§ Mrs. Ren ée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been (a) the current expenditure and (b) the capital expenditure of local authorities for each of the last 10 years in real terms; and if he will show the percentage change for each year as compared with 1977.
§ Mr. KingFollowing is the information:
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United Kingdom local authorities Direct Current and Direct Capital expenditure 1970–79 at 1975 prices Year Current Expenditure at 1975 Constant Prices £ million Pecentage Change on 1977 Per cent. Capital Expenditure at 1975 Constant Prices £ million Percentage Change on 1977 Per cent. 1970 7,598 –23.0 4,183 +41.4 1971 7,964 –19.3 4,058 +37.2 1972 8,591 –12.9 3,887 +31.4 1973 9,255 –6.2 4,541 +53.5 1974 9,209 –6.6 4,190 +41.6 1975 9,776 –0.9 3,755 +26.9 1976 10,060 +2.0 3,599 +21.7 1977 9,863 — 2,958 — 1978 10,226 +3.7 2,603 –12.0 1979 10,550 +7.0 2,398 –18.9 Note on sources: Data for current price current and capital expenditure are obtained from National Income and Expenditure 1980.