§ Mr. OppenheimTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all shire counties in rank order of spending per head for(a) 1988–89, (b) 1989–90, so far as possible and (c) 1990–91, based on any available spending proposals.
§ Mr. ChopeThe information for 1988–89 and 1989–90 is in the tables. Corresponding information for 1990–91 is not yet available.
The spending per head of population given in the tables has been calculated using Office of Population Censuses and Surveys mid-year estimates of total population.
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Net current expenditure per head of population—Shire counties 1988–89 Rank £ Shire Counties England Cleveland 1 596 Humberside 2 542 Derbyshire 3 526 Cumbria 4 517 Nottinghamshire 5 510 Lancashire 6 505 Durham 7 495 Leicestershire 7 495 Bedfordshire 9 492 Northamptonshire 10 485 Cheshire 11 483 Hertfordshire 11 483 Buckinghamshire 13 480 Shropshire 14 475 Warwickshire 14 475 Avon 16 471 Essex 17 457
Rank £ Gloucestershire 18 455 Somerset 18 455 Northumberland 20 451 Staffordshire 21 449 Wiltshire 22 448 Lincolnshire 23 446 Cambridgeshire 24 443 Cornwall 25 442 Berkshire 26 440 North Yorkshire 27 437 Hampshire 28 435 Kent 28 435 Isle of Wight 30 432 Hereford and Worcester 31 431 Devon 32 427 Norfolk 33 420 Surrey 34 419 Suffolk 35 417 Oxfordshire 36 408 Dorset 37 402 East Sussex 38 398 West Sussex 39 393
Net current expenditure per head of population—Shire counties 1989–90 Rank £ Shire Counties England Cleveland 1 622 Humberside 2 563 Derbyshire 3 544 Nottinghamshire 4 536 Lancashire 5 535 Cumbria 6 529 Durham 7 525 Leicestershire 8 520 Northamptonshire 9 516 Cheshire 10 512 Bedfordshire 11 511 Avon 12 509 Somerset 13 508 Hertfordshire 14 506 Buckinghamshire 15 502 Shropshire 15 502 Warwickshire 17 499 Wiltshire 18 488 Essex 19 486 Northumberland 20 483 Staffordshire 21 478 Cambridgeshire 22 477 Gloucestershire 22 477 Cornwall 24 476 Lincolnshire 25 475 Devon 26 473 North Yorkshire 26 473 Hereford and Worcester 28 455 Berkshire 29 454 Oxfordshire 29 454 Kent 31 453 Norfolk 32 451 Hampshire 33 450 Isle of Wight 34 442 Surrey 35 439 Suffolk 36 438 Dorset 37 427 East Sussex 38 420 West Sussex 39 416