§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish figures showing the per capita costs, for each shire county and each metropolitan borough, of spending on personal social services, in the year 1987–88.
§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomley[holding answer, 26 April 1989]: The information based on returns made by local authorities is as follows:
Net current expenditure per capita on personal services—1987–88: Shire counties £ Avon 55.92 Bedfordshire 48.59 Berkshire 47.47 Buckinghamshire 47.44 Cambridgeshire 47.01 Cheshire 51.14 Cleveland 63.55 Cornwall 42.87 Cumbria 51.76 Derbyshire 63.74 Devon 43.01 Dorset 37.92 Durham 46.68 East Sussex 49.57 Essex 44.30 Gloucestershire 43.24 Hampshire 37.65 Hereford and Worcester 41.48 Hertfordshire 43.88 Humberside 59.37 Isle of Wight 49.82 Kent 43.36 Lancashire 58.13 Leicestershire 50.91 Lincolnshire 42.08 Norfolk 40.71 Northamptonshire 50.25 Northumberland 52.25 North Yorkshire 40.62 Nottinghamshire 63.79 Oxfordshire 44.78 Shropshire 38.40 Somerset 42.71 Staffordshire 39.37 Suffolk 37.55 Surrey 35.03 Warwickshire 45.15 West Sussex 39.05 Wiltshire 43.10 135W
Net current expenditure per capita on personal social services 1987–88: Metropolitan districts £ Bolton 56.17 Bury 58.48 Manchester 130.61 Oldham 68.14 Rochdale 86.51 Salford 76.37 Stockport 54.16 Tameside 78.00 Trafford 49.59 Wigan 55.83 Knowsley 66.92 Liverpool 84.46 St. Helens 63.96 Sefton 54.65 Wirral 64.52 Barnsley 53.84 Doncaster 51.89 Rotherham 58.58 Sheffield 85.31
£ Gateshead 70.09 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 98.85 North Tyneside 88.42 South Tyneside 70.72 Sunderland 67.93 Birmingham 79.37 Coventry 84.57 Dudley 48.26 Sandwell 66.90 Solihull 46.77 Walsall 55.50 Wolverhampton 82.87 Bradford 83.09 Calderdale 64.23 Kirklees 59.50 Leeds 68.32 Wakefield 57.50
Net current expenditure per capita on personal social services—1987–88: London boroughs £ City of London 386.59 Camden 195.41 Greenwich 139.29 Hackney 214.47 Hammersmith and Fulham 165.00 Islington 234.32 Kensington and Chelsea 150.86 Lambeth 204.15 Lewisham 180.60 Southwark 190.15 Tower Hamlets 136.03 Wandsworth 151.98 Westminster 185.59 Barking and Dagenham 74.23 Barnet 63.99 Bexley 55.32 Brent 141.95 Bromley 52.46 Croydon 68.72 Ealing 88.26 Enfield 71.07 Haringey 161.87 Harrow 62.99 Havering 57.13 Hillingdon 87.44 Hounslow 91.34 Kingston-upon-Thames 79.67 Merton 80.85 Newham 113.25 Redbridge 63.96 Richmond-upon-Thames 68.26 Sutton 59.24 Waltham Forest 117.01