HC Deb 04 July 1985 vol 82 cc202-7W
Mrs. Currie

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all the local authorities in England and Wales which showed a surplus on their housing revenue account in each year since 1982.

Sir George Young

Local authorities in England which made net transfers from their housing revenue accounts to their general rate funds are as follows. The information AS provided by local authorities in their housing subsidy claim forms. My Department does not collect information from local authorities in Wales.

County Authority 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 (estimate)
Greater Manchester Bury X
Merseyside St. Helens X
Tyne & Wear South Tyneside X
West Midlands Dudley X X
Greater London Barking & Dagenham X X X
Barnet X
Bromley X X X X
Ealing X X X
Havering X X X X
Hillingdon X X X X
Kingston upon Thames X X X
Merton X X
Redbridge X X
Sutton X X X
Avon Wandsdyke X X
Woodspring X X X X
Bedfordshire South Bedfordshire X
Berkshire Bracknell X X X X
Reading X
Slough X X X
Windsor & Maidenhead X X X X
Wokingham X X
Buckinghamshire Beaconsfield X X X X
Wycombe X
Cambridgeshire East Cambridgeshire X X X X
Fenland X
Cheshire Congleton X X X X
Cleveland Stockton on Tees X
Cornwall Carrick X X X
Kerrier X
Penwith X X
Restormel X X X X
Cumbria Barrow in Furness X X
South Lakeland X X X X
Devon East Devon X X X
Exeter X X X X
North Devon X X X
Plymouth X
South Hams X X X
Mid Devon X
Torbay X X X
Dorset Bournemouth X X X X
Christchurch X
North Dorset X X X X
Poole X X
Purbeck X
West Dorset X X
Wimborne X X X X
East Sussex Brighton X X X X
Eastbourne X X X X
Hove X X X X
Rother X X
Essex Brentwood X X X X
Castle Point X X X X
Colchester X X X X
Epping Forest X X X
Maldon X X
Rochford X X X X
Southend on Sea X

County Authority 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 (estimate)
Tendring X X
Thurrock X
Gloucestershire Cheltenham X X X X
Gloucester X X X
Tewkesbury X X X
Hampshire Basingstoke & Deane X
Gosport X
Havant X X X
Hereford & Worcester Hereford X X X
Leominster X
Worcester X
Hertfordshire Broxbourne X X X
Dacorum X X X X
East Hertfordshire X
North Hertfordshire X
Three Rivers X X X X
Humberside Glanford X X
Isle of Wight South Wight X X X
Kent Ashford X
Canterbury X
Dartford X
Shepway X X X
Tonbridge & Mailing X X X X
Tunbridge Wells X
Lancashire Blackpool X
Hyndburn X
Lancaster X X X
Rossendale X
West Lancashire X X X
Leicestershire Harborough X X X X
Hinkley & Bosworth X X X
Melton X X
Oadby & Wigston X
Lincolnshire Boston X
Lincoln X
South Holland X
South Kesteven X
Norfolk Breckland X X
North Norfolk X
South Norfolk X X
Northamptonshire South Northamptonshire X X X X
Northumberland Castle Morpeth X
North Yorkshire Hambleton X X
Scarborough X X
Nottinghamshire Mansfield X X
Rushcliffe X
Oxfordshire Cherwell X X X
South Oxfordshire X X X X
Vale of White Horse X X X X
Salop North Shropshire X X X X
Shrewsbury & Atcham X
Somerset Sedgemoor X
West Somerset X
Staffordshire East Staffordshire X X
Lichneld X
Newcastle under Lyme X X
Staffs Moorlands X X X X

County Authority 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 (estimate)
Suffolk Forest Heath X
Ipswich X
Surrey Elmbridge X X X
Epsom & Ewell X X X X
Guildford X X
Reigate & Banstead X X
Runnymede X X X X
Spelthorne X X X X
Surrey Heath X X X X
Tandridge X X X
Waverley X X X X
Woking X X X
Warwickshire Stratford on Avon X X X X
West Sussex Arun X
Chichester X X X
Horsham X X X
Mid Sussex X X X
Worthing X X X
Wiltshire West Wiltshire X X X X