§ Mr. RogersTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what amount of public expenditure is spent(a) by his Department, (b) by Welsh county councils, in total and separately and (c) by Welsh district councils, in total and separately.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe total of the Department's central Government expenditure was £1,730 million in 1988–89 compared with £1,546 million in 1987–88. The full804W information requested for county councils and district councils in Wales is only available for 1987–88 because a small number of authorities have yet to make complete returns to the Department for 1988–89. The information for 1987–88 is shown in the table:
1987–88 outturn expenditure within the Secretary of State's responsibility £000 Current spending Capital spending Total spending County Councils: Clwyd 154,193 20,833 175,026 Dyfed 138,415 15,363 153,778 Gwent 169,319 22,470 191,789 Gwynedd 96,949 8,791 105,740 Mid Glamorgan 219,819 25,076 244,895 Powys 51,815 7,728 59,543 South Glamorgan 142,813 38,472 181,285 West Glamorgan 145,538 25,777 171,315 Total 1,118,861 164,510 1,283,371 District Councils: Alyn and Deeside 4,185 3,768 7,953 Colwyn 3,293 2,372 5,665 Delyn 4,112 2,293 6,405 Glwyndwr 2,963 1,427 4,390 Rhuddlan 4,299 2,763 7,062 Wrexham Maelor 8,830 7,842 16,672 Carmarthen 3,809 2,827 6,636 Ceredigion 3,833 3,283 7,116 Dinefwr 2,272 2,256 4,528 Llanelli 6,466 4,343 10,809 Presceli/Pembrokeshire 3,629 3,100 6,729 South Pembroke 2,773 4,398 7,171 Blaenau Gwent 7,090 14,697 21,787 Islwyn 4,625 10,947 15,572 Monmouth 4,437 3,840 8,277 Newport 10,557 14,405 24,962 Torfaen 7,036 6,986 14,022 Aberconwy 4,014 650 4,664 Arfon 4,540 4,155 8,695 Dwyfor 2,031 2,464 4,495 Meirionnydd 2,539 1,281 3,820 Ynys Mon 5,320 5,829 11,149 Cynon Valley 5,288 9,170 14,458 Merthyr Tydfil 6,532 6,762 13,294 Ogwr 9,151 8,440 17,591 Rhondda 8,456 14,523 22,979 Rhymney Valley 8,627 10,666 19,293 Taff-Ely 6,183 4,910 11,093 Brecknock 2,967 2,553 5,520 Montgomeryshire 2,363 2,454 4,817 Radnor 1,252 670 1,922 Cardiff 19,545 26,167 45,712 Vale of Glamorgan 6,425 3,717 10,142 Port Talbot 4,340 3,852 8,192 Lliw Valley 3,506 4,560 8,066 Neath 4,492 5,879 10,371 Swansea 16,189 14,577 30,766 Total 207,966 224,826 432,792