HC Deb 18 June 1984 vol 62 cc67-77W
Mr. Chris Smith

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are his Department's current estimates of the total amount by which local government is expected to overspend in 1984–85 against (a) grant-related expenditure assessments, and (b) Department of Environment guidance figures; and if he will supply a breakdown of these overspend figures in each category listed for each individual authority in terms of both total money amount of overspend and percentage.

Mr. Waldegrave

Local authorities' budgets for 1984–85 reported on form RER 85 exceed the aggregate grant related expenditure assessments (GRE) set out in the 1984–85 rate support grant report by £1,482.393 million (7.7 per cent.) and exceed the aggregate expenditure guidance by £840.477 million (4.2 per cent.).

These figures exclude the city of Liverpool, for which a form RER 85 has not yet been received.

Following is the information for individual authorities.

Overspend against GRE Overspend against expenditure guidance
Money Money
£ million per cent. £ million per cent.
Shire Counties
Avon 16.277 5.4 12.670 4.1
Bedfordshire 5.247 2.8 3.780 2.0
Berkshire -10.270 -4.3 — —
Buckinghamshire -5.822 -2.8 1.968 1.0
Cambridgeshire -7.176 -3.5 3.889 2.0
Cheshire 17.433 5.3 15.714 4.7
Cleveland 11.404 5.1 11.399 5.1
Cornwall -9.036 -6.2 1.442 1.1
Cumbria 3.485 2.2 3.304 2.0
Derbyshire 2.855 0.9 14.827 4.9
Devon -11.967 -3.8 3.015 1.0
Dorset -5.092 -2.7 0.497 0.3
Durham 2.014 1.0 3.007 1.5
East Sussex -11.362 -5.4 — —
Essex -16.795 -3.4 6.543 1.4
Gloucestershire -5.476 -3.3 0.082 0.1
Hampshire -18.805 -3.8 — —
Hereford and Worcester -8.713 -4.0 1.227 0.6
Hertfordshire -0.937 -0.3 3.176 1.0
Humberside — — 8.261 2.7
Isle of Wight -0.864 -2.1 0.792 2.0
Kent -31.738 -6.3 5.115 1.1
Lancashire -12.832 -2.6 5.174 1.1
Leicestershire -13.104 -4.3 — —
Lincolnshire -7.413 -3.9 1.828 1.0
Norfolk -13.897 -6.0 0.065 0.0
Northamptonshire -9.039 -4.5 4.239 2.3
Northumberland 5.016 5.0 3.210 3.1
North Yorkshire -2.504 -1.1 — —
Nottinghamshire 0.686 0.2 7.237 2.1
Oxfordshire -3.372 -2.0 — —
Shropshire -6.930 -5.1 0.393 0.3
Somerset -3.603 -2.5 1.378 1.0
Staffordshire -2.289 -0.6 9.230 2.7
Suffolk -5.515 -2.8 0.001 0.0
Surrey -5.205 -1.7 2.911 1.0
Warwickshire -4.147 -2.5 1.680 1.1
West Sussex -17.582 -8.4 2.039 1.1
Wiltshire -9.237 -5.1 — —
Greater London
City of London 39.888 247.0 -0.002 -0.0
Camden 54.809 86.4 16.619 16.4
Greenwich 30.068 79.2 9.486 16.2
Hackney 24.011 40.8 3.885 4.9

Overspend against GRE Overspend against expenditure guidance
Money Money
£ million per cent. £ million per cent.
Hammersmith and Fulham 12.243 27.2 0.137 0.2
Islington 28.658 49.9 15.652 22.2
Kensington and Chelsea 2.056 5.7 -0.470 -1.2
Lambeth 36.491 46.9 13.000 12.8
Lewisham 30.156 60.7 5.214 7.0
Southwark 37.303 51.9 15.693 16.8
Tower Hamlets 24.077 59.5 1.882 3.0
Wandsworth 0.767 1.2 0.621 1.0
Westminster 1.867 3.1 -4.829 -7.2
Barking and Dagenham 7.732 14.7 1.012 1.7
Barnet 4.284 4.5 0.107 0.1
Bexley 4.811 6.4 1.566 2.0
Brent 24.596 21.1 6.871 5.1
Bromley 0.085 0.1 0.103 0.1
Croydon -6.679 -5.9 — —
Ealing 2.499 2.2 0.002 0.0
Enfield 3.399 3.7 1.866 2.0
Haringey 33.070 34.1 7.464 6.1
Harrow 7.087 10.8 1.428 2.0
Havering 5.008 6.3 — —
Hillingdon 8.381 10.6 0.289 0.3
Hounslow 12.655 16.6 3.849 4.5
Kingston-upon-Thames 1.147 2.6 -0.000 -0.0
Merton 1.032 1.8 0.938 1.6
Newham 12.900 12.0 -0.009 -0.0
Redbridge -0.304 -0.4 0.036 0.0
Richmond-upon-Thames 3.088 6.4 1.010 2.0
Sutton -0.361 -0.7 — —
Waltham Forest 18.621 20.7 -0.021 -0.0
GLC 418.494 80.9 374.271 66.7
ILEA 390.123 73.2 124.775 15.6
Greater Manchester
Bolton -2.243 -2.4 0.848 0.9
Bury 3.034 5.4 0.624 1.1
Manchester 49.568 25.6 -0.186 -0.1
Oldham -0.978 -1.2 0.172 0.2
Rochdale 10.047 13.4 2.230 2.7
Salford 5.153 5.8 0.027 0.0
Stockport -0.783 -0.9 — —
Tameside 5.363 7.2 2.055 2.6
Trafford -0.628 -0.9 -0.003 -0.0
Wigan 6.542 6.4 2.800 2.6
Merseyside
Knowsley 4.849 7.3 2.064 3.0
Liverpool n/a n/a n/a n/a
St. Helens 4.673 7.2 2.076 3.1
Sefton -2.886 -3.1 0.120 0.1
Wirral 0.803 0.7 0.672 0.6
South Yorkshire
Barnsley 7.029 9.9 1.480 1.9
Doncaster 9.667 10.0 2.991 2.9
Rotherham 2.016 2.4 0.050 0.1
Sheffield 38.171 21.1 9.782 4.7
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 9.045 13.5 0.990 1.3
Newcastle upon Tyne 28.814 29.5 4.160 3.4
North Tyneside 11.815 18.2 2.751 3.7
South Tyneside 6.550 11.6 0.934 1.5
Sunderland 8.488 8.5 5.475 5.3
West Midlands
Birmingham -24.428 -6.1 — —
Coventry 5.210 4.6 — —
Dudley -7.495 -8.0 0.023 0.0
Sandwell -3.028 -2.6 0.290 0.3
Solihull -3.878 -5.8 0.000 0.0

Overspend against GRE Overspend against expenditure guidance
Money Money
£ million per cent. £ million per cent.
Walsall 2.825 2.9 1.950 2.0
Wolverhampton 0.361 0.4 — —
West Yorkshire
Bradford 1.928 1.1 5.811 3.4
Calderdale 0.754 1.1 1.303 2.0
Kirklees -1.940 -1.5 1.297 1.0
Leeds 0.575 0.2 — —
Wakefield 1.158 1.2 1.748 1.8
Metropolitan Counties
Greater Manchester 22.022 9.7 11.718 4.9
Merseyside 34.528 23.8 14.421 8.7
South Yorkshire 68.845 66.7 10.210 6.3
Tyne and Wear 23.741 19.8 6.678 4.9
West Midlands 10.028 4.3 13.731 6.0
West Yorkshire 22.544 13.4 1.042 0.6

Overspend against GRE Overspend against expenditure guidance
Money Money
£ million Per cent. £ million Per cent.
Avon
Bath -1.530 -30.9 -0.813 -19.2
Bristol 4.169 17.6 -6.197 -18.2
Kingswood -0.870 -21.9 -0.638 -17.1
Northavon -0.903 -17.9 0.000 0.0
Wansdyke -1.280 -39.8 -0.844 -30.4
Woodspring -0.452 -5.8 -0.554 -7.0
Bedfordshire
North Bedfordshire -0.197 -3.3 — —
Luton -0.081 -0.9 — —
Mid Bedfordshire -0.607 -16.9 -0.112 -3.6
South Bedfordshire 0.389 8.7 -0.008 -0.2
Berkshire
Bracknell -0.692 -17.3 -0.084 -2.5
Newbury -0.363 -6.5 -0.010 -0.2
Reading 2.103 26.7 -0.730 -6.8
Slough -1.328 -22.6 -1.252 -21.6
Windsor and Maidenhead -0.791 -12.3 -0.363 -6.1
Wokingham -0.383 -7.8 -0.000 -0.0
Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury Vale -1.683 -30.0 -0.000 -0.0
South Bucks -0.336 -13.4 0.000 0.0
Chiltern -0.526 -14.3 — —
Milton Keynes 1.157 19.0 -0.000 -0.0
Wycombe -1.519 -22.1 -0.007 -0.1
Cambridgeshire
Cambridge -0.435 -7.7 -0.000 -0.0
East Cambridgeshire -0.750 -35.3 -0.530 -27.8
Fenland -0.609 -20.0 -0.368 -13.1
Huntingdon -0.595 -11.9 — —
Peterborough 2.261 34.7 — —
South Cambridgeshire -1.555 -36.9 -0.001 -0.0
Cheshire
Chester 0.720 12.6 0.127 2.0
Congleton 0.108 3.2 -0.215 -5.9
Crewe and Nantwich 0.843 17.0 -0.108 -1.8
Ellesmere Port and Neston 0.320 7.7 — —
Halton 0.620 10.4 -0.001 -0.0
Macclesfield -0.636 -9.2 -0.016 -0.3
Vale Royal 0.217 4.6 -0.176 -3.4
Warrington 1.062 13.2 0.061 0.7
Cleveland
Hartlepool 0.890 16.4 0.115 1.9
Langbaurgh 3.902 52.3 -2.650 -18.9
Middlesbrough 6.348 68.1 0.400 2.6

Overspend against GRE Overspend against expenditure guidance
Money Money
£ million Per cent. £ million Per cent.
Stockton-on-Tees 2.555 30.2 -0.091 -0.8
Cornwall
Caradon -0.454 -14.3 — —
Carrick -0.138 -3.6 -0.071 -1.9
Kerrier -0.614 -16.0 0.065 2.0
North Cornwall -0.468 -14.2 — —
Penwrith -0.067 -2.4 -0.302 -9.9
Restormel -0.468 -12.5 -0.046 -1.4
Cumbria
Allerdale 0.141 2.8 0.040 0.8
Barrow in Furness 0.403 10.5 0.062 1.5
Carlisle 1.134 22.2 0.120 2.0
Copeland 0.770 22.2 -0.000 -0.0
Eden -0.451 -21.6 0.039 2.4
South Lakeland 0.009 0.2 -0.228 -4.5
Derbyshire
Amber Valley 0.035 0.7 — —
Bolsover 0.520 17.1 0.070 2.0
Chesterfield 1.422 29.0 0.132 2.1
Derby 0.496 4.2 — —
Erewash 0.293 6.0 -0.003 -0.1
High Peak 0.339 9.4 -0.040 -1.0
North East Derbyshire 0.692 17.6 0.044 1.0
South Derbyshire -0.538 -19.1 — —
West Derbyshire 0.120 4.0 0.000 0.0
Devon
East Devon -0.962 -17.9 0.011 0.2
Exeter -1.115 -19.3 -0.008 -0.2
North Devon -0.113 -3.1 -0.097 -2.7
Plymouth -2.149 -15.6 -0.000 -0.0
South Hams -0.056 -1.7 0.012 0.4
Teignbridge -0.171 -3.6 — —
Mid Devon -0.384 -15.1 -0.328 -13.2
Torbay 0.166 2.6 — —
Torridge 0.032 1.3 — —
West Devon -0.400 -20.9 -0.001 -0.0
Dorset
Bournemouth 0.309 3.3 — —
Christchurch -0.338 -15.6 — —
North Dorset -0.904 -41.1 — —
Poole -0.437 -6.8 — —
Purbeck -0.552 -29.2 — —
West Dorset -1.354 -33.8 — —
Weymouth and Portland -0.023 -0.7 — —
Wimborne -0.497 -16.1 — —
Durham
Chester-le-Street 0.911 40.0 0.052 1.7
Darlington 2.860 53.0 0.215 2.7
Derwentside 2.110 49.2 0.063 1.0
Durham 1.580 40.6 0.000 0.0
Easington 1.255 25.2 -0.001 -0.0
Sedgefield 3.689 85.2 0.015 0.2
Teesdale -0.166 -14.2 0.022 2.2
Wear Valley 1.877 59.5 — —
East Sussex
Brighton 3.120 30.3 — —
Eastbourne 0.588 11.7 — —
Hastings 0.078 1.6 — —
Hove -1.284 -19.9 -0.000 -0.0
Lewes 0.102 2.6 -0.005 -0.1
Rother -0.311 -7.2 — —
Wealden -1.269 -23.6 0.039 1.0
Essex
Basildon 5.693 70.6 2.022 17.2
Braintree -0.662 -13.6 — —
Brentwood -0.491 -15.4 — —

Overspend against GRE Overspend against expenditure guidance
Money Money
£ million Per cent. £ million Per cent.
Castle Point -0.151 -3.8 — —
Chelmsford -2.065 -31.7 -0.000 -0.0
Colchester -1.868 -28.7 -0.862 -15.6
Epping Forest -0.255 -4.9 -0.521 -9.6
Harlow 4.645 110.6 1.799 25.5
Maldon -0.413 -20.1 -0.118 -6.7
Rochford -0.104 -3.1 -0.003 -0.1
Southend-on-Sea 0.244 2.4 — —
Tendring -0.062 -1.0 -0.004 -0.1
Thurrock 2.894 51.3 0.887 11.6
Uttlesford -0.453 -17.5 — —
Gloucestershire
Cheltenham -0.740 -15.1 -0.654 -13.5
Cotswold -0.544 -16.8 — —
Forest of Dean -0.386 -12.6 — —
Gloucester -1.669 -33.8 — —
Stroud -0.827 -19.2 — —
Tewkesbury -0.898 27.7 — —
Hampshire
Basingstoke and Deane -0.230 -3.9 -0.311 -5.1
East Hampshire 0.196 5.1 — —
Eastleigh -0.412 -10.2 — —
Fareham 0.252 6.4 — —
Gosport -0.247 -6.2 — —
Hart -0.136 -4.5 -0.000 -0.0
Havant -0.520 -9.4 — —
New Forest -0.648 -9.3 -0.000 -0.0
Portsmouth 4.332 34.6 0.842 5.3
Rushmoor 0.538 12.4 — —
Southampton 0.904 7.3 — —
Test Valley -0.511 -12.7 — —
Winchester -0.268 -6.5 — —
Hereford and Worcester
Bromsgrove -0.831 -24.2 -0.018 -0.7
Hereford -0.013 -0.5 — —
Leominster -0.233 -13.9 — —
Malvern Hills -0.130 -3.6 -0.066 1.9
Redditch 0.485 15.5 — —
South Herefordshire -0.437 -21.6 -4.03 -2.7
Worcester 0.100 2.5 — —
Wychavon 0.441 10.9 -0.956 -1.2
Wyre Forest 1.988 46.1 -0.000 -0.0
Hertfordshire
Broxbourne 0.209 5.6 -0.199 -4.8
Dacorum 0.187 2.9 -0.005 -0.1
East Hertfordshire 0.441 9.1 — —
Hertsmere 0.961 22.3 — —
North Hertfordshire -0.085 -1.7 — —
St. Albans -0.686 -11.7 -0.004 -0.1
Stevenage 1.972 49.8 — —
Three Rivers 0.322 9.0 -0.185 -4.5
Watford 0.539 11.5 -0.287 -5.2
Welwyn Hatfield 1.095 25.1 0.022 0.4
Humberside
Beverley -0.936 -18.9 -0.000 -0.0
Boothferry 0.323 9.8 — —
Cleethorpes 0.708 19.1 -0.065 -1.5
Glanford 0.087 2.5 — —
Great Grimsby 0.384 6.9 0.123 2.1
Holderness -0.373 -16.9 0.000 0.0
Kingston upon Hull 2.307 12.2 0.833 4.1
East Yorkshire 0.272 7.0 0.041 1.0
Scunthorpe 1.197 25.1 -0.166 -2.7
Isle of Wight
Medina 0.062 2.0 — —
South Wight 0.363 15.4 0.043 1.6
Kent

Overspend against GRE Overspend against expenditure guidance
Money Money
£ million Per cent. £ million Per cent.
Ashford -0.121 -2.8 -0.000 -0.0
Canterbury 0.331 5.2 0.018 0.3
Dartford 1.318 33.0 -0.186 -3.4
Dover -0.018 -0.4 -0.481 -8.7
Gillingham -2.192 -46.2 — —
Gravesham 0.093 1.9 -0.001 -0.0
Maidstone -0.684 -11.1 -0.520 -8.7
Rochester upon Medway -0.939 -11.9 -0.000 0.0
Sevenoaks 0.268 5.5 -0.000 -0.0
Shepway 0.249 5.1 — —
Swale 0.192 3.7 -0.002 -0.0
Thanet 1.046 13.7 0.000 0.0
Tonbridge and Malling 0.749 17.3 -0.371 -6.8
Tunbridge Wells -0.355 -7.5 0.000 0.0
Lancashire
Blackburn 4.110 41.8 0.276 2.0
Blackpool 0.930 9.4 0.349 3.3
Burnley 2.936 53.8 0.169 2.1
Chorley 0.111 2.8 -0.028 -0.7
Fylde 0.212 6.2 — —
Hyndburn 1.206 28.8 0.221 4.3
Lancaster 0.663 9.9 — —
Pendle 1.177 26.3 0.111 2.0
Preston 0.724 9.3 — —
Ribble Valley 0.178 7.8 — —
Rossendale 1.690 55.8 0.096 2.1
South Ribble -0.568 -13.2 0.073 2.0
West Lancashire 0.338 7.1 0.002 0.0
Wyre -0.278 -5.0 — —
Leicestershire
Blaby -0.671 -21.8 — —
Charnwood -1.277 -21.8 -0.449 -8.9
Harborough -0.152 -6.3 — —
Hinckley and Bosworth -0.885 -24.5 -0.092 -3.3
Leicester 5.330 27.7 1.156 4.9
Melton -0.168 -9.1 -0.000 -0.0
North West Leicestershire 0.152 4.6 -0.024 -0.7
Oadby and Wigston -0.668 -29.1 — —
Rutland -0.259 -20.0 -0.060 -5.4
Lincolnshire
Boston -0.306 -10.8 0.015 0.6
East Lindsey -0.619 -12.4 -0.352 -7.4
Lincoln 0.305 7.1 -0.000 -0.0
North Kesteven -0.368 -11.4 -0.001 -0.0
South Holland 0.080 2.5 — —
South Kesteven -0.639 -14.1 -0.000 -0.0
West Lindsey 0.093 2.9 -0.001 -0.0
Norfolk
Breckland -0.980 -23.0 0.039 1.2
Broadland -0.984 -24.9 -0.000 -0.0
Great Yarmouth 0.873 19.1 0.151 2.9
North Norfolk -0.818 -18.3 -0.015 -0.4
Norwich 2.049 26.2 -0.700 -6.6
South Norfolk -1.097 -27.4 — —
King's Lynn and West Norfolk -0.206 -3.5 -0.015 -0.3
Northamptonshire
Corby 0.483 16.8 0.006 0.2
Daventry -0.348 -14.5 0.004 0.2
East Northamptonshire -1.114 -40.1 — —
Kettering -0.104 -2.9 -0.002 -0.1
Northampton 0.935 10.0 — —
South Northamptonshire -0.918 -34.6 -0.334 -16.1
Wellingborough -0.073 -2.4 -0.001 -0.0
Northumberland
Alnwick -0.204 -12.2 — —
Berwick-upon-Tweed -0.223 -16.2 0.002 0.2
Blyth Valley 1.241 31.6 0.154 3.1

Overspend against GRE Overspend against expenditure guidance
Money Money
£ million Per cent. £ million Per cent.
Castle Morpeth -0.157 -7.2 — —
Tynedale -0.081 -3.2 0.004 0.2
Wansbeck 1.725 54.3 0.095 2.0
North Yorkshire
Craven 0.083 3.8 -0.003 -0.1
Hambleton -0.500 -16.1 -0.001 -0.0
Harrogate 1.896 28.7 — —
Richmondshire 0.108 5.5 — —
Ryedale -0.724 -20.1 -0.000 -0.0
Scarborough 0.554 10.4 0.115 2.0
Selby -0.117 -3.5 -0.055 -1.7
York -0.931 -15.9 — —
Nottinghamshire
Ashfield 0.810 18.3 0.000 0.0
Bassetlaw 1.504 34.9 -0.008 -0.1
Broxtowe -0.020 -0.4 -0.163 -3.4
Gedling -0.035 -0.7 -0.027 -0.6
Mansfield 0.883 17.3 0.074 1.3
Newark -0.034 -0.8 -0.257 -5.5
Nottingham 1.265 7.0 0.318 1.7
Rushcliffe 0.397 10.9 — —
Oxfordshire
Cherwell -1.490 -30.3 -0.237 -6.5
Oxford -0.734 -10.0 — —
South Oxfordshire -1.330 -24.4 -1.008 -19.6
Vale of White Horse -1.670 -39.3 -0.672 -20.7
West Oxfordshire -0.590 -16.7 — —
Shropshire
Bridgnorth -0.459 -22.4 — —
North Shropshire -0.408 -17.1 -0.000 -0.0
Oswestry -0.222 -15.6 — —
Shrewsbury and Atcham -0.340 -8.4 0.003 0.1
South Shropshire -0.348 -19.0 — —
The Wrekin 1.451 24.6 — —
Somerset
Mendip -1.138 -28.9 — —
Sedgemoor -0.334 -8.1 0.001 0.0
Taunton Deane -0.647 -15.1 0.000 0.0
West Somerset -0.458 -27.8 — —
Yeovil -1.934 -31.8 0.071 1.7
Staffordshire
Cannock Chase 0.150 3.9 -0.108 -2.6
East Staffordshire -0.650 -13.8 -0.144 -3.4
Lichfield -.595 -16.7 -0.002 -0.1
Newcastle-under-Lyme 0.229 4.3 — —
South Staffordshire -0.774 -20.6 — —
Stafford -0.811 -15.3 — —
Staffordshire Moorlands -0.262 -6.8 -0.463 -11.5
Stoke-on-Trent 0.649 4.9 0.360 2.7
Tamworth -0.037 -1.2 — —
Suffolk
Babergh -0.594 -17.1 -0.242 -7.8
Forest Heath 0.020 0.8 — —
Ipswich 0.890 13.1 -0.000 -0.0
Mid Suffolk -0.219 -7.0 -0.000 -0.0
St. Edmundsbury -0.960 -23.9 -0.011 -0.3
Suffolk Coastal -0.673 -14.6 0.028 0.7
Waveney -0.378 -7.0 -0.001 -0.0
Surrey
Elmbridge 0.686 13.8 — —
Epsom and Ewell 0.389 12.8 — —
Guildford -0.105 -2.0 0.000 0.0
Mole Valley -0.241 -7.6 -0.056 -1.9
Reigate and Banstead -0.042 -0.9 0.128 2.8
Runnymede -0.060 -2.0 0.007 0.2
Spelthorne -0.142 -3.4 — —

Overspend against GRE Overspend against expenditure guidance
Money Money
£ million Per cent. £ million Per cent.
Surrey Heath 0.066 2.1 -0.002 -0.1
Tandridge -0.545 -18.6 -0.227 -8.7
Waverley 0.237 5.3 -0.004 -0.1
Woking -0.340 -7.9 0.009 0.2
Warwickshire
North Warwickshire 0.255 10.3 — —
Nuneaton and Bedworth 2.174 43.6 -0.243 -3.3
Rugby -0.057 -1.4 0.005 0.1
Stratford on Avon -0.025 -0.6 — —
Warwick -0.316 -5.8 0.045 0.9
West Sussex
Adur 0.845 30.8 -0.018 -0.5
Arun -0.338 -5.1 -0.001 -0.0
Chichester -0.530 -11.0 -0.418 -8.8
Crawley 3.128 82.5 0.785 12.8
Horsham -0.425 -9.2 -0.000 -0.0
Mid Sussex -0.591 -11.3 — —
Worthing 0.254 4.2 — —
Wiltshire
Kennet -0.351 -12.7 — —
North Wiltshire -0.417 -9.5 0.146 3.8
Salisbury -0.949 -20.9 — —
Thamesdown 6.781 90.3 0.687 5.0
West Wiltshire -1.117 -26.2 -0.091 -2.8
Isles of Scilly -0.002 -0.1 -0.004 -0.3

Dr. Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the 30 local authorities with the largest percentage increase in their budgeted current expenditure in 1984–85 compared with 1981–82, including any which may have reduced their expenditure, showing also the change in their rate or precept in the same period.

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

The information is given in the table for 31 authorities. The last two quoted have the same percentage increase in budgeted current expenditure over the period.

31 authorities with the lowest percentage increase in budgeted current expenditure between 1981–82 and 1984–85
Percentage change in budgeted current expenditure* Percentage change in local rate† or precept
Harrogate -25.7 -4.4
Bath -15.0 0
Aylesbury Vale -11.2 9.6
Cleethorpes -7.8 8.9
Bracknell -7.1 -21.0
Vale of White Horse -2.6 -18.3
Kettering -2.5 7.4
Dover -2.4 0.7
Lewes -2.1 22.7
Eastbourne -1.8 -5.2
South Shropshire -1.5 -11.1
Langbaurgh -0.6 5.9
Richmondshire -0.4 27.2
Chiltern -0.4 -3.7
N.E. Derbyshire -0.4 2.6
Bristol 0.1 9.3
Penwith 0.1 39.6
Sedgemoor 1.3 -3.9
Alnwick 1.5 16.2
Stevenage 2.0 -7.2
Kennet 2.4 2.9
Tamworth 3.2 9.1

Percentage change in budgeted current expenditure* Percentage change in local rate† or precept
Vale Royal 3.3 11.2
Bromsgrove 3.3 5.4
Rushmoor 3.5 0
Test Valley 3.5 15.5
Crewe and Nantwich 4.0 18.6
Carlisle 4.3 0.1
Sevenoaks 5.0 9.9
Copeland 5.2 -0.5
Basingstoke & Deane 5.2 -8.3
* Budgeted current expenditure figures for 1981–82 are taken from local authorities' revised budget returns.
† Including average parish precepts where applicable. 1981–82 rate poundages include any supplementary rates/precepts levied in that year.

Dr. Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the 30 local authorities with the largest percentage increase in their budgeted current expenditure in 1984–85 compared with 1981–82, showing also the change in their rate or precept in the same period.

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

The information is as follows:

30 authorities with the largest percentage increase in budgeted current expenditure between 1981–82 and 1984–85
Percentage change in budgeted current expenditure* Percentage change in local rate† or precept
Greater London Council 75.8 101.9
City of London 75.8 -1.7
Hackney 53.2 34.8
Islington 52.2 70.2
Forest Heath 47.0 -13.9
Leicester 45.4 66.7
Kingswood 43.8 20.0
Southwark 43.1 63.6
South Ribble 41.1 50.7
Camden 39.9 2.8
Forest of Dean 39.6 77.5
Wellingborough 39.4 11.6
Nottingham 39.4 47.7
Bassetlaw 39.2 -25.7
Gedling 38.1 0.5
Colchester 38.0 5.6
Bournemouth 37.9 4.0
Cheltenham 37.8 5.7
South Northampton 37.7 12.5
Wimborne 36.9 35.3
South Derbyshire 35.5 22.3
Kingston-upon-Hull 35.1 32.6
Preston 35.0 19.0
Staffs. Moorlands 34.9 27.3
Corby 34.8 -19.8
Brent 34.3 13.7
East Staffordshire 34.2 -10.6
Mansfield 34.1 6.0
Bolsover 34.0 24.5
Crawley 33.8 3.5
* Budgeted current expenditure figures for 1981–82 are taken from local authorities' revised budget returns.
† Including average parish precepts where applicable. 1981–82 rate poundages include any supplementary rates/precepts levied in that year.

Dr. Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the 30 local authorities with the largest percentage increase in their budgeted current expenditure in 1984–85 compared with 1983–84, showing also the change in their rate or precept in the same period.

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

The information is as follows:

30 authorities with the largest percentage increase in budgeted current expenditure between 1983–84 and 1984–85
Percentage change in budgeted current expenditure Percentage change in local rate* or precept
City of London 55.4 2.8
Redditch 28.5 48.4
Bournemouth 25.0 8.3
North Shropshire 23.9 9.0
Peterborough 22.0 6.9
Aylesbury Vale 21.7 5.7
Islington 19.1 29.6
Bolsover 18.8 4.1
South Derbyshire 18.6 6.1
Staffordshire Moorlands 18.0 15.9
Plymouth 17.7 15.1
Brentwood 16.0 13.2
Wealden 15.8 14.9
Basildon 15.4 8.4
Lewisham 14.2 32.1
Ashford 14.1 6.0
Chichester 13.8 10.5
Woking 13.4 7.3
Camden 13.1 17.1
Tewkesbury 13.0 17.8
South Ribble 13.0 18.8
Cherwell 13.0 5.1
Rutland 12.9 7.2
Mansfield 12.4 0.2
Forest of Dean 12.3 19.4
Oswestry 12.3 41.0
Glanford 12.1 5.6
West Dorset 11.7 17.8
Fenland 11.7 10.0
Basingstoke and Deane 11.7 -5.5
* Includes average parish precepts where applicable.

Dr. Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the 30 local authorities with the lowest percentage increase in their budgeted current expenditure in 1984–85 compared with 1983–84, including any which may have reduced their expenditure, showing also the change in their rate or precept in the same period.

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

The information is as follows:

30 authorities with the lowest percentage increase in budgeted current expenditure between 1983–84 and 1984–85
Percentage change in budgeted current expenditure Percentage change in local rate* or precept
Fareham -15.3 7.5
Vale of White Horse -13.5 -14.9
Bracknell -12.4 -5.6
Scunthorpe -10.5 0.0
Cleethorpes -9.2 0.6
Daventry -9.1 15.2
Bristol -9.0 0.0
East Devon -8.0 19.9
Easington -7.1 4.2
Nottingham -7.1 17.4
Epsom and Ewell -6.5 6.6
Selby -6.5 48.8
Maidstone -6.3 -0.2
Reading -6.2 -11.8
Langbaurgh -6.0 0.3
South Kesteven -5.6 8.3
Uttlesford -5.2 35.4
Rossendale -4.8 4.3

Percentage change in budgeted current expenditure Percentage change in local rate* or precept
Guildford -4.7 4.6
Hartlepool -4.6 4.0
Derby -4.5 0.0
Swale -4.1 18.9
Cannock Chase -4.1 44.2
Chiltern -4.0 13.3
Wear Valley -3.7 18.5
Nottinghamshire -3.3 12.5
Copeland -3.2 0.6
Penwith -3.2 21.0
York -3.1 0.0
East Staffordshire -2.7 1.2
* Including average parish precepts where applicable.