§ Mr. Michael Brownasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how much money is spent by local authorities per annum on (a) refuse collection, (b)street cleansing, (c) park maintenance, (d) fire services, (e) window cleaning, (f) school cleaning and caretaking and (g) school meals.
§ Mr. KingSeparate figures for expenditure on park maintenance, window cleaning, and school cleaning and caretaking are not available centrally. Information on expenditure by local authorities in England and Wales for the other services listed is published annually in "Local Government Financial Statistics"—tables 7 and 9 for revenue expenditure; tables 12 and 13 for capital expenditure—copies of which are in the Library.