§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total amount of debt incurred by each Welsh county and district council for the lastest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. GristInformation on total debt incurred by each local authority in any one particular financial year is not held centrally. Information on outstanding loan debt at 31 March of each year is, however, available and figures relating to 31 March 1989 are set out in the table:
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Total outstanding loan debt at 31 March 1989 £000 £ Alyn and Deeside 35,871 Colwyn 24,197 Delyn 28,977 Glyndwr 17,992 Rhuddlan 17,891 Wrexham Maelor 65,882 Carmarthen 48,337 Ceredigion 34,267 Dinefwr 22,083 Llanelli 37,174 Preseli Pembrokeshire 45,981 South Pembroke 34,248 Blaenau Gwent 119,438 Islwyn 71,771 Monmouth 45,504 Newport 155,377 Torfaen 84,973
£ Aberconwy 20,033 Arfon 33.794 Dwyfor 14,108 Meirionnydd 17,615 Ynys Mon 52,687 Cynon Valley 54,472 Merthyr Tydfil 61,333 Ogwr 104,728 Rhondda 122,480 Rhymney Valley 88,356 Taff Ely 70,250 Brecknock 27,929 Montgomeryshire 22,495 Radnorshire 12,892 Cardiff 214,807 Vale of Glamorgan 57,669 Lliw Valley 46,994 Neath 42,151 Port Talbot 33,515 Swansea 171,543 Total Districts 2,159,814 Clwyd 106,125 Dyfed 82,098 Gwent 106,015 Gwynedd 54,383 Mid Glamorgan 21,820 Powys 43,571 South Glamorgan 96,180 West Glamorgan 113,906 Dyfed Powys Joint Police Authority 4,041 North Wales Joint Police Authority 1,720 South Wales Joint Police Authority 6,060 Total Counties 635,919 Total Wales 2,795,733