§ Mr. Cowansasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will reconsider his decision under the reorganisation of traffic boundaries to close the Newcastle upon Tyne northern traffic area office.
§ Mr. EyreThe northern traffic area office in Newcastle will continue to provide a full range of services for the foreseeable future. The order which we propose to lay
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£000' s 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 (a) (a) (b) (c) (c) (d) Partnership Authorities Birmingham 211,134 204,584 195,067 †156,563 161,047 175,700 Hackney 53,130 53,354 50,587 †41,618 ║41,853 ¶48,500 Islington 50,319 49,488 46,448 ‡25,159 ║27,545 ¶38,000 Lambeth 66,316 67,658 61,152 ‡47,087 ║52,544 ¶57,700 Liverpool 138,035 135,384 135,645 †l15,428 112,111 117,200 Manchester 140,483 135,735 131,543 †l08,215 99,790 96,100 Salford 64,550 63,003 61,232 †54,813 53,370 54,500 Newcastle upon Tyne 61,022 59,501 58,441 †45,169 36,774 42,200 Gateshead 47,156 46,484 46,518 †42,388 40,799 43,600 Programme Authorities Blackburn 6,068 *7,736 7,240 8,171 8,281 8,700 Bolton 53,847 54,091 52,768 †49,834 51,997 54,000 Bradford 110,923 109,129 107,410 †99,952 103,483 109,100 Brent 68,982 65,724 62,078 ‡52,381 ║60,134 ¶60,400 Coventry 66,689 62,064 60,552 †56,097 57,978 58,100 Hammersmith & Fulham 41,250 41,690 39,341 ‡31,803 ║32,582 ¶36,300 Kingston upon Hull 5,557 *8,773 9,571 12,018 11,954 13,500 Knowsley 45,959 42,457 41,264 †37,960 37,522 38,300 Leeds 130,549 128,402 127,723 †115,159 117,241 116,400 Leicester 3,413 *6,863 6,659 9,174 8,331 11,500 Middlesbrough 4,309 *6,875 7,542 8,612 8,116 8,300 before Parliament today will alter traffic area boundaries but will not disturb the existing pattern of traffic area offices.