§ Mr. Barnettasked the Minister of Technology what was the total in the last financial year paid by his Department to all local authorities in Lancashire with an analyis of such payments under the appropriate categories, and a comparison of each on a per capita basis with all other counties.
§ Dr. BrayThe total paid by the Department to all local authorities in Lancashire during the last financial year on advisory and demonstration services was £19,000 and on estate management £3,000.
45WA comparison of the payments on a per capita basis with all other counties is as follows:—
County Advisory and Demonstration Services Estate Management Total Pence per Capita of Population ENGLAND Lancashire 0.8 0.1 0.9 Bedfordshire 0.8 3.8 4.6 Berkshire — 2.4 2.4 Buckinghamshire 1.1 1.2 2.3 Cheshire 1.0 — 1.0 Cornwall — 1.8 1.8 Cumberland 1.6 7.9 9.5 Derbyshire 0.5 — 0.5 Devon 0.7 — 0.7 Durham 0.7 — 0.7 Essex 0.1 1.7 1.8 Gloucestershire 0.5 1.5 2.0 Greater London 0.3 — 0.3 Hampshire and I.O.W. 0.5 1.9 2.4 Herefordshire 1.7 — 1.7 Kent 0.5 — 0.5 Leicestershire 0.7 — 0.7 Northamptonshire 1.5 — 1.5 Northumberland 0.6 — 0.6 Nottingham 0.6 — 0.6 Oxfordshire 1.7 — 1.7 Staffordshire 0.3 — 0.3 Surrey 0.7 — 0.7 Warwickshire 0.3 — 0.3 Wiltshire — 0.6 0.6 Worcestershire 0.8 110 11.8 Yorkshire 0.9 — 0.9 SCOTLAND Aberdeenshire 0.5 — 0.5 Renfrewshire 1.5 — 1.5 Wigtonshire — 5.5 5.5 WALES Flintshire 0.4 — 0.4 Glamorganshire 0.8 11 1.9 Merioneth — 2.0 2.0 Monmouthshire 0.8 — 0.8 No expenditure in counties not listed.
Notes:
Advisory and Demonstration Services include low cost automation centres and the industrial liaison service.
Estate Management includes the rates and rent of properties leased to the Department together with such other miscellaneous payments as water supply, drainage rights, street lighting and rights of way.
Payments of rates on houses included in the estate management figures are recovered from tenants.