§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report the inflation factor applied to local government volume expenditure totals to convert November 1978 prices to November 1979 prices and to convert November 1979 prices to 1980 prices; and if he will detail precisely how each inflation factor was derived.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe factors used to revalue local authority current expenditure from one price base to another are as follows:—
November 1978-November 1979 November 1979-November 1980 Counties 1.5* 1.2476 Districts 1.5* 1.2078 * This factor relates to current expenditure in England and Wales as a whole. Factors for each class of authority in Wales are not available for this earlier revaluation period. Detailed information on the derivation of the factors are given in the local authority association booklets "Rate Support Grant 1980–81 Eleventh Period"—published February 1980—and "Rate Support Grant 1981–82 Twelfth Period" to be published shortly. Copies of both publications will be available through the Library.
§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report the total revenue expenditure for each local authority in Wales (a) in 1978–79 (in volume terms, at November 1979 prices), (b) in 1979–80 (in volume terms, at November 1979 prices) and (c) in 1980–81 (revised budgets stage, in volume terms, at November 1979 prices).
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe figures are as follows:
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'Current' expenditure* (£ thousand, at November 1979 prices) 1978–79 outturn 1979–80 provisional outturn 1980–81 revised budgets Aberconwy 2,629 3,029 2,866 Afan 3,340 3,087 3,244 Alyn and Deeside 2,709 2,601 2,576
1978–79 outturn 1979–80 provisional outturn 1980–81 revised budgets Arfon 2,186 2,197 2,207 Blaenau Gwent 3,491 3,691 4,062 Brecknock 1,278 1,264 1,310 Cardiff 11,919 12,136 10,964 Carmarthen 2,138 2,149 2,085 Ceredigion 1,997 2,286 2,011 Colwyn 2,078 2,192 2,034 Cynon Valley 3,483 3,572 3,413 Delyn 2,567 3,145 2,516 Dinefwr 1,229 1,484 1,205 Dwyfor 1,029 888 1,064 Glyndwr 1,549 1,672 1,657 Islwyn 2,775 2,495 2,752 Llanelli 3,356 3,648 3,292 Lliw Valley 2,179 2,413 2,120 Meirionnydd 1,323 1,381 1,521 Merthyr Tydfil 3,564 4,266 3,906 Monmouth 2,713 2,578 2,519 Montgomery 1,437 1,635 1,402 Neath 2,148 2,396 2,170 Newport 5,491 5,876 5,563 Ogwr 5,228 5,550 5,121 Preseli 2,275 2,607 2,201 Radnor 697 633 681 Rhondda 4,846 5,096 4,835 Rhuddlan 3,450 4,199 3,166 Rhymney Valley 5,210 4,613 4,918 South Pembrokeshire 1,590 1,711 1,577 Swansea 8,416 8,429 8,248 Taff-Ely 3,789 3,814 3,935 Torfaen 4,328 4,661 4,802 Vale of Glamorgan 3,709 4,011 4,165 Wrexham Maelor 4,090 4,437 4,250 Ynys Mon 2,795 2,916 2,840 Clwyd 92,069 92,293 93,247 Dyfed 86,222 85,782 84,501 Gwent 105,989 105,839 105,332 Gwynedd 58,815 58,420 58,407 Mid Glamorgan 134,359 137,616 137,410 Powys 34,095 34,124 33,349 South Glamorgan 89,066 88,601 89,181 West Glamorgan 96,927 95,438 95,100 *Current expenditure as defined in the request for revised budgets for 1980–81.