§ Mr. Steenasked 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 Liverpool, with comparative statistics which show how Liverpool's debt compares with the other districts in the Merseyside council area, and with the average of all metropolitan districts.
§ Mr. HeseltineThe available information is as follows:
Outstanding debt per head*† at 31 March 1981 £ City of Liverpool 948 All Merseyside Districts 662 Knowsley 722 Liverpool 948 St. Helens 628 Sefton 384 Wirral 462 All Metropolitan Districts 697 * As published in c. 46 of "Return of Outstanding Debt, as at 31 March 1981", CIPFA. † OPCS mid-1980 population estimates.
§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the latest available figures of expenditure per thousand population on all services by the city of Liverpool, with comparative statistics which show how the expenditure in Liverpool compares with the expenditure of the other districts in the Merseyside council area, and with the average of all metropolitan districts.
§ Mr. HeseltineThe available information is as follows:
Expenditure per thousand population*† £ Liverpool 496,152 Knowsley 377,535 St. Helens 381,574 Sefton 316,100 Wirral 360,988 All Merseyside Districts 402,324 All Metropolitan Districts (England) 479,741 * Gross revenue expenditure 1980–81 outturn (all services). † OPCS mid-1980 population estimates.