HC Deb 29 November 1984 vol 68 c560W
Mr. Tony Banks

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what maximum percentage increase between provisional and final expenditure targets has occurred for individual local authorities in England between 1981–82 and 1984–85.

Mr. Waldegrave

67.7 per cent. for East Cambridgeshire district council in 1983–84.

Mr. Tony Banks

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what was the capital expenditure of local authorities in London for each major service for each of the years 1978–79 to 1982–83;

(2) what the reduction, measured in 1984–85 prices, has been in the level of local authority capital expenditure in London and the rest of England, respectively, between the years 1978–79 and 1982–83.

Mr. Waldegrave

I shall answer these questions shortly.