HC Deb 24 February 1997 vol 291 cc6-7W
Mr. Nigel Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment which are the 10 highest spending local councils per head in England. [16157]

Sir Paul Beresford

The 10 local authorities within each class of authority with the highest budgeted net revenue expenditure per head are as follows:

1996–97 Budgeted net revenue expenditure per head1£
London Boroughs2
1 Tower Hamlets 1,449
2 Hackney 1,413
3 Islington 1,324
4 Camden 1,271
5 Southwark 1,258
6 Newham 1,228
7 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,190
8 Greenwich 1,153
9 Haringey 1,139
10 Westminster 1,127
Metropolitan Districts and Unitary Authorities3
1 Liverpool 1,053
2 Manchester 1,053
3 Knowsley 1,018
4 Birmingham 972
5 Wolverhampton 940
6 Middlesborough UA 915
7 Hartlepool UA 913
8 Sandwell 910
9 Gateshead 901
10 Salford 886
Shire Counties
1 Northumberland 680
2 Lancashire 659
3 Durham 659
4 Cumbria 656
5 Kent 656
6 Bedfordshire 654
7 Hertfordshire 651
8 Northamptonshire 640
9 Nottinghamshire 638
10 Cheshire 636
Shire Districts
1 Leicester 203
2 Luton 198
3 Alnwick 193
4 Southampton 180
5 Harlow 176
6 Reading 175
7 Hove 175
8 Blackburn 169
9 Wear Valley 160
10 Portsmouth 160

Notes:

1The information has been grouped by the classes of authority which bear responsibility for the same range of functions. Comparisons should therefore not be made between these groups.

2 City of London excluded.

3 Isles of Scilly excluded.