§ Mr. David Watkinsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what transfers of funds have taken place 379W from housing revenue accounts to rate funds for each housing authority in England during 1981–82; and what are the estimated figures for 1982–83.
§ Mr. StanleyThe information on actual transfers in 1981–82 received from local authorities is as set out in table 1. The latest available information on estimated transfers, however, received from local authorities is as set out in table 2.
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TABLE 1 Local authorities actual housing revenue account Transfers to the general rate fund in 1981–82 County Authority Amount of transfer (£'000s) Greater London Bexley 6 Bromley 48 Havering 217 Hillingdon 1,130 Avon Woodspring 301 Bedfordshire Mid-Bedfordshire 107 Berkshire Bracknell 169 Slough 300 Windsor and Maidenhead 137 Wokingham 12 Buckinghamshire Beaconsfield 76 Wycombe 1,109 Cambridgeshire East Cambridgeshire 454 Fenland 207 Cheshire Congleton 346 Cleveland Stockton-on-Tees 50 Cornwall Restormel 108 Cumbria South Lakeland 9 Devon Exeter 93 Dorset Bournemouth 201 North Dorset 29 Wimborne 105 East Sussex Brighton 26 Eastbourne 70 Hove 39 Essex Brentwood 3 Castle Point 33 Colchester 1,111 Epping Forest 1,380 Rochford 159 Tendring 118 Gloucestershire Cheltenham 86 Gloucester 115 Hampshire Basingstoke and Deane 629 Gosport 106 Havant 519 Hereford and Worcester Hereford 4 Malvern Mills 1 Hertfordshire Dacorum 1,000 East Hertfordshire 273 North Hertfordshire 400 Three Rivers 222 Watford 76 Humberside Glanford 8 Kent Canterbury 300 Tonbridge and Malling 861 Leicestershire Harborough 53 Lincolnshire Boston 300 Lincoln 240 Norfolk Breckland 34 North Norfolk 28 Northamptonshire Northampton 15 South Northamptonshire 40 Nottinghamshire Bassetlaw 33 Oxfordshire South Oxfordshire 450 Vale of White Horse 168 Shropshire North Shropshire 48 Shrewsbury and Atcham 150 Somerset Sedgemoor 87 Staffordshire East Staffordshire 150 Lichfield 114 Staffordshire Moorlands 850
County Authority Amount of transfer (£'000s) Suffolk Forest Heath 48 Ipswich 367 Surrey Epsom and Ewell 20 Guildford 155 Runnymede 46 Spelthorne 115 Surrey Heath 250 Waverley 103 Warwickshire Stratford-on-Avon 835 West Sussex Horsham 254 Mid Sussex 18 Wiltshire West Wiltshire 120 TOTALS: 74 authorities transferred £17.844 million from the HRA to the GRF.
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TABLE 2 Local authorities estimated housing revenue account Transfers to the general rate fund in 1982–83 Country Authority Amount of transfer (£'000s) Greater London Bexley 7 Bromley 86 Havering 1,666 Hillingdon 768 Kingston 1,520 Merseyside St. Helens 887 Wirral 250 Avon Woodspring 543 Berkshire Bracknell 60 Slough 300 Windsor 391 Wokingham 45 Buckinghamshire Beaconsfield 66 Wycombe 550 Cambridgeshire East Cambridgeshire 750 Fenland 229 Cheshire Congleton 280 Cornwall Carrick 77 Penwith 85 Restormel 74 Cumbria South Lakeland 271 Devon East Devon 73 Exeter 126 North Devon 78 South Hams 76 Torbay 300 Dorset Bournemouth 602 Wimbourne 90 East Sussex Brighton 30 Eastbourne 250 Hove 100 Essex Brentwood 80 Castle Point 31 Colchester 1,180 Epping Forest 220 Maldon 2 Rochford 186 Southend 115 Thurrock 210 Gloucestershire Cheltenham 900 Gloucester 134 Tewkesbury 100 Hampshire Havant 634 Hertfordshire Dacorum 559 Three Rivers 153 Isle of Wight South Wight 50 Kent Dartford 150 Shepway 50 Tonbridge and Mailing 861 Tunbridge Wells 81 Lancashire Lancaster 282 West Lancashire 20
County Authority Amount of transfer(£000s) Leicestershire Harborough 62 Hinckley and Bosworth 300 Lincolnshire South Kesteven 115 Northamptonshire South Northamptonshire 40 Nottinghamshire Rushcliffe 105 Oxfordshire South Oxfordshire 510 Vale of White Horse 81 Shropshire North Shropshire 60 Somerset Taunton Deane 70 Staffordshire East Staffordshire 172 Staffs Moorlands 600 Suffolk Forest Heath 77 Surrey Runnymede 82 Spelthorne 246 Surrey Heath 85 Tandridge 500 Waverley 142 Woking 57 West Sussex Chichester 250 Horsham 279 Worthing 200 Wiltshire West Wiltshire 153 TOTALS: 74 authorities are estimated to be transferring £20.814 million from the HRA to the GRF.