HC Deb 22 February 1982 vol 18 cc314-5W
Mr. Christopher Price

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if, pursuant to his reply, 25 June, Official Report, c.183–184, he will publish in the Official Report, for each local 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, its estimated outturn of expenditure in 1980–) in a form consistent with column 55 of `Financial, General and Rating Statistics 1980–81', (b) in terms of current expenditure at November 1979 prices and (c) in terms of current expenditure at November 1980 prices;

(2) if, pursuant to his reply, 25 June 1981, Official Report, c.18–184, he will publish, for each local 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 in 1980–81 (a) in a form consistent with column 55 of 'Financial, General and Rating Statistics 1980–81', (b) in terms of current expenditure at November 1979 prices and(c)in terms of current expenditure at November 1980 prices.

Mr. King

Following are provisional 1980–81 outturn figures consistent with column 55 of 'Financial, General and Rating Statistics 1980–81':

1980–81 provisional outturn "total local rate and grant-borne"
expenditure (at outturn prices)
£ million
(i) authorities which did not achieve a waiver by 15 January:
Camden 92.6
Hackney 66.7
Lambeth 99.9
Lewisham 67.2
Tower Hamlets 54.3
Brent 121.9
Hounslow 78.2
Waltham Forest 86.5
(ii) authorities which achieved a waiver:
Greenwich 45.0
Hammersmith 46.3
Islington 62.9
Southwark 86.7
Wandsworth 59.5
Haringey 105.8
Newham 99.1
Manchester 231.1
Doncaster 92.7
Sheffield 174.8
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 113.9
Merthyr Tydfil 6.9
Afan 5.7
Swansea 18.5

Figures for 1980–81 outturn expenditure of individual authorities at constant prices are not yet available.