§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those local authorities which, 530W on the basis of the latest information available to him, have exceeded the Government's expenditure targets by more than 2 per cent., 4 per cent., and 6 per cent. in both of the financial years 1981–82 and 1982–83.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe authorities listed have, on the basis of latest available information, exceeded the Government's expenditure targets by more than 2 per cent., 4 per cent. and 6 per cent. in both of the financial years 1981–82 and 1982–83.
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Authorities spending in excess of target in both 1981–82 and 1982–83 (before disregards) 2 per cent or more 4 per cent. or more 6 per cent. or more Bristol YES — — Kingston upon Hull YES — — Harrogate YES — — Bolton YES — — Rochdale — YES — Wigan — YES — Knowsley YES — — Liverpool — — YES Sheffield — — YES Sunderland — YES — Coventry YES — — Dudley — YES — Sandwell — — YES Walsall — — YES Wolverhampton — — YES Kirklees — — YES Leeds — — YES City of London — — YES Camden — — YES Lewisham YES — — Brent — — YES Houslow YES — — Newham — YES — Waltham Forest — — YES Avon — — YES Bedfordshire — YES — Berkshire — — YES Buckinghamshire — — YES Cambridgeshire — — YES Cleveland — — YES Cornwall YES — — Derbyshire — — YES Devon — — YES Durham — YES — Essex — — YES Hampshire — YES — Hereford and Worcester — — YES Hertfordshire YES — — Humberside — — YES Kent — — YES Lancashire — — YES Leicestershire — — YES Lincolnshire — YES — Norfolk — — YES Northamptonshire — — YES North Yorkshire — — YES Nottinghamshire — — YES Oxfordshire YES — — Shropshire — YES — Somerset YES — — Staffordshire — — YES Suffolk — — YES Warwickshire — — YES West Sussex — YES — Wiltshire — YES — Greater Manchester — — YES Merseyside — — YES South Yorkshire — — YES Tyne and Wear — — YES West Midlands — — YES West Yorkshire — — YES ILEA — — YES
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those authorities whose outturn gross expenditure in 1982–83 was over 3 per cent. in excess of their budgeted gross expenditure in 1982–83.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe information my Department receives on local authorities' budgets relates to net revenue expenditure only.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list (a) those authorities whose total expenditure is budgeted to be 25 per cent. above grant-related expenditure in 1983–84; and of these under (a) which authorities are (b) spending in excess of their expenditure targets.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe authorities listed have budgeted for expenditure more than 25 per cent. above grant-related expenditure in 1983–84.
- Bristol
- Reading
- Peterborough
- Langbaurgh
- Middlesbrough
- Chesterfield
- Chester-le-Street
- Darlington
- Derwentside
- Durham
- Sedgefield
- Wear Valley
- Basildon
- Harlow
- Thurrock
- Wyre Forest
- Stevenage
- Dartford
- Blackburn
- Burnley
- Rossendale
- Norwich
- Wansbeck
- Bassetlaw
- Nuneaton and Bedworth
- Crawley
- Thamesdown
- Manchester
- Sheffield
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- City of London
- Camden
- Greenwich
- Hackney
- Islington
- Lambeth
- Lewisham
- Southwark
- Tower Hamlets
- Haringey
- Merseyside
- South Yorkshire
- Tyne and Wear
- GLC
- ILEA
Of these, all but Peterborough, Sedgefield, and Wear Valley are also budgeting to spend in excess of target.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the principles he has adopted in setting expenditure targets for individual local authorities in relation to the following components of total expenditure: (a) current expenditure, (b) revenue contributions to capital, (c) debt charges and (d) rate fund contributions to housing revenue account.
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§ Mr. WaldegraveThe principles on which expenditure guidance for English local authorities has been framed for 1984–85 are set out in annex D to the Rate Support Grant Report (England) 1984–85.