§ Mr. Simon Hughesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what proportion of the moneys which they have been entitled to spend under (a) section 137 and (b) section 142 of the Local Government Act 1972 have been spent in each of the last six years by (i) the Greater London council, (ii) each of the London borough councils, (iii) the Common Council of the City of London, (iv) each of the metropolitan county councils and (v) each of the metropolitan district councils.
§ Mr. Waldegrave[pursuant to his reply, 25 February 1985, c. 62]: Details of expenditure under section 142 are not collected centrally. Expenditure under section 137 was not collected centrally prior to 1982–83. The available information is as follows:
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Authorities' expenditure under section 137 of the Local Government Act 1972 as a percentage of their maximum entitlement 1982–83 1983–84 Greater London Council 21.7 * City of London 0 0.1 Inner London Boroughs Camden 20.1 * Greenwich 23.9 * Hackney 6.3 * Hammersmith and Fulham 78.7 0 Islington 34.4 0 Kensington and Chelsea 35.2 30.9 Lambeth 51.4 * Lewisham 27.4 0 Southwark 0 57.6 Tower Hamlets * * Wandsworth 29.0 45.3 Westminster 0 0 Outer London Boroughs Barking and Dagenham 2.1 46.8 Barnet 4.0 4.3 Bexley 0.1 1.6 Brent 63.2 22.7 Bromley 0 0.1 Croydon 0 2.5 Ealing 0 33.0 Enfield 0.2 0.2 Haringey 6.6 41.9
1982–83 1983–84 Harrow 1.1 0 Havering 0 0 Hillingdon 0 6.1 Hounslow 1.6 4.5 Kingston-upon-Thames 0 0 Merton 0.7 0 Newham 4.9 0 Redbridge 0 0 Richmond-upon-Thames 0.2 0 Sutton 2.1 2.1 Waltham Forest 0.6 15.3 Metropolitan Counties Greater Manchester 20.6 59.4 Merseyside 91.3 23.9 South Yorkshire 16.6 14.9 Tyne and Wear 18.2 29.1 West Midlands 76.4 93.5 West Yorkshire 94.8 49.9 Metropolitan Districts Barnsley 40.2 48.8 Birmingham 99.3 36.3 Bolton 1.8 18.4 Bradford 8.9 11.8 Bury 1.6 5.6 Calderdale 6.4 5.7 Coventry 11.5 2.1 Doncaster 21.5 * Dudley 0 0 Gateshead 69.0 68.8 Kirklees 0 5.3 Knowsley 0.1 52.2 Leeds 67.2 0 Liverpool 7.6 * Manchester 2.2 * Newcastle-upon-Tyne 18.0 28.4 North Tyneside 25.4 31.2 Oldham 0 7.6 Rochdale 33.1 54.5 Rotherham 0 * Salford 2.5 9.2 Sandwell 0.6 103.8 Sefton 0 0 Sheffield 22.4 55.3 Solihull 0 0 South Tyneside 0 0 St. Helens 0 0 Stockport 0 0 Sunderland 0 26.2 Tameside 28.3 40.7 Trafford 17.9 10.5 Wakefield 40.0 39.4 Walsall 1.1 * Wigan 0 5.4 Wirral 17.9 * Wolverhampton 14.2 * * Not available