HL Deb 09 December 1985 vol 469 cc98-9WA
Lord Dean of Beswick

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will list the annual capital financial subvention for each year since 1979, per capita of population, for the six largest metropolitan districts and the London boroughs.

The Minister of State, Department of the Environment (Lord Elton)

The table below shows Government grants and reimbursements for capital expenditure per head of population for the six largest metropolitan districts and the London boroughs for each year since 1979–80 to 1983–84, the latest year for which full information is available. The main grants involved are housing association grant, urban programme grant and derelict land grant.

CAPITAL GRANTS PER HEAD OF POPULATION
Local Authority 1979ߝ80 1980ߝ81 1981ߝ82 1982ߝ83 1983ߝ84
Birmingham 2.6 12.0 5.7 5.3 3.5
Leeds 1.3 1.8 1.4 6.4 5.0
Sheffield 1.0 0.2 0.7 0.5 2.5
Liverpool 10.5 12.4 11.7 15.7 12.1
Bradford 9.9 3.8 7.2 2.2 3.0
Manchester 3.0 6.3 9.8 16.5 8.4
Barking and Dagenham 0.3 0.5 1.0 3.2 3.7
Barnet 81 2.9 2.2 2.4 1.1
Bexley * 0 7.2 1.3 30.1
Brent 15.6 13.4 0.2 18.1 12.4
Bromley 0 0 0.4 1.8 5.2
Camden 14.0 31.9 21.5 24.8 7.0
Croydon 7.1 4.3 1.8 1.4 3.0
Ealing 1.9 8.3 5.4 6.9 2.8
Enfield 3.6 1.4 0.4 3.1 3.1
Greenwich 3.0 0.9 0.7 3.1 1.9
Hackney 16.7 0.6 0.8 61.0 25.8
Hammersmith and Fulham 16.8 0.7 28.4 14.9 2.3
Haringey 14.9 51.6 42.9 19.9 14.2
Harrow 2.3 5.6 0.3 0.6 0.6
Havering 0.2 0.4 2.7 0.9 1.6
Hillingdon 0 0 0.3 0.5 1.2
Hounslow 0.8 0.4 1.4 3.0 2.1
Islington * 36.2 33.4 29.5 22.6
Kensington and Chelsea 1.6 124.6 80.1 57.4 73.9
Kingston-upon-Thames 4.8 0.2 0.6 1.5 1.9
Lambeth 13.5 14.3 5.6 1.2 *
Lewisham 8.5 11.3 8.9 2.5 5.8
Merton 5.9 1.0 6.6 0.8 *
Newham 9.0 1.4 1.9 5.2 5.7
Redbridge 0.9 1.3 7.9 5.9 0.7
Richmond-upon-Thames 5.4 5.0 4.0 1.2 16.9
Southwark * 9.7 5.3 3.7 1.3
Sutton 0.4 6.4 1.1 1.8 1.5
Tower Hamlets 5.7 17.9 0 9.5 0
Waltham Forest 3.4 6.5 4.6 9.2 8.0
Wandsworth 5.1 2.8 10.2 13.2 13.0
Westminster 22.8 42.5 19.3 35.1 14.9
*Full information not supplied by local authority.

Source: Capital grants and reimbursements as reported by local authorities on capital outturn returns divided by June population in each financial year.