§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will specify for local authorities in England the totals for each service block and for non-prescribed expenditure for each year since 1981–82 as follows: (a) gross capital spending, (b) total capital receipts, (c) net capital spending, (d) the cash limit and (e) the sum of allocations to individual authorities, differentiating where necessary between the Greater London council and other local authorities.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinThe following table gives the information requested for capital expenditure against the DOE/LA1 cash limit.
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1984–85‡ 1985–86‡ ≑ Net capital provision Capital allocations Net capital provision Capital allocations Housing 1,028 1,852 729 1,600 Transport 795 805 615 640 Other services 246 372 240 320 Total DOE/LA1 2,453 3,447 1,911 2,945 * Including the capital value of leased assets. † In 1981–82, 1982–83, and 1983–84 urban programme provision and allocations are included in the other services block but expenditure is included under the relevant service blocks. The urban programme allocations in the three years were £83 million, £174 million and £179 million respectively. ‡ The figures for 1984–85 and 1985–86 exclude local authority capital expenditure on urban programme and derelict land, which is now included in the DOE/UA1 cash limit and for which provision in 1984–85 and 1985–86 is £296 million and £279 million respectively. ≑ Allocations in 1985–86 will be increased by 5 per cent, across all service blocks for authorities complying with my request for restraint in 1984–85. The Government do not collect complete information on non-prescribed expenditure. The above figures include some non-prescribed expenditure, but it is not possible to identify this separately by service block.