§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment, (1) if he will publish in the Official Report, for each authority which originally appeared in his list of those councils to lose rate support grant under sections 48 to 50 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980, and which did not subsequently have the penalty removed (a) the original budget estimate of their expenditure in 1980–81, (b) the revised budget estimate of their expenditure notified to his Department during the summer of 1980 and (c) their estimated outturns of expenditure in 1980–81 as reported in the RER forms returned to his Department during the spring of 1981 (i) in a form consistent with column 55 of "Financial, General
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(2) if he will publish, for each authority which originally appeared in his list of those councils to lose rate support grant under sections 48 to 50 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980, and which have subsequently had the penalty removed, its estimated outturn of expenditure for 1980–81 as reported in the RER forms returned to his Department in the current year (a) in a form consistent with column 55 of "Financial General and Rating Statistics 1980/1" published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and (b) at November 1979 prices.
§ Mr. Kingthe "revised estimates" for 1980–81, as reported on RER 82 forms, are approximate figures provided by authorities to my Department on the understanding that they will only be used for the calculation of national aggregates. Authorities have been requested to provide figures of actual outturn expenditure by the autumn of this year.
The other figures requested are shown in the tables attached.
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Authorities which did not achieve a waiver 1980–81 Original Budget Revised Budget "Col 55" figures* Outturn prices "Current" expenditure November 1979 price † "Col 55" figures* Outturn prices "Current" expenditure November 1979 prices† £000 £000 £000 £000 Camden 86,446 42,225 86,446 42,225 Tower Hamlets 53,609 39,786 53,609 39,786 Lambeth 92,922 53,965 92,922 53,965 Hackney 63,575 38,481 63,985 38,481 Lewisham 66,600 39,683 66,600 39,683 Brent 116,080 81,897 116,080 81,897 Waltham Forest 87,798 59,456 87,798 59,456 Hounslow 75,076 52,824 75,076 52,601 * Total Local Grant and Rate Borne Expenditure, consistent with Col 55 of "Financial and General Rating Statistics 1980–81" † Figures have been given in November 1979 prices as this was the price base of the expenditure targets in 1980–81
Authorities which did not achieve a waiver 1980–81 Original Budget Revised Budget "Col 55" figures* Outturn prices "Current" expenditure November 1979 prices "Col 55" figures* Outturn prices "Current" expenditure November 1979 prices £000 £000 £000 £000 Islington †66,395 34,369 64,605 32,670 Southwark 79,765 45,240 80,224 45,122 Haringey 101,299 68,519 100,604 66,670 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 113,447 75,295 110,397 71,129 Hammersmith 45,680 31,775 47,730 29,623 Swansea 17,091 8,830 16,814 8,248 Newham 95,761 63,282 95,761 58,629 Manchester City 223,011 152,495 220,738 141,024 Greenwich 44,803 27,656 43,475 26,203 Afan 5,758 3,454 5,353 3,244 Doncaster 94,136 66,944 93,516 64,567 Sheffield 176,718 121,784 172,945 115,143 Wandsworth 62,224 41,021 60,503 41,021 Merthyr Tydfil 6,971 3,971 6,898 3,906 * Total Local Grant and Rate Borne Expenditure, consistent with Col 55 of "Financial and General Rating Statistics 1980–81 † Revised figures supplied by the local authority