§ Mr. Montgomeryasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will provide figures for aggregate local authority expenditure by type of main function or service, including an analysis of the amount spent on administrative functions; and whether he has comparative figures for each local authority.
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§ Mr. KingFollowing is the latest available information:
Rate Fund Services Accounts 1980–81 £thousands Net expenditure to be financed from grants, rates and balances Education and libraries, etc.: Education (except meals and milk) 9,000,198 School meals and milk 416,523 Library service 260,035 Museums and art galleries 42,650 Health and social services: Port health 2,775 Personal social service 1,715,990 Law, order and protective services: Police 1,652,962 Fire 400,948 Administration of justice 215,132 School crossing patrols 13,398 Registration of electors 15,397 Civil defence 5,610 Local Transport: Public passenger transport 362,461 Concessionary fares 136,616 Highways and other transport 1,145,463 Housing: Rate fund contributions to Housing Revenue Account 560,564 Advances under housing and SDA Acts 36,976 Other housing 410,124 Employment: Careers service administration 43,436 Sheltered employment and workshops 15,584 Local environmental services: Refuse collection 374,153 Refuse disposal 170,273 Recreation, parks and swimming baths 544,157 Environmental health 261,817 General administration 262,834 Town and country planning 363,595 Agriculture and fisheries 87,120 Cemeteries and crematoria 87,120 Cost of rate collection 128,237 Consumer protection 43,009 Miscellaneous Services -195,234 Rate fund contributions to tradings services Unallocated rate fund contributions to: 64,075 capital funds 89,439 other special funds 6,224 All rate fund services and contributions to other accounts 18,688,038
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Local Government Electors on 1982 electoral register County Precept†per elector District Rate† per elector Total Rate Per elector (£) (£) (£) West Midlands Metropolitan County Birmingham 760,944 87 272 359 Coventry 239,376 75 252 327 Dudley 230,909 77 221 298 Sandwell 148,64 80 228 365 Walsall 199,744 80 314 394 Source: (Table 2, Local Government Financial Statistics, England and Wales 1980–81).
Recharges from general administration to other services of £1,487 million are included within the figures for other services. Information about other expenditure on administrative functions, included within the service totals, is not separately identifiable.
Equivalent information for each local authority in England could not be produced except at disproportionate cost. Some statistics for individual local authorities are given in Local Government Comparative Statistics 1982, published by the CIPFA.