HC Deb 06 July 1987 vol 119 c55W
Dr. Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish for each authority selected for rate limitations in 1987–88, the percentage increase or decrease in its 1987–88 budgeted total expenditure compared with its original 1986–87 budget.

Mr. Ridley

The information, based on 1986–87 expenditure data used for the purposes of the rate limitation report 1986 and the latest 1987–88 budget figures supplied by authorities to my Department, is as follows:

Percentage
Basildon -0.2
Brent -1.6
Brighton -14.2
Camden + 3.9
Gateshead + 2.3
Greenwich -11.7
Hackney + 6.9
Haringey -7.6
Hounslow -8.0
Islington + 0.2
Lambeth -9.2
Lewisham +4.9
Middlesbrough + 0.4
Newcastle-upon-Tyne -3.8
Newham + 3.4
North Tyneside -0.9
Sheffield -4.6
Southwark -0.4
Thamesdown -4.4
Tower Hamlets +0.6