§ 67. Lieut.-Colonel Bolesasked the Minister of Health what is the total increase in indebtedness incurred by all local authorities in England and Wales for each county, including county councils, borough councils and district councils, for the year ended 31st March, 1948, showing figures for the County of London and its constituent councils separately.
§ Mr. BevanI regret that these figures will not be available until the end of this year. The latest available figures—those for the year ended March, 1947—are given below:
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Variation in Net Outstanding Loan debt of Administrative Counties in England and Wales at 31st March, 1947, compared with the position at 31st March, 1946. Detailed figures in respect of the County of London. Administrative Counties Increase (+) or Decrease (-) 1947 compared with 1946 £ County of London: + 2,092,271 London County Council … + 1,685,088 City of London … - 337,043 Metropolitan Boroughs: Battersea … - 68,508 Bermondsey … - 16,243 Bethnal Green … - 17,906 Camberwell … - 21,864 Chelsea … + 103,208 Deptford … + 99,765 Finsbury … + 13,688 Fulham … + 374,400 Greenwich … + 107,355 Hackney … - 116,476 Hammersmith … - 65,192 Hampstead … + 32,952 Holborn … - 5,534 Islington … + 23806 Kensington … + 103,180 Lambeth … + 8,415 Lewisham … + 7,179 Paddington … - 1,364 Poplar … + 53,419 St. Marylebone … - 82,167 St. Pancras … + 4,757 Shoreditch … + 16,883 Southwark … + 85,691 Stepney … - 16,714 Stoke Newington … + 68,292 Wandsworth … - 63,570 Westminster … - 97,350 Woolwich … + 214,124
Administrative Counties Increase (+) or Decrease (-) 1947 compared with 1946 Administrative Counties outside London: England £ Bedford + 1,285,833 Berkshire + 960,983 Buckingham + 1,067,886 Cambridge + 296,545 Chester + 2,484,762 Cornwall (including Isles of Scilly) + 810,376 Cumberland + 99,770 Derby + 1,683,906 Devon + 1,250,802 Dorset + 848,033 Durham + 3,381,187 Ely, Isle of + 278,864 Essex + 2,978,466 Gloucester + 1,141,550 Hereford + 285,479 Hertford + 1,567,049 Huntingdon + 427,770 Kent +3,301,359 Lancaster +4,080,718 Leicester +1,283,685 Lincoln:— Parts of Holland +125,943 Parts of Kesteven + 479,224 Parts of Lindsey + 603,149 Middlesex + 1,434,957 Norfolk + 1,204,912 Northampton + 1,457,320 Northumberland + 1,826,601 Nottingham 1,208,768 Oxford + 664,368 Peterborough, Soke of + 317,629 Rutland + 42,600 Salop + 944,127 Somerset + 2,021,378 Southampton + 2,138,596 Stafford + 2,516,741 Suffolk, East + 442,442 Suffolk, West + 554,702 Surrey + 1,781,558 Sussex, East + 765,918 Sussex, West + 640,738 Warwick + 1,319,966 Westmorland + 69,236 Wight, Isle of + 411,543 Wiltshire + 610,481 Worcester + 1,413,567 York:— East Riding + 487,882 North Riding + 915,763 West Riding + 2,973,858 Wales: Anglesey + 167,985 Brecknock + 132,958 Caernarvon + 60,350 Cardigan + 17,641 Carmarthen + 438,716 Denbigh + 458,037 Flint + 555,962 Glamorgan + 1,004,484 Merioneth + 94,964 Monmouth + 545,144 Montgomery + 129,168 Pembroke + 422,155 Radnor + 28,705