§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how dated is the information for each local authority on the proportion of children in lone parent households used in assessing standard spending.
§ Mr. KeyThe most up-to-date information, which is consistent and reliable at local authority level, is used
Outstanding loan debt for London boroughs: 1983–84 to 1989–90 £ million 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 Barking and Dagenham 90.796 91.597 94.641 128.796 130.475 134.434 116.499 Barnet 168.662 167.530 179.125 203.094 216.509 213.112 n.a. Bexley 105.807 111.556 116.195 136.309 139.596 124.624 139.525 Brent 329.510 347.212 379.385 n.a. 444.069 467.566 462.458 Bromley 120.007 119.202 118.970 167.851 173.606 151.918 165.270 Camden 523.704 558.684 585.574 658.361 672.604 676.274 689.516 City of London 246.562 245.621 235.975 232.952 202.205 68.045 55.679 Croydon 142.412 151.699 148.270 184.046 185.054 171.971 170.512 Ealing 263.253 274.688 282.009 301.698 315.160 n.a. n.a. Enfield 192.764 198.840 203.839 228.055 242.652 235.612 252.900 Greenwich 337.785 356.276 376.920 391.708 410.791 426.997 469.118 Hackney 368.901 400.131 427.820 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Hammersmith and Fulham 178.203 227.770 237.826 316.313 n.a. n.a. 306.851 Haringey 391.505 421.275 458.089 509.071 n.a. n.a. n.a. Harrow 107.549 123.380 133.241 139.389 180.165 189.685 200.719 Havering 114.815 119.789 128.366 156.992 164.144 158.936 169.607 Hillingdon 221.419 228.911 234.414 257.343 260.309 251.866 245.739 Hounslow 221.881 232.752 240.506 267.551 283.263 304.448 310.041 Islington 560.469 n.a. 619.434 667.081 685.998 835.483 842.117 Kensington and Chelsea 247.803 252.758 254.861 293.992 263.625 263.173 266.744 Kingston-upon-Thames 68.048 73.113 70.372 78.655 93.068 95.157 94.763 Lambeth 410.736 528.882 686.885 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Lewisham 315.292 337.081 349.117 451.500 481.012 484.707 494.683 Merton 135.523 144.982 175.259 183.851 177.003 198.865 217.038 Newham 376.797 372.853 382.150 n.a. 507.068 518.949 546.055 Redbridge 115.537 133.887 111.487 164.684 157.495 n.a. 210.103 Richmond-upon-Thames 76.741 82.331 83.594 105.173 101.464 n.a. 108.314 Southwark 530.337 550.306 577.487 783.297 819.068 n.a. n.a. Sutton 86.107 87.157 86.742 100.565 99.652 105.716 113.585 Tower Hamlets 179.264 184.188 188.279 517.865 535.690 587.418 568.284 Waltham Forest 174.974 182.655 199.776 223.417 224.654 n.a. n.a. Wandsworth 321.192 334.683 346.155 433.070 459.064 467.999 492.421 Westminster 231.856 234.179 237.005 295.546 250.794 n.a. n.a. n.a. Not available.
Source: Returns to the Department.