HC Deb 31 July 1981 vol 9 cc650-3W
Mr. Silvester

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will detail expenditure incurred in Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle upon Tyne and Leeds, respectively, on programmes administered by his Department for each year since 1974.

Mr. Whitelaw

The information is available in the form requested only for expenditure on courts services, civil defence, the registration of electors and section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966. The figures are set out in the following tables. Information about other services for which I am responsible could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

1974–75

£

1975–76

£

1976–77

£

1977–78

£

1978–79

£

1979–80

£

Courts Services
Liverpool 404,921 508,231 626,653 704,781 833,674 1,131,969
Manchester 983,407 1,169,450 1,325,936 1,413,333 1,527,848 1,632,286
Birmingham 580,656 925,185 965,966 987,916 1,153,425 1,391,889
Newcastle 190,584 240,719 271,907 294,535 327,887 400,098
Leeds 352,908 562,645 644,196 742,045 880,498 1,053,270
Civil Defence
Liverpool 455
Manchester
Birmingham
Newcastle 553 596 581 743 754
Leeds 621 815 817 785 2,147 995
Expenditure Under Section 11

Local Government Act

1966

Manchester 229,251 332,735 454,643 519,051 585,187 957,593
Birmingham 1,426,115 2,084,697 2,327,572 2,610,470 2,414,016 2,730,102
Leeds 150,339 153,885 509,699 553,689 734,770 823,380
Registration of Electors
Liverpool 68,365 84,556 104,742 112,048 121,368 140,878
Manchester 68,017 90,783 136,383 118,030 128,469 127,482
Birmingham 173,576 217,653 246,733 235,355 255,524 289,935
Newcastle 39,012 52,290 58,961 61,950 138,199 65,526
Leeds 98,586 146,790 149,491 159,180 178,600 215,288

Mr. Silvester

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will detail expenditure incurred in Merseyside, Greater Manchester, the West Midlands, Tyne and Wear and West Yorkshire, respectively, on programmes administered by his Department for each year since 1974.

1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
£ £ £ £ £ £
POLICE
Merseyside 20,069,090 27,197,081 32,550,460 36,619,162 41,305,953 53,982,990
Greater Manchester 31,222,014 40,429,792 48,116,635 54,711,955 61,431,361 80,604,301
West Midlands 29,625,640 38,172,542 46,293,736 50,150,014 56,095,718 71,955,572
Northumbria* 16,259,346 21,024,777 24,685,922 27,339,581 30,693,685 38,581,159
West Yorkshire 23,085,810 30,027,864 35,710,480 39,489,119 44,130,617 57,320,089
PROBATION
Merseyside 1,321,082 1,814,354 2,172,288 2,310,200 2,582,752 3,328,238
Greater Manchester 1,585,341 2,053,735 2,580,572 2,881,120 3,271,227 4,241,614
West Midlands 1,739,886 2,353,248 2,857,846 3,156,018 3,446,224 4,483,237
Northumbria* 869,225 1,167,714 1,428,789 1,631,294 1,882,765 2,369,985
West Yorkshire 1,432,138 1,845,401 2,156,282 2,395,657 2,686,297 3,482,239
CIVIL DEFENCE
Merseyside 49,313 72,049 83,711 85,278 93,004 127,006
Greater Manchester 35,694 57,350 72,722 82,975 110,433 109,365
West Midlands 51,132 75,268 109,183 129,950 173,765 209,403
Tyne and Wear 22,380 31,294 32,642 22,698 37,988 43,588
West Yorkshire 47,132 81,631 86,220 95,604 96,094 109,846
* Expenditure on Tyne and Wear is incorporated in these figures and is not separately indentifiable.

Mr. Whitelaw

Information in the form requested cannot be provided for all the services for which I am responsible, but such information as is readily available is set out in the following tables.

School Crossing Patrols
Year
Authority 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
Merseyside 259,663 361,207 431,457 457,334 493,876 566,030
Greater Manchester 437,174 875,730 1,015,757 1,094,863 1,166,610 1,093,000
West Midlands 506,250 606,195 669,862 682,758 774,277 859,500
Tyne and Wear 290,224 388,816 486,347 535,185 562,683 635,886
West Yorkshire 292,970 368,200 438,443 496,569 511,995 538,468

Fire Service
Year
Authority 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
Merseyside 6,403,461 8,444,280 9,249,021 9,480,701 11,616,062 14,078,736
Greater Manchester 8,034,550 10,750,064 12,698,678 13,208,286 16,067,019 20,556,732
West Midlands 8,088,200 10,599,365 12,406,303 12,344,640 14,943,608 18,330,724
Tyne and Wear 4,254,467 5,863,226 6,721,874 6,765,313 7,971,852 9,340,253
West Yorkshire 6,828,180 9,349,281 10,305,378 10,310,105 12,525,299 15,641,505

Registration of Electors
Year
Authority 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
Merseyside 204,501 271,426 329,453 345,633 339,791 487,397
Greater Manchester 320,775 415,957 516,815 507,599 618,294 668,271
West Midlands 372,661 449,112 509,816 526,631 572,881 629,589
Tyne and Wear 110,572 202,308 257,362 276,161 342,275 280,504
West Yorkshire 248,644 379,763 405,586 418,570 457,173 527,790

Court Services
Year
Authority 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
Merseyside 755,319 892,399 1,054,037 1,175,212 1,402,035 1,787,844
Greater Manchester 1,984,023 2,546,858 2,934,737 3,422,282 3,796,716 4,396,237
West Midlands 1,667,352 2,421,770 2,548,559 2,969,755 3,457,880 4,312,928
Tyne and Wear 641,144 912,511 1,075,362 1,174,080 1,288,211 1,584,859
West Yorkshire 1,286,005 1,807,279 2,123,259 2,377,080 2,724,638 3,192,248

Expenditure under Section 11 Local Government Act 1966
Year
Authority 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
Merseyside
Greater Manchester 557,968 759,958 988,034 1,191,304 1,448,993 2,092,511
West Midlands 3,237,914 4,550,657 5,478,680 6,586,796 7,191,017 8,684,296
Tyne and Wear
West Yorkshire 1,301,193 1,710,015 2,447,224 2,835,854 3,363,790 4,084,316

The figures include where applicable, the revenue consequences of capital expenditure.

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