £ million pence
West Midlands 243.242 0.165 226.102 16.975 7.5 23.189 5.7
West Yorkshire 190.295 0.009 186.564 3.722 2.0 0.814 0.4
AVON
Northavon 4.049 — 4.028 0.021 0.5 0.011 0.1
BERKSHIRE
Reading 10.675 — 10.557 0.118 1.1 0.040 0.2
CHESHIRE
Chester 6.363 — 6.207 0.166 2.7 0.131 0.7
Ellesmere Port and Neston 4.424 — 4.387 0.037 0.8 0.019 0.1
Warrington 9.291 — 8.913 0.376 4.2 0.426 1.7
CLEVELAND
Hartlepool 6.515 — 6.109 0.406 6.6 0.341 3.4
CUMBRIA
Barrow in Furness 4.106 — 4.043 0.063 1.6 0.013 0.2
Carlisle 6.127 — 6.026 0.101 1.7 0.025 0.2
Copeland 4.262 — 4.182 0.080 1.9 0.018 0.3
DERBYSHIRE
Chesterfield 6.256 — 6.105 0.151 2.5 0.069 0.6
DEVON
Exeter 4.371 — 4.351 0.020 0.4 0.009 0.1
South Hams 3.074 — 3.069 0.005 0.1 0.001 0.0
West Devon 1.488 — 1.485 0.003 0.2 0.001 0.0
DORSET
Poole 5.881 — 5.766 0.115 2.0 0.053 0.3
West Dorset 2.517 — 2.517 0.000 0.0 0.000 0.0
Weymouth and Portland 3.047 — 2.988 0.059 2.0 0.016 0.2
DURHAM
Chester-le-Street 3.236 — 3.092 0.144 4.7 0.085 1.9
Darlington 8.098 — 7.921 0.177 2.2 0.054 0.4
Derwentside 6.261 — 6.243 0.018 0.3 0.003 0.0
Teesidale 0.963 — 0.955 0.008 0.8 0.002 0.1
EAST SUSSEX
Hastings 4.702 — 4.655 0.047 1.0 0.013 0.1
Hove 4.977 — 4.976 0.001 0.0 0.001 0.0
Lewes 4.012 — 4.001 0.011 0.3 0.004 0.0
ESSEX
Basildon 12.607 — 11.409 1.198 10.5 1.355 5.6
Braintree 4.131 — 4.112 0.019 0.5 0.009 0.1
Harlow 7.569 — 6.927 0.642 9.3 0.604 4.4
Thurrock 7.936 — 7.535 0.401 5.3 — —
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Cotswold 2.629 — 2.629 0.000 0.0 0.000 0.0
HAMPSHIRE
Portsmouth 16.383 — 15.788 0.595 3.8 0.397 1.5
HEREFORD AND WORCESTER
Malvern Hills 3.373 — 3.253 0.120 3.7 0.139 1.4
South Herefordshire 1.584 — 1.583 0.001 0.0 0.000 0.0
Worcester 3.960 — 3.948 0.012 0.3 0.005 0.0
Wyre Forest 6.283 — 6.205 0.078 1.3 0.021 0.2
HERTFORDSHIRE
Stevenage 5.958 — 5.842 0.116 2.0 0.034 0.3
Watford 5.564 — 5.453 0.111 2.0 0.044 0.3
Welwyn Hatfield 5.435 — 5.354 0.081 1.5 0.037 0.2
HUMBERSIDE
Cleethorpes 4.512 — 4.416 0.096 2.2 0.034 0.4
Glanford 3.516 — 3.487 0.029 0.8 0.010 0.1
Great Grimsby 5.690 — 5.449 0.241 4.4 0.216 1.9
Holderness 1.794 — 1.766 0.028 1.6 0.010 0.2
Kingston upon Hull 20.744 0.261 20.119 0.364 1.8 0.070 0.2
East Yorkshire 4.139 — 4.058 0.081 20 0.019 0.3

Authority Budget Disregard Target Overspend Holdback
£ million £ million £ million £ million per cent. £ million pence
Scunthorpe 6.314 — 6.050 0.264 4.4 0.225 1.9
ISLE OF WIGHT
South Wight 2.696 — 2.643 0.053 2.0 0.016 0.3
KENT
Ashford 4.054 — 4.054 0.000 0.0 0.000 0.0
Canterbury 6.539 — 6.528 0.011 0.2 0.003 0.0
Gillingham 2.499 — 2.484 0.015 0.6 0.009 0.1
Swale 5.319 — 5.283 0.036 0.7 0.011 0.1
Thanet 8.699 — 8.531 0.168 2.0 0.040 0.3
LANCASHIRE
Blackburn 13.558 0.019 13.456 0.083 0.6 0.011 0.1
Blackpool 10.480 — 9.958 0.522 5.2 0.459 2.5
Burnley 8.244 — 8.109 0.135 1.7 0.018 0.2
Chorley 4.045 — 3.939 0.106 2.7 0.065 0.7
Hyndbum 5.381 — 5.103 0.278 5.5 0.172 2.6
Pendle 5.641 — 5.453 0.188 3.4 0.078 1.3
Rossendale 4.695 — 4.557 0.138 3.0 0.048 1.0
South Ribble 3.583 — 3.338 0.245 7.3 0.393 3.9
LEICESTERSHIRE
Leicester 25.145 0.288 22.102 2.815 12.7 3.098 7.6
LINCOLNSHIRE
Boston 2.477 — 2,428 0.049 2.0 0.017 0.3
Lincoln 4.564 — 4.558 0.006 0.1 0.002 0.0
North Kesteven 2.814 — 2.760 0.054 1.9 0.020 0.3
NORFOLK
Breckland 3.103 — 3.028 0.075 2.5 0.067 0.6
Broadland 2.902 — 2.902 0.000 0.0 0.000 0.0
Norwich 10.561 — 10.423 0.138 1.3 0.041 0.2
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Corby 3.360 — 3.295 0.065 1.0 0.019 0.3
NORTHUMBERLAND
Blyth Valley 5.107 — 4.943 0164 3.3 0.083 1.2
Castle Morpeth 1.977 — 1,968 0.009 0.4 0.004 0.1
Tynedale 2.434 — 2.434 0.000 0.0 0.000 0.0
Wansbeck 4.836 — 4.738 0.098 2.1 0.024 0.3
NORTH YORKSHIRE
Scarborough 5.959 — 5.686 0.273 4.8 0.225 2.1
York 4.831 — 4.736 0.095 2.0 0.030 0.3
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Mansfield 5.938 — 5.822 0.116 2.0 0.022 0.2
SHROPSHIRE
Bridgnorth 1.563 — 1.562 0.001 0.0 0.000 0.0
SOMERSET
Yeovil 3.980 — 3.897 0.083 2.1 0.054 0.4
STAFFORDSHIRE
East Staffordshire 3.973 — 3.872 0.101 2.6 0.087 0.7
Stoke.on.Trent 13.210 — 13.147 0.063 0.5 0.021 0.1
SUFFOLK
Ipswich 7.998 — 7.587 0.411 5.4 0.481 2.6
Mid Suffolk 2.838 — 2.783 0.055 2.0 0.022 0.3
Waveney 4.947 — 4.946 0.001 0.0 0.000 0.0
SURREY
Reigate and Banstead 4.356 — 4.335 0.021 0.5 0.012 0.1
WARWICKSHIRE
North Warwickshire 2.717 — 2.684 0.033 1.2 0.013 0.2
Rugby 3.892 — 3.829 0.063 1.6 0.027 0.2
WEST SUSSEX
Arun 6.158 — 6.037 0.121 2.0 0.043 0.3
Crawley 6.593 — 5.806 0.787 13.6 — —

Authority Budget Disregard Target Overspend Holdback
£ million £ million £ million £ million per cent. £ million pence
Worthing 6.180 — 6.059 0.121 2.0 0.039 0.3
WILTSHIRE
North Wiltshire 3.735 — 3.665 0.070 1.9 0.027 0.3
Thamesdown 14.319 — 13.409 0.910 6.8 0.705 3.5
West Wiltshire 3.058 — 2.998 0.060 2.0 0.030 0.3
ISLES OF SCILLY 1.249 — 1.204 0.045 3.7 0.030 9.9