HC Deb 20 December 1989 vol 164 c323W
Mr. Thornton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide statistics for 1987–88 showing(a) the total value of construction work carried out by direct labour organisations as a proportion of local authority expenditure on construction, (b) the 10 local authorities where the value of work carried out by direct labour organisations as a proportion of the authorities' construction expenditure was highest and (c) the 10 local authorities where the value of the work carried out by direct labour organisations as a proportion of the authorities' construction expenditure was lowest.

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

The 1987–88 statitics requested are as follows:

  1. (a) In the 333 English authorites required to report to the Secretary of State the total reported expenditure on construction work carried out by direct labour organisations was £178 million, representing 23 per cent. of the total.
  2. (b) The 10 local authorities where the value of the work carried out by the direct labour organisations as a proportion of the construction expenditure was the highest were: Walsall; Ellesmere Port and Neston; Durham; Barrow-in-Furness; Scunthorpe; Hackney; Waltham Forest; Chesterfield; Stafford and Colchester.
  3. (c) The 10 local authorities where the value of the work carried out by the direct labour organisations as a proportion of the construction expenditure was the lowest were: Carrick; Tameside; Doncaster; Kingston; Thanet; Westminster; Liverpool; Nottingham; Bolsover; and Mansfield.