§ Mr. OttawayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) if he will publish a list of English local authorities broken down by classification and ranked by(a) outstanding debt and (b) outstanding debt per head of population; [84863]
(2) if he will publish a list of English local authorities ranked (a) by outstanding debt and (b) by outstanding debt per head of population. [84862]
§ Mr. MealeThe latest information on levels of debt outstanding for each local authority in England relates to 31 March 1997. I have today placed the information requested in the Library of the House.