HC Deb 01 November 1994 vol 248 cc1018-9W
Mr. Gunnell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the total spending on economic development measures by(a) the five west Yorkshire district councils, (b) the four south Yorkshire district councils, (c) North Yorkshire county council and (d) Humberside county council under the Housing and Local Government Act 1989 in each financial year since 1989–90.

Mr. Robert B. Jones

[holding answer 31 October 1994]Section 33 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 allows local authorities to take "such steps as they may from time to time consider appropriate for promoting the economic development of their area". The Department of the Environment does not collect information about expenditure specifically related to section 33, although it does record a number of items of local authority expenditure which can be totalled to produce a figure for economic development generally. For each of the local authorities identified, this gives the following figures for net current and capital expenditure respectively:

1990–91 £000s 1991–92 £000s 1992–93 £000s 1993–94 £000s
Net current expenditure
County Councils
Humberside 1,368 1,899 1,870 1,921
North Yorkshire 577 685 271 736
District Councils
Barnsley 349 302 247 2,691
Doncaster 202 48 252 647
Rotherham -428 -352 -138 -460
Sheffield 461 2,967 2,749
Bradford 1,425 1,606 1,750 1,486
Calderdale 570 581 280 193
Kirklees 1,468 1,778 2,091 1,950
Leeds 1,879 2,148 2,004 48
Wakefiels 2,258 2,110
1990–91 £000s 1991–92 £000s 1992–93 £000s 1993–94 £000s
Capital Expenditure
County Councils
Humberside 226 293 271 269
North Yorkshire 183 213
District Councils
Barnsley 992 1,246 1,754 4,533
Doncaster 3,985 1,287 6,025 2,851
Rotherham 303 199 732
Sheffield 9,461 1,415 1,238 n/a
Bradford 5,427 2,637 1,881 6,712
Calderdale 1,242 449 152 1,019
Kirklees 875 2,151 2,231 3,622
Leeds 3,304 5,940 4,455 8,613
Wakefiels 5,597 3,239 2,326 1,672

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