Personal Social Services (Expenditure)

HC Deb 28 February 1978 vol 945 cc204-5W

Mr. Fitt

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the expenditure per head of population on the personal social services in 1976–77 and the estimate for 1977–78 in respect of Manchester, Newcastle, Islington and Tower Hamlets.

Mr. Moyle

Figures for 1976–77 have not yet been published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy—CIPFA—but calculations based on information supplied by local authorities and the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys show net revenue expenditure, including loan charges, as below. Estimates for 1977–78, taken from the CIPFA publication "Social Service Statistics", a copy of which is in the Library, are also shown.

		1976–77 (actual)	1977–78 (estimate—November 1976 prices)
		£	£
Manchester	…	35.29	37.83
Newcastle	…	33.16	31.41
Islington	…	62.59	73.66
Tower Hamlets	…	65.83	71.05