§ Sir William Elliottasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the latest available figure for the net debt per capita of the city of Newcastle district council; how Newcastle's debt compares with the other districts in the Tyne and Wear council area; and what is the average of all metropolitan districts.
§ Mr. KingThe available information is as follows:
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Outstanding debt per head at 31 March 1981*† £ City of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1,077 All Tyne and Wear districts 891 Gateshead 844 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1,077
Outstanding debt per head at 31 March 1981*† £ North Tyneside 908 South Tyneside 988 Sunderland 694 All metropolitan districts (England) 697 * As published in column 46 of "Return of Outstanding Debt, as at 31 March 1981", CIPFA. † OPCS mid 1980 population estimates.
§ Sir William Elliottasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the latest available figures of expenditure per 1,000 population on all services by the city of Newcastle district council; how the expenditure in Newcastle compares with the expenditure of the other districts in the Tyne and Wear council area; and what is the average of all metropolitan districts.
§ Mr. KingThe available information is as follows:
Expenditure per thousand population*† £ Gateshead 372,097 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 499,655 North Tyneside 392,858 South Tyneside 430,453 Sunderland 404,428 All Tyne and Wear districts 424,140 All metropolitan districts (England) 479,741 Notes:
* Gross revenue expenditure, 1980–81 outturn (all services)
‡ OPCS Mid-1980 population estimates.
§ Sir William Elliottasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the latest available manpower figures showing staff numbers per thousand population in the city of Newcastle district council; how the staff numbers in Newcastle compare with those in the other districts in the Tyne and Wear council area; and what is the average for all metropolitan districts.
§ Mr. KingThe information requested, based on the latest joint manpower watch return—December 1981 survey—and the OPCS June 1980 population estimates, is as follows:
Total Numbers (full-time plus part-time) Staff per thousand population Newcastle-upon-Tyne 18,406 64.1 Gateshead 10,346 49.3 North Tyneside 10,037 52.3 South Tyneside 8,438 52.4 Sunderland 15,794 52.3 The corresponding average for all metropolitan districts is 49.6 staff per thousand.