§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing for each year from 1979–80 to 1990–91(a) service expenditure control totals for each appropriate area for the purposes of the annual financial settlement and (b) the actual expenditure outturn in each of those areas.
1982–83 to 1989–90 total grant related expenditure for the main groups of services £ million 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1. Education, Arts and Libraries 10,217 10,349 10,624 11,093 11,618 12,576 13,939 14,354 2. Personal Social 1,943 2,085 2,205 2,366 2,553 2,756 2,913 3,269 3. Law and Order 1,649 1,785 1,890 2,008 2,152 2,363 2,555 2,846 4. Transport 1,373 1,398 1,487 1,733 1,929 2,045 2,024 2,140 5. Employment and Consumer Protection 107 110 115 118 127 148 159 174 5. Housing 591 536 514 628 826 825 816 872 7. Environmental Services 2,405 2,507 2,520 2,652 2,926 3,000 3,137 3,620 8. Financing Items 230 461 527 622 660 29 464 386 All Services 18,515 19,231 19,882 21,221 22,790 23,742 26,006 27,662
§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary for the Environment what was the balance in the general revenue account at the end of the financial year for London authorities for each year since 1985, by London borough.
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Closing balance (ie at 31 March) on rate fund revenue account £ million 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 ILEA 46.489 55.175 50.545 41.241 94.604 69.081 Greater London CL 0.000 214.448 1— 1— 1— 1— City of London 5.369 11.322 19.152 18.782 28.850 37.526 Camden 3.649 17.489 9.151 1.726 12.289 19.068 Greenwich 13.102 11.099 n/a n/a n/a n/a Hackney -2.216 11.485 15.234 n/a n/a 0.490 Hammersmith and Fulham 0.030 0.140 0.140 0.175 12.971 33.805 Islington 0.000 3.843 0.112 3.198 4.054 10.962 Kensington and Chelsea 17.252 15.857 17.962 16.563 10.463 10.126 Lambeth 33.516 36.367 n/a n/a n/a n/a Lewisham 7.461 12.967 20.609 11.129 0.315 n/a Southwark 0.000 2.909 31.155 18.790 23.755 12.606 Tower Hamlets 11.638 9.282 0.119 0.000 11.380 0.000 Wandsworth 2.886 4.463 18.205 6.909 20.111 35.914 Westminster 10.732 14.877 14.110 13.022 12.488 n/a Barking and Dagenham 7.328 4.790 7.529 7.714 7.197 6.567 Barnet 3.337 3.982 5.415 4.830 14.396 16.274 Bexley 6.999 5.974 6.237 3.184 3.742 2.074 Brent 13.715 32.252 -14.847 -8.543 -23.188 3.185 Bromley 2.976 1.144 11.373 18.089 26.670 24.709 Croydon 4.283 4.687 19.228 21.352 16.566 7.380 Ealing -1.786 -3.543 n/a n/a n/a -4.928 Enfield 3.481 5.543 6.730 6.758 9.899 8.190 Haringey 2.000 24.115 0.248 n/a n/a n/a Harrow 10.304 12.696 13.118 11.035 12.116 11.884 Havering 4.860 2.112 4.489 4.499 3.702 2.900 Hillingdon -6.235 0.000 2.524 0.000 2.305 6.187 Hounslow 5.689 26.623 n/a 1.081 9.571 n/a
§ Mr. PortilloThe service expenditure control totals used in the rate support grant settlements from 1982–83 to 1989–90 are shown in the table. Information on expenditure control totals is not available for years prior to 1982–83.
It is not possible to construct comparable figures for outturn expenditure on the basis of the available returns from local authorities.
The service expenditure control totals used in the 1990–91 revenue support grant settlement together with expenditure on a similar basis are as follows:
Control totals £ million Expenditure £ million Education 14,753 15,683 Personal Social Services 3,592 4,035 Police 2,125 2,187 Fire and Civil Defence 877 949 Highway Maintenance 1,578 1,736 All Other Services 4,502 5,617 Capital Financing 2,380 3,045 Total Revenue Expenditure 29,805 33,250
§ Mr. PortilloThe available information as returned by authorities is given in the table.
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1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 Kingston-upon-Thames 1.027 0.687 1.604 7.041 9.936 5.296 Merton 4.775 6.761 37.416 35.314 33.254 n/a Newham 7.230 25.707 n/a 0.000 0.000 4.018 Redbridge 0.341 0.218 2.411 4.596 4.686 5.371 Richmond-upon-Thames 6.325 7.354 5.667 13.441 14.797 n/a Sutton 2.416 2.143 7.677 5.345 12.190 8.959 Waltham Forest 9.199 3.387 0.260 1.538 3.244 2.077 London Fire/CD authority 1— 1— 13.464 0.004 -26.702 0.000 Middlesex Probation 1— 1— 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 South East London Probation 1— 1— 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 South West London Probation 1— 1— 0.003 0.020 0.037 0.055 North East London Probation 1— 1— 0.059 0.000 0.000 0.000 London Waste Reg. 1— 1— 0.325 0.540 -0.319 0.499 West London Waste 1— 1— 1.860 2.093 1.947 1.953 North London Waste 1— 1— 2.960 1.901 1.893 2.502 East London Waste 1— 1— 1.020 0.984 0.622 0.065 West Riverside Waste 1— 1— 1.126 1.170 0.949 2.119 n/a Not available. 1— Not applicable.
§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing, for the years 1966–67 to 1991–92, separately for England, English regions, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom(a) average household domestic rate/community charge bills in pounds sterling, (b) average domestic rate/community charge bills adjusted by
Region 1983–84 £ 1984–85 £ 1985–86 £ 1986–87 £ 1987–88 £ 1988–89 £ 1989–90 £ South East 370 393 420 451 486 527 573 South West 255 272 291 351 377 418 459 East Anglia 244 265 281 349 370 404 449 West Midlands 290 299 345 398 429 467 520 East Midlands 243 271 292 362 395 444 461 North West 291 314 347 401 432 466 515 Yorkshire and Humberside 234 251 273 335 353 393 437 Northern 262 284 322 375 382 413 457 England 303 323 351 400 429 468 512 Average gross community charges by region for England are as follows:
1990–91 £ 1991–92 £ South East 351 257 South West 339 242 East Anglia 368 235 West Midlands 373 267 East Midlands 352 256 North West 377 286 Yorks and Humberside 315 228 Northern 376 267 England 357 252 Information on the RPI is published in Economic Trends; average household income by region is published in the annual Family Expenditure Survey reports and Regional Trends; average male earnings by region are published in the annual New Earnings Survey (Volume E) and reported also in Regional Trends. These publications are available in the House of the Commons Library.
Information for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a matter for my right hon. Friends the respective Secretaries of State.
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§ Mr. PortilloThe available information for average gross domestic rate bills per household, by region in England, is as follows:
§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing, with columns for English regions and England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, an analysis of local authority expenditure consistent with table 2 of Cm 1514.
§ Miss WiddecombeI have been asked to reply.
I refer the hon. Member to my reply to him on 10 July 1991 at columns 396–98.
§ Mrs. CurrieTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in rank order the proportion of community charge for 1990–91 now collected for each local authority, and the average for England.
§ Mr. PortilloWe estimate that the average percentage of budgeted community charge yield collected in England by 31 March 1991, allowing for non-responding authorities, was 90 per cent. I am placing in the Library a table containing information for individual local authorities ranked in descending order.