Local Government Expenditure

HC Deb 05 July 1972 vol 840 cc134-5W

80. Mr. Loveridge

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total of local government expenditure in each of the past 10 years; what pro-

LOCAL GOVERNMENT RATE FUND EXPENDITURE (ENGLAND AND WALES)
			Gross revenue expenditure £m.	Expenditure on education proportion of Col. (2) Per cent.	Proportion of Col. (2) met from
Year	Rates Per cent.	Government grants Per cent.	Other income Per cent.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
1961–62	…	…	1,980.7	42	38	42	20
1962–63	…	…	2,177.9	43	38	42	20
1963–64	…	…	2,387.4	43	38	42	20
1964–65	…	…	2,609.5	42	38	42	20
1965–66	…	…	2,970.3	42	38	42	20
1966–67	…	…	3,272.9	42	38	42	20
1967–68	…	…	3,624.4	42	36	44	20
1968–69	…	…	3,925.7	42	36	43	21
1969–70	…	…	4,693.3	40	32	41	27
1970–71	…	…	5,462.8	39	30	41	29
Notes:
Expenditure figures refer to rate fund service only—i.e. trading activities are excluded, apart from any contributions to these from rate funds.
The procedures for collection of financial statistics from local authorities were altered in 1969–70 and figures for that year and later years are not directly comparable with earlier years. Figures for 1970–71 are provisional