HC Deb 27 January 1987 vol 109 cc172-3W
Mr. Robert B. Jones

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all sites registered by Dacorum borough council under part X of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.

Mr. John Patten

The land register contains no sites owned by Dacorum borough council. There are 15 registered sites within the district owned by other bodies. These are as follows.

Mr. Chope

The information is as follows.

In 1986–87, net current expenditure per head increased because of additional responsibilities taken over by metropolitan districts following the abolition of the metropolitan county councils.

1981–82£ 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87
£ £ £ £ £ £
Stockport 258 270 283 296 313 381
Tameside 291 321 339 358 372 450
Trafford 261 282 303 305 327 406
Wigan 288 315 330 346 350 416
Merseyside
Knowsley 348 358 391 421 444 522
Liverpool 360 385 410 427 463 543
St. Helens 292 317 335 339 368 427
Sefton 256 272 283 290 313 384
Wirral 278 297 310 316 335 414
South Yorkshire
Barnsley 287 308 329 357 346 409
Doncaster 293 313 331 343 359 428
Rotherham 284 294 311 338 349 427
Sheffield 312 337 364 379 418 489
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 282 306 326 341 366 452
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 330 375 398 405 433 507
North Tyneside 289 320 335 367 396 497
South Tyneside 306 336 355 370 408 499
Sunderland 291 301 329 353 362 436
West Midlands
Birmingham 303 312 332 344 377 466
Coventry 291 309 332 352 385 439
Dudley 232 254 269 275 298 374
Sandwell 298 309 347 355 373 450
Solihull 251 273 285 296 307 367
Walsall 305 335 336 342 359 436
Wolverhampton 317 330 359 370 398 476
West Yorkshire
Bradford 303 338 357 373 405 464
Calderdale 294 319 328 348 372 465
Kirklees 270 297 308 326 352 439
Leeds 267 277 298 306 317 398
Wakefield 273 291 313 313 339 414

Note: Net current expenditure is defined broadly as rate fund spending on services (i.e. excluding debt charges and other non-current items), net of income (such as sales, fees and charges, non-relevant specific grant), but gross of rate income, rate support grant etc.