§ Mr. CashTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the levels of spending on consumer protection per head of population in(a) Staffordshire and (b) each other county of England (i) in the current year and (ii) in each of the last three years. [94016]
§ Dr. HowellsI have been asked to reply.
The figures requested are contained in the following table. Expenditure per head has been calculated by dividing the total expenditure on consumer protection for each county (excluding those abolished during local government reorganisation), as collected by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, by the total population of the county. The population data used are the latest available, namely for mid 1997.
Total expenditure figures for the financial years 1996–97 and 1997–98 are actual out-turns; those for 1998–99 are provisional out-turns; and the 1999–2000 figures are budget estimates.
Figures reflect the changes in local authority boundaries that came into effect in 1998–99.
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Consumer protection net expenditure per head of population for the Shire counties for the years 1996–97 to 1999–2000 £ 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 Bedfordshire1 2.55 — — — Bedfordshire 0 2.61 2.57 2.7 Berkshire 2.4 2.4 — — Buckinghamshire1 2.66 — — — Buckinghamshire 0 2.14 2.13 2.38 Cambridgeshire1 2.2 2.13 — — Cambridgeshire 0 0 2.22 2.09 Cheshire1 2.11 2.16 — — Cheshire 0 0 2.09 2.39 Cornwall 2.38 2.6 2.41 2.88 Cumbria 2.8 2.74 2.75 2.74 Derbyshire1 1.96 — — — Derbyshire 0 2.38 3.03 3.21 Devon1 2.26 2.19 — — Devon 0 0 2.2 2.25 Dorset1 2.42 — — — Dorset 0 2.43 2.84 2.82 Durham1 2.66 — — — Durham 0 2.71 2.85 2.99 East Sussex1 1.97 — — — East Sussex 0 1.88 1.92 1.9 Essex1 2.03 2.02 — — Essex 0 0 2.05 2.1 Gloucestershire 2.21 2.36 2.62 2.68 Hampshire1 2 — — — Hampshire 0 2.12 2.27 2.35 Hereford and Worcester 2.61 2.56 — — Worcestershire 0 0 2.64 2.7 Hertfordshire 1.88 1.89 1.71 1.74 Kent1 2.37 2.4 — — Kent 0 0 2.44 2.48 Lancashire1 2.26 2.37 — — Lancashire 0 0 2.65 2.73 Leicestershire1 2.11 — — — Leicestershire 0 2.11 2.7 2.81 Lincolnshire 2.43 2.48 2.36 2.39 Norfolk 1.98 2.05 2.19 2.23 North Yorkshire 2.45 2.18 2.47 2.61 Northamptonshire 2.25 2.21 2.32 2.32 Northumberland 2.66 2.83 3.02 3.37 Nottinghamshire1 2.72 2.85 — — Nottinghamshire 0 0 2.81 2.78 Oxfordshire 2.29 2.3 2.31 2.32 Shropshire1 2.95 3.49 — —
Consumer protection net expenditure per head of population for the Shire counties for the years 1996–97 to 1999–2000 £ 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 Shropshire 0 0 3.86 3.85 Somerset 2.9 2.91 3.27 3.38 Staffordshire1 2.39 — — — Staffordshire 0 2.68 2.65 2.69 Suffolk 2.36 2.29 2.42 2.53 Surrey 2.36 2.41 2.49 2.63 Warwickshire 3.24 3.3 2.93 3.2 West Sussex 2.69 2.63 2.77 2.82 Wiltshire1 2.14 — — — Wiltshire 0 2.31 2.66 2.91 1 These figures relate to spending by the authority prior to boundary changes as a result of Local Government reorganisation.