HC Deb 17 January 1994 vol 235 cc397-9W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what were the actual council revenue spending for 1993–94, net of community care, and the planned council revenue spending for 1993–94 and 1994–95, net of community care, for each district and county of Wales and for Wales as a whole.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

Local authority budgeted expenditure, including community care, for the current financial year is published on page 43 of "Welsh Local Government Financial Statistics No. 17 1993", copies of which are in the Library of the House. Information on community care budgets is not available separately. Actual figures for 1993–94 and budgeted expenditure for 1994–95 are not yet available.

Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what amount of reserves was spent by every county and district council in Wales during the last financial year; and if he will give the totals for all counties and all districts, and the combined total for Wales.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The use of reserves by local authorities during the last financial year is shown in the table.

Appropriations from/to financial reserves, 1992–93 revised estimates1
£'000
Alyn and Deeside 1,133
Colwyn 193
Delyn 1,216
Glyndwr 378
Rhuddlan 327
Wrexham Maelor -283
Carmarthen -50
Ceredigion 892
Dinefwr -91
Llanelli 415
Preseli Pembrokeshire -685
South Pembrokeshire 222
Blaenau Gwent 1,672
Islwyn 725
Monmouth 193
Newport -1,568
Torfaen -314
Aberconwy 909
Arfon 58
Dwyfor 241
Meirionnydd 990
Ynys Mon 198
Cynon Valley 568
Merthyr Tydfil 224
Ogwr -3
Rhondda -1,104
Rhymney Valley 389
Taff Ely 789
Brecknock -107
Montgomeryshire 1,134
Radnorshire -176
Cardiff -1,529
Vale of Glamorgan 477
Port Talbot 143
Lliw Valley -9
Neath 3,464
Swansea 4,659
Clwyd -22
Dyfed 1,030
Gwent 819
Gwynedd 1,002
Mid Glamorgan -5,496
Powys 2,121
South Glamorgan 898
West Glamorgan -125
Total Districts 15,690
Total Counties 227
Total Wales 15,917

Source: General Fund Revenue Accounts Return (RA94).

1 Appropriations from financial reserves are shown as positive and appropriations to reserves are shown as (-). Includes reserves under Local Management of Schools and Local Management of Colleges.