§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a list of those local authorities which (a) spent over 30 per cent. above their grant-related expenditure assessments in 1983–84, while (b) increasing their rates by over 10 per cent. in 1983–84 and (c) spent above target in 1982–83 and 1983–84.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinBased on outturn data for 1982–83 (or budget information where this is not yet available) and 1983–84 budgets, the list of authorities is:
- Greater London council
- Greenwich
- Hackney
- Lewisham
- Southwark
- Haringey
- Basildon
§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the number of local authorities whose expenditure increase in cash, as a percentage, between (a) 1978–79 and 1983–84 was less than 135.7 per cent. and (b) 1981–82 and 1983–84 was less than 20.7 per cent.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinIn England, there were:
(a) Four hundred and six local authorities whose expenditure increase between 1978–79 and 1983–84 was less than 135.70 per cent. This number included all local authorities except:
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- Cannock Chase
- City of London
- Crawley
- Greater London council
- Hackney
- Ipswich
- Kingswood
and
(b) Two hundred and seventy-two local authorities whose expenditure increase between 1981–82 and 1983–84 was less then 20.70 per cent. This number included all local authorities except the following:
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Authorities which Increased Their Net Current Expenditure by more than 20.7 per cent, between 1981–82 and 1983–84. Amber Valley Newark Ashfield Newham Barrow in Furness New Forest Basildon North Cornwall Bassetlaw North Hertfordshire Beverley North Kesteven Blyth Valley North Shropshire Boothferry North Wiltshire Bradford North West Leicester Breckland Northamptonshire Brent Northavon Brentwood Nottingham Burnley Nuneaton and Bedworth Camden Oadby and Wigston Cannock Chase Oswestry Canterbury Plymouth Caradon Poole Chaltenham Portsmouth Cheshire Preston Chester le Street Purbeck City of London Reading Colchester Ribble Valley Corby Rochester on Medway Crawley Rugby Darlington Runnymede Dartford Rushmoor Daventry Rutland Derby Salisbury Easington Scunthorpe East Cambridgeshire Sedgefield East Devon Shrewsbury and Atcham East Staffordshire Slough Eastleigh South Cambridgeshire Fareham South Derbyshire Forest Heath South Lakeland Forest of Dean South Northampton Fylde South Oxfordshire Gedling South Ribble Glanford South Yorkshire Great Grimsby Southampton Greater London council Southwark Greenwich Spelthorne Guildford Stafford Hackney Stoke-on-Trent Haringey Stratford-on-Avon Harlow Suffolk Coastal Havant Teesdale Hereford Thamesdown Hinckley and Bosworth Thurrock Holderness Torbay Huntingdon Torridge I.L.E.A. Tower Hamlets Ipswich Tynedale Isles of Scilly Vale of White Horse Islington Warrington Kingston-upon-Hull Waveney Kingswood Wellingborough Lambeth West Devon Lancaster West Derbyshire Leicestershire West Lindsey Leicester West Wiltshire Luton Weymouth and Portland Maldon Wimborne Malvern Hills Winchester Mansfield Windsor and Maidenhead Mendip Woking Merseyside Wokingham Middlesbrough Worcester Mid Devon Wychavon Mid Suffolk York Milton Keynes
§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give his best estimate for the total expenditure by local authorities on all kinds of improvement and renovation grants to home owners in 1983–84; and if he will give the figures for each of the last five years (a) in cash terms and (b) in real terms at 1983 prices.
§ Sir George YoungEstimated spending by local authorities on all kinds of home improvement grants in 1983–84 is £740 million.
The figures for each of the five previous years are:
Cash Cost terms at 1983 prices £ million £ million 1978–79 90 154 1979–80 120 175 1980–81 129 159 1981–82 197 221 1982–83 430 452
§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a list of those local authorities which (a) spent over 20 per cent. above their grant-related expenditure assessments in 1982–83 and 1983–84, while (b) increasing their rates by over 8 per cent. in 1982–83 and 1983–84 and (c) spent more than 0.5 per cent. above target in 1983–84.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinBased on outturn data for 1982–83 (or budget information where this is not yet available) and 1983–84 budgets, the list of authorities is:
- Merseyside
- South Yorkshire
- Manchester
- Sheffield
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- North Tyneside
- Greenwich
- Basildon