§ Mr. Ashdownasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will show for each of the shire counties in England, the amount spent under the following budget heads, expressed as a percentage of the total budget for the last year for which figures are available: (a) planning and transportation, (b) social services, (c) public protection, (d) Home Office services, (e) recreational and environmental services, and (f) central services.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerFollowing is the information relating to net current expenditure of shire counties in England, based on their 1984–85 budgets. The remaining percentage of expenditure not identified by the categories below relates to other services provided by shire counties, mainly education.
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(a) Planning and transport
(b) Social services
(c) Public protection (police and fire)
(d) Other Home Office services
(e) Recreation and environment
(f) Central services†
Isle of Wight 9.9 10.3 13.0 1.5 1.8 0.0 Kent 8.4 10.2 15.5 1.8 1.9 0.0 Lancashire 8.9 12.4 15.2 1.6 1.2 -0.1 Leicestershire 7.3 11.3 13.5 1.3 1.5 -0.1 Lincolnshire 9.9 9.9 15.3 1.6 1.0 0.1 Norfolk 7.9 10.8 14.6 1.5 1.2 0.3 Northamptonshire 6.0 11.1 13.4 1.5 1.5 0.4 Northumberland 10.6 10.1 17.0 1.7 1.3 -0.3 North Yorkshire 10.1 9.6 15.3 1.4 2.0 -1.6 Nottinghamshire 7.3 13.0 14.2 2.2 1.3 -0.6 Oxfordshire 6.8 10.9 15.0 1.9 1.3 0.1 Salop 8.5 8.1 14.6 1.6 0.5 -0.1 Somerset 9.8 10.2 14.7 1.7 2.6 -0.2 Staffordshire 7.3 8.7 13.9 2.1 1.2 0.3 Suffolk 8.0 9.2 14.9 1.6 1.3 0.9 Surrey 9.9 9.7 14.4 1.5 2.1 0.0 Warwickshire 7.9 9.6 14.8 1.5 1.1 0.4 West Sussex 9.5 10.4 17.1 1.6 2.0 -0.1 Wiltshire 8.1 10.0 14.4 1.8 1.2 -0.1 * Calculated from service detail revalued to cash prices using each county's pay and price provision. † Comprised of unallocated general administration, unallocated contingencies and other adjustments, as reported.