HC Deb 11 January 1989 vol 144 cc651-64W
Dr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was(a) the total and (b) the percentage year-on-year change in the grant-related expenditure of (i) the Inner London Education Authority and (ii) the Metropolitan police, in each year from 1981–82.

Mr. Ridley

The information is as shown in the following table:

Total GRE (£ million) Change in GRE on previous year (per cent.)
ILEA Metropolitan police ILEA Metropolitan police
1981–82 468.477 273.605
1982–83 509.273 327.191 8.7 19.6
1983–84 513.327 348.304 0.8 6.5
1984–85 532.430 366.679 3.7 5.3
1985–86 520.770 388.948 -2.2 6.1
1986–87 548.153 421.270 5.3 8.3
1987–88 581.161 459.871 6.0 9.2
1988–89 630.134 497.553 8.4 8.2
1988–891 582.195 497.553
1989–90 629.834 545.443 8.2 9.6
1 Adjustment.

Note: In the table above an adjusted 1988–89 GRE is shown for ILEA. The adjustment reflects the transfer of higher education establishments to the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council from 1 April 1989.

Dr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the percentage change in grant-related expenditure for each local authority between 1987–88 and 1988–89, ranked from biggest increase to biggest decrease.

Mr. Ridley

The information is as shown in the following table:

Percentage changes in GRE between 1987–88 RSG second supplementary report and 1988–89 RSG supplementary report
Percentage change in GRE
East Lindsey 28.5
Northumbria Police Authority 14.4
Runnymede 14.1
South Yorkshire Police Authority 13.8
West Yorkshire Police Authority 13.0
Middlesbrough 12.4
West Midlands Police Authority 11.9
Merseyside Police Authority 11.9
Greater Manchester Police Authority 11.9
Isle of Wight 9.9
Berkshire 9.8
Glanford 9.6
Harrow 9.6
Kingston-upon-Thames 9.5
East Sussex 9.4
West Sussex 9.3
Buckinghamshire 9.3
Northamptonshire 9.3
Redbridge 9.2
Sutton 9.2
Milton Keynes 9.2
Barnet 9.0
Cambridgeshire 9.0
Hillingdon 8.9
Enfield 8.9
Suffolk 8.9
Bradford 8.9
Leicestershire 8.8
Newcastle upon Tyne 8.8
Percentage change in GRE
Rotherham 8.7
Cornwall 8.7
Wellingborough 8.6
Ealing 8.5
Hampshire 8.5
Bedfordshire 8.5
Surrey 8.4
Avon 8.4
ILEA 8.4
Lincolnshire 8.4
Knowsley 8.4
Dorset 8.4
City of London 8.4
Bexley 8.4
Somerset 8.3
North Yorkshire 8.3
Wiltshire 8.3
Gloucestershire 8.2
Merton 8.2
Metropolitan Police 8.2
Sunderland 8.2
Essex 8.2
Kirklees 8.1
Shropshire 8.1
Haringey 8.1
Oldham 8.1
Norfolk 8.1
Oxfordshire 8.0
Hastings 8.0
Bromley 8.0
Coventry 8.0
Calderdale 8.0
Cheshire 7.9
North Tyneside 7.9
Derbyshire 7.9
South Tyneside 7.9
Ellesmere Port and Neston 7.8
North Devon 7.8
Gateshead 7.8
Nottinghamshire 7.7
Burnley 7.7
Leeds 7.7
Hammersmith and Fulham 7.7
Birmingham 7.7
Lancashire 7.6
Sandwell 7.5
Kent 7.5
Solihull 7.5
Wirral 7.5
Devon 7.5
Thurrock 7.5
Sefton 7.5
Doncaster 7.4
Purbeck 7.3
Wakefield 7.3
Dudley 7.3
Durham 7.3
Cleveland 7.3
Wigan 7.2
Scarborough 7.2
Penwith 7.2
Waltham Forest 7.2
Hertfordshire 7.2
Teignbridge 7.2
Rochdale 7.2
Havant 7.1
Warwickshire 7.1
Hounslow 7.1
Bolton 7.1
Humberside 7.1
St. Helens 7.1
Bournemouth 7.1
Weymouth and Portland 7.1
Staffordshire 7.0
Wolverhampton 7.0
Walsall 7.0
Percentage change in GRE
Halton 7.0
Northumberland 6.9
New Forest 6.9
Cumbria 6.8
Poole 6.8
Trafford 6.8
South Hams 6.8
Lancaster 6.8
Croydon 6.8
Lambeth 6.8
Barking and Dagenham 6.8
Isles of Scilly 6.8
Bury 6.7
Plymouth 6.7
Hereford and Worcester 6.6
Bracknell 6.5
Nottingham 6.5
Blackpool 6.5
Kensington and Chelsea 6.5
Richmond-upon-Thames 6.4
Barnsley 6.4
Brent 6.4
Camden 6.3
Horsham 6.3
Peterborough 6.3
Suffolk Coastal 6.2
Torbay 6.2
Hartlepool 6.2
Woking 6.2
Sheffield 6.1
Southampton 6.1
Pendle 6.1
Stockton-on-Tees 6.0
Havering 6.0
Wokingham 6.0
Adur 6.0
West Dorset 6.0
Huntingdonshire 5.9
Waveney 5.9
Barrow in Furness 5.9
Preston 5.9
Worthing 5.9
Bristol 5.8
Kingston upon Hull 5.8
Woodspring 5.8
Tyne and Wear Fire and CD Authority 5.7
West Somerset 5.7
Slough 5.7
North Dorset 5.6
Restormel 5.6
Salford 5.5
Corby 5.5
Sedgemoor 5.5
Wyre 5.5
Thamesdown 5.5
Tameside 5.5
Hove 5.5
Redditich 5.4
Kerrier 5.4
North Norfolk 5.3
Newham 5.3
Scunthorpe 5.3
Oxford 5.3
Stoke-on-Trent 5.3
Test Valley 5.2
Tandridge 5.2
Chesterfield 5.2
Reigate and Banstead 5.2
Tamworth 5.1
Lewisham 5.1
Northavon 5.1
Southend-on-Sea 5.1
South Yorkshire Fire & CD Authority 5.1
Torridge 5.1
Mid Devon 5.1
London Fire & CD Authority 5.1
Percentage change in GRE
Stockport 5.1
Norwich 5.0
Gillingham 5.0
Rother 4.9
East Hertfordshire 4.9
Tendring 4.9
South Wight 4.8
Cheltenham 4.8
Liverpool 4.8
Shepway 4.8
Warrington 4.7
Southwark 4.7
Manchester 4.7
Brentwood 4.7
Dover 4.7
Wrekin 4.7
Sedgefield 4.7
Worcester 4.7
Portsmouth 4.7
North Bedfordshire 4.6
Copeland 4.6
Eastleigh 4.6
Carrick 4.6
Exeter 4.6
Rochester upon Medway 4.5
Carlisle 4.5
Basingstoke and Deane 4.5
Wandsworth 4.5
East Staffordshire 4.5
Malvern Hills 4.5
West Lancashire 4.5
South Bedfordshire 4.4
South Staffordshire 4.4
North Cornwall 4.4
Mid Bedfordshire 4.4
Elmbridge 4.4
Hereford 4.3
Wear Valley 4.3
Kettering 4.3
Colchester 4.3
Dartford 4.3
Crawley 4.3
Broxtowe 4.3
Guildford 4.3
Gloucester 4.3
Kingswood 4.2
Selby 4.2
Derwentside 4.2
Derby 4.2
Swale 4.2
South Yorkshire Transport Authority 4.2
Leicester 4.2
Canterbury 4.1
Durham 4.1
Fenland 4.1
South Kesteven 4.1
Fareham 4.1
Christchurch 4.0
East Hampshire 4.0
Winchester 4.0
Fylde 4.0
Eden 4.0
Cherwell 4.0
West Devon 4.0
Rushcliffe 4.0
Greater Manchester Transport Authority 3.9
Aylesbury Vale 3.9
York 3.9
Blyth Valley 3.9
West Oxfordshire 3.9
Stevenage 3.9
Chester 3.9
Eastbourne 3.8
West Midlands Fire and CD Authority 3.8
Wycombe 3.8
Caradon 3.8
Percentage change in GRE
Bath 3.8
Taunton Deane 3.8
Shrewsbury and Atcham 3.8
Richmondshire 3.8
Wansbeck 3.8
South Shropshire 3.7
Warwick 3.7
Erewash 3.7
South Herefordshire 3.7
Arun 3.7
East Northamptonshire 3.7
St. Edmundsbury 3.7
Chorley 3.7
Wealden 3.7
Medina 3.6
Stroud 3.6
West Lindsey 3.6
Nuneaton and Bedworth 3.6
Newbury 3.6
West Yorkshire Fire and CD Authority 3.6
Broxbourne 3.5
Broadland 3.5
Melton 3.5
Congleton 3.5
Thanet 3.4
Great Yarmouth 3.4
Mendip 3.4
Holderness 3.4
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 3.4
Forest of Dean 3.4
Cambridge 3.4
East Dorset 3.4
East Yorkshire 3.3
North Kesteven 3.3
Newcastle-under-Lyme 3.3
Ashfield 3.3
Harlow 3.3
Hart 3.2
East Devon 3.2
Gedling 3.2
Islington 3.2
Wychavon 3.2
Chichester 3.2
Mole Valley 3.2
Amber Valley 3.1
Newark and Sherwood 3.1
Epsom and Ewell 3.1
Mid Sussex 3.1
Daventry 3.1
West Midlands Transport Authority 3.1
Beverley 3.1
Ribble Valley 3.0
South Cambridgeshire 3.0
Vale Royal 3.0
Tonbridge and Malling 3.0
South Somerset 3.0
Cotswold 3.0
Greater Manchester Fire & CD Authority 3.0
Watford 3.0
Stratford on Avon 2.9
South Northamptonshire 2.9
Luton 2.9
Blackburn 2.9
Dacorum 2.8
Tewkesbury 2.8
Leominster 2.8
South Lakeland 2.8
Teesdale 2.8
Chelmsford 2.8
Bassetlaw 2.8
Harrogate 2.8
Wyre Forest 2.8
Craven 2.8
Ryedale 2.8
Ipswich 2.8
Blaby 2.7
Percentage change in GRE
Cannock Chase 2.7
East Cambridgeshire 2.7
Waverley 2.6
Sevenoaks 2.6
Crewe and Nantwich 2.6
Boston 2.6
Rochford 2.6
Rugby 2.6
Maldon 2.6
Stafford 2.6
High Peak 2.6
Maidstone 2.6
Hertsmere 2.5
Tower Hamlets 2.5
South Bucks 2.5
Rossendale 2.5
Breckland 2.5
Gosport 2.5
Epping Forest 2.5
Boothferry 2.4
Surrey Heath 2.4
Lichfield 2.4
Gravesham 2.3
Tunbridge Wells 2.3
Hyndburn 2.3
Vale of White Horse 2.2
Bromsgrove 2.2
Babergh 2.2
Merseyside Fire and CD Authority 2.2
Chiltern 2.1
St. Albans 2.1
West Wiltshire 2.1
Welwyn Hatfield 2.1
Bridgnorth 2.0
Allerdale 2.0
Spelthorne 2.0
Macclesfield 2.0
Oswestry 2.0
Lincoln 2.0
Rushmoor 1.9
South Ribble 1.9
Darlington 1.9
Castle Point 1.9
Charnwood 1.9
North Warwickshire 1.8
Windsor and Maidenhead 1.8
Kennet 1.8
Great Grimsby 1.7
Hinckley and Bosworth 1.6
South Derbyshire 1.6
Westminster 1.6
North Hertfordshire 1.6
North Wiltshire 1.5
Reading 1.5
Oadby and Wigston 1.4
Salisbury 1.4
Three Rivers 1.4
Cleethorpes 1.3
Berwick-upon-Tweed 1.3
South Oxfordshire 1.3
Forest Heath 1.2
Staffordshire Moorlands 1.1
Uttlesford 1.0
Braintree 1.0
South Holland 1.0
Hambledon 0.9
Alnwick 0.9
South Norfolk 0.8
North East Derbyshire 0.7
Mid Suffolk 0.6
North Shropshire 0.4
Harborough 0.4
North West Leicestershire 0.3
Bolsover 0.3
Rutland 0.2
Brighton 0.2
Percentage change in GRE
Tynedale -0.1
Basildon -0.1
Greenwich -0.3
Lewes -0.3
Hackney -0.4
Tyne and Wear Transport Authority -0.7
Castle Morpeth -0.7
Derbyshire Dales -0.9
Merseyside Transport Authority -0.9
Ashford -1.1
Mansfield -1.7
West Yorkshire Transport Authority -1.8
Wansdyke -2.6
Chester-le-Street -3.4
Northampton -6.6
Langbaurgh-on-Tees -6.7
Easington -26.8

Dr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in descending order using their 1988–89 budgets all English local authorities on the basis of the percentage above or below their grant-related expenditure assessments for 1988–89.

Mr. Ridley

The information based on the relevant amounts determined in accordance with the Rate Support Grants Act 1988 is as shown in the table:

1988–89 Rate Support Grant Supplementary Report
Relevant amount above or below GRE (Per cent).
Brentwood 276.7
Harlow 175.0
Crawley 108.7
Thurrock 100.5
City of London 99.6
Guildford 98.0
North Warwickshire 97.7
Sedgefield 89.5
Wear Valley 83.8
Derwentside 76.3
South Yorkshire Transport Authority 74.2
Thamesdown 69.1
Bassetlaw 67.2
ILEA 63.1
Basildon 62.9
Rossendale 61.3
Welwyn Hatfield 60.6
Burnley 60.1
Wansbeck 60.0
Stevenage 59.3
Blyth Valley 58.9
Hart 57.9
North East Derbyshire 56.5
Darlington 55.9
Scunthorpe 55.6
Bolsover 53.7
Durham 51.6
Daventry 49.1
West Yorkshire Transport Authority 48.7
Harrogate 48.6
Adur 48.0
Milton Keynes 46.9
Langbaurgh-on-Tees 45.3
Nuneaton and Bedworth 44.0
Wokingham 43.9
Selby 40.0
Chester-le-Street 39.7
Greenwich 39.2
Pendle 39.0
West Yorkshire Fire and CD Authority 37.4
Relevant amount above or below GRE (per cent.)
South Bedfordshire 37.4
Wyre Forest 37.4
Mansfield 36.4
Redditch 36.0
Hyndburn 35.3
Reigate and Banstead 35.1
Tynedale 34.6
East Yorkshire 34.3
Oxford 34.3
Easington 32.5
Ribble Valley 32.0
Camden 30.2
Lewisham 29.2
Crewe and Nantwich 27.9
Merseyside Transport Authority 27.7
Cleethorpes 27.4
Hartlepool 27.3
Three Rivers 26.8
Shepway 26.8
Ipswich 26.5
Norwich 26.4
Wrekin 26.1
High Peak 25.7
West Lindsey 25.6
Suffolk Coastal 25.5
St. Albans 25.5
North West Leicestershire 25.5
Blackburn 25.2
Epsom and Ewell 25.2
Carlisle 24.5
Bristol 23.4
South Yorkshire Fire and CD Authority 23.2
Preston 22.8
Boothferry 22.3
Greater Manchester Fire and CD Authority 22.1
Tyne and Wear Fire and CD Authority 21.9
North Wiltshire 21.7
Copeland 21.4
Chester 21.2
Peterborough 21.2
Tower Hamlets 20.9
East Dorset 20.0
Hackney 19.5
Hertsmere 18.9
Leicester 18.7
South Wight 18.5
Wychavon 17.4
Derbyshire Dales 17.3
Chesterfield 17.2
West Lancashire 16.4
Great Yarmouth 16.3
Castle Point 15.9
Dartford 15.7
Sevenoaks 15.5
Wealden 15.5
Mid Suffolk 15.3
Malvern Hills 15.1
East Hampshire 15.1
Ashford 14.7
Beverley 14.7
Castle Morpeth 14.6
New Forest 14.5
Warrington 14.5
Stockton-on-Tees 14.5
Congleton 14.4
South Ribble 14.3
Harborough 14.2
Vale Royal 14.1
Swale 13.8
Epping Forest 13.8
Scarborough 13.8
North Kesteven 13.7
South Hams 13.6
Chorley 13.5
Relevant amount above or below GRE (per cent.)
Stratford on Avon 13.4
Teignbridge 13.4
Ashfield 13.3
Fareham 13.3
Craven 13.2
Staffordshire Moorlands 13.2
Tonbridge and Malling 13.2
Southwark 13.2
Spelthorne 13.0
Halton 13.0
North Hertfordshire 12.8
Newark and Sherwood 12.7
Newcastle-under-Lyme 12.6
Torridge 12.6
Melton 12.6
Winchester 12.5
Bath 12.5
Barrow in Furness 12.5
Sedgemoor 12.3
Tunbridge Wells 12.3
Blackpool 12.2
Middlesbrough 12.1
Thanet 11.8
Watford 11.7
London Fire & CD Authority 11.6
Brent 11.4
Oswestry 11.4
Gravesham 11.4
Rother 11.3
Great Grimsby 11.2
Stoke-on-Trent 11.2
Richmondshire 11.2
Cannock Chase 11.1
Arun 11.1
Calderdale 11.0
Alnwick 10.9
Canterbury 10.9
Windsor and Maidenhead 10.6
Kingston upon Hull 10.5
Carrick 10.4
South Lakeland 10.4
Northavon 10.3
Worcester 10.2
Lewes 10.2
East Lindsey 10.2
North Devon 10.1
Wigan 10.1
Tameside 10.0
Richmond-upon-Thames 10.0
Stroud 9.9
Northampton 9.9
Dover 9.9
North Tyneside 9.9
Rotherham 9.9
Doncaster 9.8
Brighton 9.8
Sheffield 9.8
Waverley 9.7
Barnsley 9.7
Oxfordshire 9.5
Cumbria 9.5
Derbyshire 9.5
Wakefield 9.4
Lambeth 9.4
Rochdale 9.4
Walsall 9.3
Kirklees 9.3
Haringey 9.1
Newcastle upon Tyne 9.1
Forest of Dean 9.1
Cleveland 9.0
West Midlands Fire and CD Authority 9.0
South Bucks 8.9
Lancaster 8.9
Relevant amount above or below GRE (per cent.)
Torbay 8.8
Holderness 8.8
Woodspring 8.8
Salford 8.8
Manchester 8.7
Greater Manchester Transport Authority 8.7
Sunderland 8.7
Avon 8.6
Glanford 8.5
Gateshead 8.3
Liverpool 8.3
Chelmsford 8.3
Lincoln 8.3
South Tyneside 8.2
Reading 8.2
Humberside 8.2
St. Helens 8.1
Bedfordshire 8.0
Fylde 8.0
Waltham Forest 8.0
South Derbyshire 8.0
Merseyside Police Authority 7.8
West Yorkshire Police Authority 7.8
Knowsley 7.8
Wyre 7.8
Northumbria Police Authority 7.7
Sandwell 7.7
Allerdale 7.7
Hertfordshire 7.6
Hammersmith ad Fulham 7.6
Islington 7.5
Rushmoor 7.5
Mid Devon 7.5
South Kesteven 7.5
Chiltern 7.5
Wirral 7.4
Merseyside Fire and CD Authority 7.4
Newham 7.3
North Bedfordshire 7.3
Mid Sussex 7.2
Northumberland 7.2
Enfield 7.2
Hove 7.1
Penwith 7.1
Caradon 6.9
Nottinghamshire 6.8
Bradford 6.7
Forest Heath 6.7
Portsmouth 6.6
Horsham 6.6
Warwick 6.6
Leominster 6.6
Tyne and Wear Transport Authority 6.4
Derby 6.4
Coventry 6.1
Babergh 6.0
Hillingdon 6.0
Bury 5.9
Nottingham 5.9
Shrewsbury and Atcham 5.5
West Wiltshire 5.5
North Cornwall 5.2
West Devon 5.1
Dudley 5.1
Hounslow 5.1
Hastings 5.0
Kerrier 5.0
Barking and Dagenham 4.9
Hambleton 4.8
Gedling 4.7
Buckinghamshire 4.6
Dacorum 4.6
Waveney 4.6
Wolverhampton 4.5
Relevant amount above or below GRE (per cent.)
Sutton 4.4
Kettering 4.2
Barnet 4.2
West Midlands Police Authority 4.1
Erewash 4.1
Ealing 4.0
Isle of Wight 4.0
Essex 3.9
Broxtowe 3.9
East Hertfordshire 3.8
Stafford 3.8
Durham 3.7
Kingston-upon-Thames 3.6
Wiltshire 3.6
Oadby and Wigston 3.6
Rushcliffe 3.6
Warwickshire 3.5
Maidstone 3.5
Cheshire 3.4
Northamptonshire 3.3
Medina 3.3
Mid Bedfordshire 3.2
Eastbourne 3.1
Harrow 3.1
Southend-on-Sea 3.0
Amber Valley 3.0
Teesdale 2.9
Lancashire 2.8
Berwick-upon-Tweed 2.8
North Shropshire 2.7
Greater Manchester Police Authority 2.6
Bolton 2.4
Tendring 2.3
South Yorkshire Police Authority 2.3
Wycombe 2.3
Uttlesford 2.3
Southampton 2.2
Somerset 2.2
Cambridgeshire 2.2
Worthing 1.9
Oldham 1.9
Birmingham 1.8
Stockport 1.7
Sefton 1.6
Gloucestershire 1.6
Corby 1.5
Maldon 1.4
Leicestershire 1.0
Eastleigh 1.0
Rugby .6
North Yorkshire .6
Surrey .5
Tandridge .5
Staffordshire .5
Gloucester .3
Boston .3
Leeds .1
Macclesfield .1
Bournemouth .1
Rochford .1
Gillingham .1
Havering -.0
Broxbourne -.1
Metropolitan Police -.1
Restormel -.2
West Midlands Transport Authority -.2
Ryedale -.4
Broadland -.6
South Holland -0.8
Luton -1.0
Eden -1.1
Test Valley -1.2
West Somerset -1.2
Croydon -1.2
Relevant amount above or below GRE (per cent.)
East Staffordshire -1.3
King's Lynn and West Norfolk -1.5
Cambridge -1.7
Devon -1.7
Suffolk -2.1
Shropshire -2.1
Lincolnshire -2.1
East Sussex -2.2
Cornwall -2.3
Christchurch -2.4
Trafford -2.4
Bexley -2.5
Weymouth and Portland -2.5
South Norfolk -2.6
Berkshire -2.6
Hampshire -2.7
East Devon -3.0
South Somerset -3.1
Gosport -4.0
Wellingborough -4.0
Kennet -4.1
Solihull -4.1
Norfolk -4.2
Chichester -4.2
Braintree -4.3
Bromley -4.4
Hereford and Worcester -5.0
West Sussex -5.1
Havant -5.1
South Shropshire -5.2
Kent -5.2
Wandsworth -5.2
Lichfield -5.6
Merton -5.9
Cheltenham -5.9
Plymouth -6.0
Taunton Deane -6.3
Dorset -6.3
Isles of Scilly -6.4
Tamworth -6.4
North Norfolk -6.5
Redbridge -6.9
Westminster -7.1
Cotswold -7.2
Slough -7.3
Poole -8.1
Breckland -10.1
Ellesmere Port and Neston -10.3
Fenland -10.3
Colchester -10.4
Bromsgrove -11.1
Exeter -11.5
Mendip -11.6
Kingswood -12.1
South Staffordshire -12.2
West Oxfordshire -12.6
York -13.1
West Dorset -13.1
Salisbury -13.6
Basingstoke and Deane -13.6
Bridgnorth -13.8
Blaby -14.2
South Northamptonshire -14.5
Hereford -14.5
Charnwood -14.8
Kensington and Chelsea -15.2
North Dorset -15.3
St. Edmundsbury -15.6
Newbury -16.8
Cherwell -17.8
South Herefordshire -18.0
Rochester upon Medway -18.2
Bracknell -19.3
South Oxfordshire -19.8
Relevant amount above or below GRE (per cent.)
Huntingdonshire -20.4
Hinckley and Bosworth -20.6
Rutland -21.0
Purbeck -21.7
Aylesbury Vale -21.9
Tewkesbury -24.0
Elmbridge -25.9
Surrey Heath -26.2
Wansdyke -26.8
East Northamptonshire -27.7
Vale of White Horse -35.5
East Cambridgeshire -36.6
Woking 45.0
Mole Valley -58.7
South Cambridgeshire -58.7
Runnymede -66.4

Dr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish for each authority selected for rate limitation in 1988–89 the percentage increase or decrease in its 1988–89 budgeted total expenditure compared with its original 1987–88 budget.

Mr. Ridley

The information is as follows:

Total expenditure1
Budget 1987–88 £ million Budget 1988–89 £ million Change Percentage
Manchester 316.526 316.568 0.0
Liverpool 306.116 303.755 -0.8
Newcastle upon Tyne 156.784 161.505 3.0
Camden 152.981 139.463 -8.8
Greenwich 96.331 95.089 -1.3
Hackney 145.859 130.978 -10.2
Lambeth 152.373 152.486 0.1
Lewisham 133.101 122.045 -8.3
Southwark 135.690 132.723 -2.2
Tower Hamlets 124.033 126.033 1.6
Ealing 175.762 175.050 -0.4
Haringey 154.455 154.364 -0.0
Waltham Forest 152.369 142.031 -6.8
Middlesbrough 17.569 17.570 0.0
Basildon 16.911 12.968 -23.3
Kingston upon Hull 31.759 28.500 -10.3
Thamesdown 14.199 15.477 8.6
1 Latest available information on budget returns made by authorities.

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