HC Deb 24 February 1982 vol 18 cc434-5W
Mr. Whitlock

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of local authority bids for 1982–83 for (a) capital, (b) revenue support, (c) road maintenance and (d) other current spending was accepted for grant for (i) the Greater London Council, (ii) Metropolitan counties, (iii) shire counties and (ilv) England.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

On the basis of the government's view of pay and price movements from November 1980 prices, at which bids were submitted, to 1982–83 cash amounts in which the settlement was announced, the information is as follows:

County Revenue Support Road Maintenance Other Capital Total
Bus etc. Rail Current
Derbyshire 72 100 98 100 72 89
Devon 100 — 100 100 100 100
Dorset 100 — 100 100 86 94
Durham 100 — 100 100 94 98
East Sussex 100 — 100 100 100 100
Essex 100 100 100 100 100 100
Gloucester 93 — 100 100 86 96
Hampshire 100 — 100 100 80 93
Hereford/Worcester 100 100 100 100 88 97
Hertford 100 100 100 100 89 97
Humberside 46 100 99 100 76 85
Isle of Wight 100 — 100 100 82 93
Kent 100 — 100 100 79 92
Lancashire 70 100 96 100 67 84
Leicester 100 — 100 100 90 97
Lincoln 100 100 100 100 99 100
Norfolk 100 — 100 100 100 100
Northampton 58 — 99 100 49 67
Northumberland 100 — 100 100 100 100
North Yorkshire 100 — 99 100 65 90
Nottingham 24 — 98 100 80 80
Oxford 100 — 100 100 67 89
Shropshire 100 — 100 100 81 94
Somerset 100 — 100 100 96 99
Stafford 59 — 99 100 86 88
Suffolk 100 100 100 100 81 92
Surrey 100 — 100 100 86 96
Warwick 100 — 100 100 81 95
West Sussex 100 — 100 100 91 97
Wiltshire 100 — 100 100 100 100
Total Shires 78 100 99 100 84 92
Total England 69 95 96 100 81 86

* Bid received from GLC excluded all planned expenditure on cutting fares.

† Bid received from South Yorkshire excluded part of their planned expenditure on maintaining low fares.