HC Deb 09 April 1987 vol 114 cc388-9W
Mr. Phillip Oppenheim

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) by how much gross county council expenditure has risen in Derbyshire, in real terms, between (a) 1980–81 and (b) 1981–82 and the latest date for which figures are available; and how these figures compare with the average gross county council expenditure rises over the same period of time;

(2) by how much current county council expenditure has risen in Derbyshire, in real terms, between (a) 1980–81 and (b) 1981–82 and the latest date for which figures are available; and how these figures compare with the average current county council expenditure rises over the same period of time.

Mr. Chope

I shall answer these questions shortly.