§ Mr. HIGHAMalso asked the President of the Local Government Board if he will give for each year since 1896 the total loan debt of local authorities in England and Wales; how much each year it amounts to per head of the population; and how much each year per pound of the rateable value?
§ Mr. BURNSThe particulars asked for, as ascertained for the purposes of the Annual Local Taxation Returns, are set out in the following table:—
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Year. Total amount of outstanding loans of local authorities in England and Wales (including amounts for reproductive undertakings). Average amount. Per head of estimated population Per pound of rateable value. £ £ s. d. £ s. d. 1895–96. 242,000,000 7 19 2 1 9 9 1896–97. 251,000,000 8 3 1 1 10 3 1897–98. 261,000,000 8 7 7 1 11 0 1898–99. 275,000,000 8 14 9 1 12 0 1899–00. 293,000,000 9 3 10 1 13 4 1900–01. 316,000,000 9 15 10 1 15 0 1901–02. 342,000,000 10 10 1 1 16 9 1902–03. 370,000,000 11 4 5 1 18 8 1903–04. 393,000 000 11 16 1 2 0 4 1904–05. 463,000,000 13 1!5 3 2 6 5 1905–06. 479,000,000 14 2 2 2 7 4 1906–07. 490,000,000 14 5 4 2 7 4 1907–08. 498,000,000 14 7 1 2 7 6 1908–09. 506,000,000 14 8 8 2 7 7 1909–10. 536,000,000 15 1 7 2 9 9 1910–11. 540,000,000 15 1 10 2 9 9 The figures set out above are subject to such explanations as are given in the tables on pages 104 and 109 of Parliamentary Paper 273 of 1912.