HC Deb 05 May 1982 vol 23 cc100-2W
Mr. Squire

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the latest available figures for the net debt per capita for each outer London borough.

Mr. King

The latest available information is:

Outstanding Debt per head*
£
Barking and Dagenham 586
Barnet 533
Bexley 462
Brent 1,100
Bromley 390
Croydon 413
Ealing 709
Enfield 681

Outstanding Debt per head*
£
Haringey 1,416
Harrow 419
Havering 480
Hillingdon 998
Hounslow 936
Kingston-upon Thames 429
Merton 589
Newham 1,331
Redbridge 418
Richmond-upon-Thames 400
Sutton 498
Waltham Forest 722
* As published in column 46 of "Return of Outstanding Debt" as at 31 March 1981, CIPFA.
† OPCS mid-1980 population estimates.

Mr. Squire

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the latest available figures of staff numbers per thousand population in each outer London borough.

Mr. King

The 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 + part-time) Staff per thousand population
Barking and Dagenham 7,856 52.7
Barnet 11,341 39.2
Bexley 8,941 42.0
Brent *11,890 47.6
Bromley 10,967 37.8
Croydon 12,397 38.9
Ealing 12,961 45.8
Enfield 9,812 37.7
Haringey 12,557 56.8
Harrow 8,344 42.4
Havering 10,065 41.9
Hillingdon 10,694 46.3
Hounslow 9,532 47.2
Kingston-upon-Thames 6,443 47.4
Merton 6,492 40.3
Newham 11,341 50.9
Redbridge 8,446 37.4
Richmond-upon-Thames 5,140 32.1
Sutton 6,045 36.2
Waltham Forest 11,362 52.1
* Figures as at September 1981.

Mr. Squire

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the latest available figures of expenditure per thousand population on all services by each outer London borough.

Mr. King

The available information is as follows:

Expenditure per thousand population(*)(†)
£
Barking 544,289
Barnet 474,678
Bexley 399,160
Brent 552,358
Bromley 373,334
Croydon 381,185
Ealing 542,352
Enfield 361,733
Haringey 527,678
Harrow 434,105
Havering 368,049

Expenditure per thousand population(*)(†)
Hillingdon 400,859
Hounslow 433,686
Kingston-Upon-Thames 537,129
Merton 439,465
Newham 524,605
Redbridge 354,178
Richmond-Upon-Thames 385,144
Sutton 340,790
Waltham Forest 444,518

Notes:

(*) Gross revenue expenditure 1980–81 outturn (all services).

(†) OPCS mid-1980 population estimates.