HC Deb 16 January 1986 vol 89 cc664-9W
Dr. Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all the local authorities in England which showed a surplus on their housing revenue account in each year since 1981–82, giving the figures in each case.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

The available information is as follows. It is based on information provided by local authorities in their housing subsidy claim forms:

1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Berkshire
Bracknell 168,900 60,000 14,000 91,345 295,700
Newbury 0 0 0 0 143,700
Reading 0 0 0 437,924 445,000
Slough 300,000 300,000 300,000 0 0
Windsor and Maidenhead 137,190 111,692 521,044 817,145 1,030,000
Wokingham 9,484 40,436 0 0 0
Buckinghamshire
Beaconsfield 76,330 71,333 809,678 611,539 167,265
Wycombe 1,109,000 0 0 400,000 420,000
Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire 453,560 735,240 590,965 450,000 625,000
Fenland 206,800 0 0 393,120 421,660
Cheshire
Congleton 345,000 217,685 222,500 272,500 461,500
Cleveland
Stockton on Tees 48,344 0 0 0 0
Cornwall
Carrick 0 72,460 86,520 12,800 12,940
Kerrier 0 0 0 13,451 18,450
Penwith 0 0 99,306 113,442 114,000
Restormel 108,059 72,195 75,682 68,263 73,400
Cumbria
Barrow in Furness 0 0 65,611 69,430 0
South Lakeland 8,561 267,541 503,862 730,462 546,500
Derbyshire
Devon
East Devon 0 89,556 101,036 200,568 202,470
Exeter 92,881 142,704 160,718 157,106 182,850
North Devon 0 79,879 90,737 139,020 95,470
Plymouth 0 0 0 79,590 125,770
South Hams 0 78,144 77,470 70,980 68,210
Mid Devon 0 0 0 1 332,600
Torbay 0 299,650 445,007 230,710 580,000
Dorset
Bournemouth 200,970 798,642 174,770 350,000 400,000
Christchurch 0 0 0 30,000 50,000
North Dorset 29,177 4,796 738 1,890 1,500
Poole 0 0 499,705 610,769 133,805
Purbeck 0 0 0 64,400 50,000
West Dorset 0 0 100,000 200,000 210,000
Wimborne 105,027 85,842 80,247 109,378 119,290
Durham
East Sussex
Brighton 26,244 21,562 15,411 20,000 0
Eastbourne 48,841 227,926 230,339 262,250 0
Hove 39,420 88,606 87,080 115,497 124,335
Lewes 0 0 0 0 150,000
Rother 0 0 5,921 53,000 0
Essex
Brentwood 2,835 77,565 232,492 137,000 0
Castle Point 32,692 31,310 347,171 171,770 0
Colchester 533,857 548,596 850,960 1,163,280 1,153,000
Epping Forest 1,380,000 660,540 0 40,000 1,500,000
Maldon 0 0 100,000 120,000 100,000
Rochford 158,999 169,551 182,789 218,335 340,900
Southend on Sea 0 0 0 199,453 207,250
Tendring 118,255 194,748 0 44,174 40,540
Thurrock 0 158,095 0 0 0
Gloucestershire
Cheltenham 86,308 500,000 540,000 570,000 570,000
Gloucester 115,476 117,526 0 500,000 0
Tewkesbury 0 93,891 156,836 143,350 98,384

1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Hampshire
Basingstoke and Deane 613,032 0 0 0 0
Eastleigh 0 0 0 0 20,000
Gosport 106,000 0 0 0 0
Havant 468,249 0 312,893 391,203 399,200
Portsmouth 0 0 0 12,000 395,360
Hereford and Worcester
Hereford 4,273 9,535 3,375 0 0
Leominster 0 0 181,586 0 0
Redditch 0 0 0 0 115,430
Worcester 0 0 0 94,930 101,360
Hertfordshire
Broxbourne 0 14,178 922,629 1,233,887 1,071,230
Dacorum 1,000,000 559,000 324,000 324,000 324,000
East Hertfordshire 272,765 0 0 0 0
North Hertfordshire 400,000 0 0 0 61,410
Three Rivers 219,830 130,376 162,979 167,638 202,550
Welwyn Hatfield 0 0 0 250,000 0
Humberside
Glanford 8,365 25,000 0 0 0
North Wolds 0 0 0 0 94,630
Isle of Wight
South Wight 0 47,000 60,500 95,286 78,400
Kent
Ashford 0 29,810 0 0 0
Canterbury 300,000 0 0 0 0
Dartford 0 79,109 0 0 109,365
Shepway 0 50,000 50,000 52,300 70,000
Tonbridge and Mailing 861,330 861,330 900,000 850,000 850,000
Tunbridge Wells 0 80,999 0 0 0
Lancashire
Blackpool 85,573 0 0 0 0
Hyndburn 0 0 0 82,240 99,705
Lancaster 0 220,111 124,106 138,343 188,976
Rossendale 0 0 190,000 0 0
West Lancashire 0 20,000 200,000 122,235 266,430
Leicestershire
Charnwood 0 0 0 0 472,960
Harborough 53,000 63,000 68,000 97,672 71,500
Hinckley and Bosworth 0 298,633 82,429 69,044 51,421
Melton 0 0 350,000 215,000 251,000
Oadby and Wigston 0 0 0 30,000 100,000
Rutland 0 0 0 100,000 100,000
Lincolnshire
Boston 300,000 0 0 0 0
Lincoln 240,000 0 0 0 0
South Holland 0 0 0 0 182,579
South Kesteven 0 0 0 100,000 200,000
Norfolk
Breckland 34,198 0 0 150,000 150,000
North Norfolk 28,015 0 0 111,770 0
South Norfolk 0 0 16,770 14,250 14,400
Northamptonshire
Northampton 0 0 0 0 87,690
South Northampton 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 60,000
Northumberland
Castle Morpeth 0 0 52,060 0 0
North Yorkshire
Hambleton 0 0 63,271 76,461 76,740
Harrogate 0 0 0 0 258,000
Ryedale 0 0 0 85,000 85,000
Scarborough 0 0 116,495 151,551 132,270
Nottinghamshire
Mansfield 0 343,103 249,991 0 0

1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Rushcliffe 0 105,405 0 0 0
Oxfordshire
Cherwell 0 140,000 18,970 214,690 0
South Oxfordshire 448,015 506,884 736,011 1,234,799 1,203,300
Vale of White Horse 167,270 91,900 109,450 82,778 80,510
West Oxfordshire 0 0 0 1,000,000 0
Salop
North Shropshire 48,186 64,731 72,739 64,978 65,000
Shrewsbury and Atcham 149,525 0 0 0 0
Somerset
Sedgemoor 87,048 0 0 0 0
West Somerset 0 0 0 3,004 0
Staffordshire
East Staffordshire 150,000 172,000 0 0 0
Lichfield 114,000 0 0 0 0
Newcastle under Lyme 206,795 66,358 0 0 0
Staffs. Moorlands 850,000 600,000 450,000 450,000 0
Suffolk
Forest Heath 47,935 0 0 0 0
Ipswich 229,776 0 0 0 0
Suffolk Coastal 0 0 0 0 100,000
Surrey
Elmbridge 0 220,871 259,306 248,961 220,070
Epsom and Ewell 8,720 86,947 157,516 265,011 202,000
Guildford 154,902 0 150,000 0 50,000
Reigate and Banstead 0 0 26,387 521,989 9,000
Runnymede 46,021 81,011 125,602 274,536 322,(545
Spelthorne 109,000 410,683 443,000 116,590 0
Surrey Heath 247,250 79,090 484,885 452,116 93,440
Tandridge 0 499,430 499,430 999,430 999,430
Waverley 103,205 121,486 177,003 154,025 196,870
Woking 0 60,000 139,084 124,940 0
Warwickshire
Stratford-on-Avon 835,260 88,000 176,320 27,793 30,800
West Sussex
Adur 0 0 0 0 120,435
Arun o 0 0 50,000 100,000
Chichester 0 250,000 143,575 476,438 465,900
Horsham 253,900 605,506 298,840 0 0
Mid Sussex 17,500 o 200,124 19 174 19,137
Worthing 0 20,000 57,857 55,456 60,600
Wiltshire
West Wiltshire 119,751 130,769 162,955 210,480 209,412