§ Dr. John CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in rank order the budgeted spending per head over GREA at ratepayer level for English local authorities, on the same basis as the criteria announced on 17 November in respect of the phasing-out of domestic rates.
§ Mr. RidleyThe information requested is listed as follows:
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Ranked overspend on grant-related expenditure per head at area level using 1987–88 1st supplementary report GRE's and budgeted total expenditure Overspend (underspend) on G RE per head (£) City of London 7,630 Camden 477 Hackney 382 Lewisham 378 Southwark 368 Tower Hamlets 344 Greenwich 309 Lambeth 277 Islington 229 Hammersmith and Fulham 215 Wandsworth 190 Westminster 158 Waltham Forest 143 Kensington and Chelsea 137 Brentwood 125 Haringey 117 Harlow 102 Manchester 95 Newham 94 Liverpool 93 Newcastle upon Tyne 88 Ealing 84 Brent 80 Doncaster 77 Middlesbrough 69 Derwentside 69 Rotherham 68 Bolsover 67 North Tyneside 66 Carlisle 66 Barnsley 65 Gateshead 65 Langbaurgh 64 Knowsley 64 Scunthorpe 62 Sunderland 62 Calderdale 61 Copeland 61 Hartlepool 61 Barrow in Furness 61 Basildon 60 Wansbeck 60 Blyth Valley 59 Sedgefield 59 Tameside 58 South Tyneside 58 Allerdale 57 South Lakeland 57 Wakefield 57 North East Derbyshire 56 Kingston upon Hull 55 Wear Valley 55 Darlington 54 46W
Overspend (underspend) on GRE per head (£) Sheffield 54 Chesterfield 52 Bradford 52 Wirral 51 Kirklees 51 High Peak 51 Eden 50 Bury 50 Wigan 50 Stockton-on-Tees 49 Salford 49 St. Helens 49 Thurrock 48 Elmbridge 47 North Bedfordshire 46 Bassetlaw 46 Erewash 46 Burnley 45 Bristol 45 Amber Valley 45 Thamesdown 45 Luton 45 Derby 45 Mansfield 44 Derbyshire Dales 44 Richmond-upon-Thames 44 South Bedfordshire 43 Rochdale 43 South Derbyshire 41 Mid Bedfordshire 41 Stevenage 41 Daventry 40 East Yorkshire 39 Ellesmere Port and Nelson 39 Cleethorpes 38 Durham 37 Rossendale 37 Bath 36 Welwyn Hatfield 36 Harrow 35 Boothferry 34 Tynedale 34 Barnet 34 Hillingdon 33 Barking and Dagenham 33 Northavon 33 Castle Morpeth 32 Alnwick 32 Oxford 32 Woodspring 32 Milton Keynes 31 Leicester 31 Great Grimsby 31 Beverley 31 Coventry 31 Crawley 31 Chester-le-Street 30 South Wight 29 Sefton 29 Holderness 28 Glanford 27 Kingston-upon-Thames 27 Hertsmere 26 Bexley 26 Berwick-upon-Tweed 25 Hyndburn 25 Pendle 25 Chiltern 24 Medina 24 Blackburn 24 North West Leicestershire 24 Ashfield 23 Newark and Sherwood 23 Chester 23 47W
Overspend (underspend) on G RE per head (£) North Warwickshire 23 Sutton 22 Nottingham 22 Halton 22 Harrogate 22 Crewe and Nantwich 22 Kingswood 21 Watford 21 Warrington 21 South Bucks 21 West Oxfordshire 20 Three Rivers 20 St. Albans 20 Wolverhampton 20 Wansdyke 20 Leeds 19 Melton 19 Vale Royal 19 Dudley 19 Broxtowe 18 Easington 18 Rushcliffe 18 South Oxfordshire 18 Wrekin 18 Bolton 18 Congleton 18 Gedling 18 Oldham 17 North Wiltshire 17 Cherwell 17 Preston 17 Selby 17 Nuneaton and Bedworth 16 Enfield 16 Ribble Valley 16 Wycombe 15 Dacorum 15 Teesdale 15 Macclesfield 15 North Hertfordshire 14 East Hertfordshire 14 Harborough 13 Rutland 13 Broxbourne 12 Blackpool 12 Oadby and Wigston 12 Peterborough 12 Vale of White Horse 11 Scarborough 11 Ipswich 11 Stroud 11 Charnwood 10 Walsall 10 Forest of Dean 10 Sedgemoor 9 Lancaster 9 West Lancashire 9 Havering 9 Chorley 9 Kennet 9 Wyre 9 South Ribble 8 Cambridge 8 Fylde 8 Corby 8 Blaby 8 Northampton 7 Shrewsbury and Atcham 7 Aylesbury Vale 7 Portsmouth 7 Stoke-on-Trent 7 Birmingham 6 Kettering 6 Newcastle-under-Lyme 6 48W
Overspend (underspend) on GRE per head (£) Cannock Chase 6 Castle Point 6 West Wiltshire 5 Fenland 5 Hinckley and Bosworth 5 Tendring 5 Epping Forest 5 Staffordshire Moorlands 5 Hart 5 Salisbury 5 Southend-on-Sea 4 Craven 4 Richmondshire 4 Stockport 4 Uttlesford 4 Reigate and Banstead 4 Gloucester 3 Oswestry 3 Tamworth 3 Epsom and Ewell 3 New Forest 3 Huntingdonshire 2 Rushmoor 2 East Hampshire 2 East Cambridgeshire 2 West Somerset 2 Ryedale 2 Chelmsford 2 Taunton Deane 2 Wellingborough 1 Adur 1 Winchester 1 Torridge 1 Rugby 1 Cheltenham 1 Fareham 1 Cotswold 1 Hambleton 1 Maldon 1 Spelthorne 1 Suffolk Coastal 0 South Somerset 0 South Hams (0) Mendip (0) Stafford (1) Torbay (1) Braintree (1) Mid Suffolk (1) Rochford (1) East Staffordshire (1) North Shropshire (1) South Shropshire (2) Warwick (2) Eastleigh (2) Rother (2) Southampton (2) Brighton (2) Teignbridge (2) Waveney (2) Sandwell (2) North Devon (3) Wealden (3) Hove (3) Stratford on Avon (3) Lichfield (3) Waverley (3) Merton (4) Tandridge (4) Eastbourne (4) York (4) Tewkesbury (4) Mid Devon (4) Babergh (4) South Staffordshire (4) 49W
Overspend (underspend) on GRE per head (£) Wimborne (5) Bridgnorth (5) Norwich (5) Lewes (5) South Northamptonshire (5) Test Valley (6) Redbridge (6) Hounslow (6) Gosport (7) Forest Heath (7) Mole Valley (7) Hastings (7) Colchester (7) Havant (8) Reading (8) West Devon (8) South Cambridgeshire (9) East Devon (9) Great Yarmouth (9) Wyre Forest (9) Carrick (9) West Lindsey (10) Christchurch (10) Bournemouth (10) Weymouth and Portland (10) Plymouth (10) Windsor and Maidenhead (11) Penwith (11) Basingstoke and Deane (11) North Cornwall (12) Kerrier (12) Poole (13) St. Edmundsbury (13) Mid Sussex (13) Restormel (13) Shepway (13) Arun (15) Exeter (15) East Northamptonshire (15) Lincoln (15) Croydon (15) Caradon (16) Solihull (16) East Lindsey (17) Bromley (17) West Dorset (17) Trafford (17) North Dorset (17) South Holland (18) Worthing (18) Thanet (18) North Kesteven (18) South Kesteven (19) King's Lynn and West Norfolk (19) Purbeck (19) Redditch (19) Canterbury (20) Swale (20) Tonbridge and Mailing (20) Gravesham (20) Boston (20) Tunbridge Wells (20) Guildford (20) Newbury (20) North Norfolk (20) Sevenoaks (21) Broadland (21) Chichester (21) Malvern Hills (21) Wychavon (21) Worcester (22) Gillingham (22) Wokingham (22) Slough (22)
Overspend (underspend) on GRE per head (£) Hereford (22) South Norfolk (22) Dartford (22) Horsham (23) Ashford (23) Maidstone (24) Breckland (24) Leominster (25) Bracknell (25) Dover (26) Surrey Heath (29) Runnymede (29) Woking (29) Bromsgrove (33) South Herefordshire (34) Rochester upon Medway (36) Isles of Scilly (66)