HC Deb 11 January 1988 vol 125 cc99-119W
Dr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list, on a ranked and class basis, the percentage change in the grant-related expenditure of each local authority between 1987–88 and 1988–89.

Mr. Ridley

The information is as follows:

Percentage change in grant-related expenditure between 1987–88 1st supplementary report and 1988–89 settlement
Percentage change Rank in class
Shire Counties
Avon 8.5 20

relevant expenditure, total expenditure and current expenditure at rate support grant settlement, budget and estimated outturn in each year from 1981–82 to 1988–89.

Mr. Ridley

The following table lists the aggregate Exchequer grant, relevant expenditure, total expenditure and current expenditure at RSG settlement, budget and estimated outturn in each year from 1981–82 to 1988–89, where figures are available. Figures are taken from Rate Support Grant Reports (England) and Rate Support Grant Supplementary Reports (England) for the relevant years except where otherwise shown.

Percentage change Rank in class
Bedfordshire 8.7 13
Berkshire 9.8 2
Buckinghamshire 9.5 4
Cambridgeshire 9.3 5
Cheshire 8.3 22
Cleveland 7.6 31
Cornwall 8.8 11
Cumbria 6.9 39
Derbyshire 8.1 24
Devon 7.6 30
Dorset 8.7 12

Percentage change Rank in class
Durham 7.6 29
East Sussex 9.3 6
Essex 8.1 25
Gloucestershire 8.8 10
Hampshire 8.6 14
Hereford and Worcester 7.0 38
Hertfordshire 7.5 33
Humberside 7.5 32
Isle of Wight 9.9 1
Kent 7.8 27
Lancashire 7.7 28
Leicestershire 9.0 9
Lincolnshire 8.5 18
Norfolk 8.3 23
Northamptonshire 9.2 8
Northumberland 7.4 36
North Yorkshire 8.6 17
Nottinghamshire 8.0 26
Oxfordshire 7.5 34
Shropshire 8.6 16
Somerset 8.4 21
Staffordshire 7.4 35
Suffolk 9.2 7
Surrey 8.6 15
Warwickshire 7.3 37
West Sussex 9.6 3
Wiltshire 8.5 19
Greater London
City of London 8.5 1
Camden 6.5 3
Greenwich -0.3 1
Hackney -0.8 12
Hammersmith and Fulham 7.1 1
Islington 2.7 8
Kensington and Chelsea 6.1 4
Lambeth 6.5 2
Lewisham 5.0 5
Southwark 4.6 6
Tower Hamlets 0.7 10
Wandsworth 3.6 7
Westminster 1.9 9
Barking and Dagenham 5.6 19
Barnet 9.1 4
Bexley 8.4 10
Brent 6.4 16
Bromley 8.2 11
Croydon 7.2 13
Ealing 9.1 5
Enfield 8.8 7
Haringey 7.8 12
Harrow 9.7 2
Havering 6.1 18
Hillingdon 8.7 8
Hounslow 7.2 14
Kingston-upon-Thames 11.3 1
Merton 8.6 9
Newham 5.0 20
Redbridge 9.3 3
Richmond-upon-Thames 6.4 17
Sutton 8.9 6
Waltham Forest 7.1 15
ILEA 8.8 1

Percentage change Rank in class
London Fire and Civil Defence Authority 4.9 1
Metropolitan Police 8.2 1
Greater Manchester
Bolton 6.8 29
Bury 6.9 28
Manchester 5.4 34
Oldham 8.2 9
Rochdale 8.5 7
Salford 5.7 33
Stockport 5.0 36
Tameside 6.5 32
Trafford 7.4 22
Wigan 6.9 27
Merseyside
Knowsley 8.0 12
Liverpool 5.1 35
St. Helens 7.5 18
Sefton 7.8 15
Wirral 7.5 19
South Yorkshire
Barnsley 7.0 25
Doncaster 7.7 16
Rotherhara 8.9 3
Sheffield 6.5 31
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 6.9 26
Newcastle upon Tyne 9.0 2
North Tyneside 8.5 5
South Tyneside 7.9 13
Sunderland 8.5 6
West Midlands
Birmingham 7.9 114
Coventry 8.7 4
Dudley 7.3 23
Sandwell 7.6 17
Solihull 7.4 21
Walsall 7.2 24
Wolverhampton 6.7 30
West Yorkshire
Bradford 9.4 1
Calderdale 8.1 10
Kirklees 8.3 8
Leeds 8.0 11
Wakefield 7.4 20

Percentage change in grant-related expenditure between 1987–88 1st supplementary report and 1988–89 settlement
Percentage change Rank in class
Greater Manchester Police Authority 11.9 6
Merseyside Police Authority 11.9 5
South Yorkshire Police Authority 13.8 2
Northumbria Police Authority 14.4 1
West Midlands Police Authority 11.9 4
West Yorkshire Police Authority 13.0 3
Greater Manchester Fire & CD Authority 2.8 5
Merseyside Fire & CD Authority 2.0 6
South Yorkshire Fire & CD Authority 4.8 2
Tyne and Wear Fire & CD Authority 5.6 1
West Midlands Fire & CD Authority 3.5 3
West Yorkshire Fire & CD Authority 3.3 4

Percentage change Rank in class
Greater Manchester Transport Authority 0.8 2
Merseyside Transport Authority -8.4 6
South Yorkshire Transport Authority -0.2 3
Tyne and Wear Transport Authority -0.4 4
West Midlands Transport Authority 3.6 1
West Yorkshire Transport Authority -2.2 5

Percentage change in grant-related expenditure between 1987–88 1st supplementary report and 1988–89 settlement
Percentage change Rank in class
Avon
Bath 5.1 73
Bristol 5.7 58
Kingswood 3.8 140
Northavon 5.9 54
Wansdyke 8.4 8
Woodspring 6.8 27
Bedfordshire
North Bedfordshire 4.6 101
Luton 8.0 9
Mid Bedfordshire 4.6 102
South Bedfordshire 3.3 168
Berkshire
Bracknell 6.3 40
Newbury 3.5 157
Reading 3.4 159
Slough 6.8 28
Windsor and Maidenhead 1.3 262
Wokingham 6.2 44
Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury Vale 4.1 123
South Bucks 3.5 158
Chiltern 1.5 258
Milton Keynes 9.4 3
Wycombe 3.9 130
Cambridgeshire
Cambridge -0.5 290
East Cambridgeshire 3.3 167
Fenland 3.6 153
Huntingdonshire 6.0 48
Peterborough 6.8 31
South Cambridgeshire 2.4 223
Cheshire
Chester 3.9 129
Congleton 4.7 95
Crewe and Nantwich 3.0 189
Ellesmere Port and Neston 7.8 10
Halton 7.6 17
Macclesfield 1.9 244
Vale Royal 3.2 176
Warrington 4.9 82
Cleveland
Hartlepool 9.4 4
Langbaurgh -7.2 295
Middlesbrough 14.6 1
Stockton-on-Tees 6.1 46
Cornwall
Caradon 4.0 127
Carrick 4.6 100
Kerrier 4.7 90

Percentage change Rank in class
North Cornwall 3.4 165
Pen with 7.3 22
Restormel 6.3 39
Cumbria
Allerdale 1.1 267
Barrow in Furness 3.2 180
Carlisle 4.2 115
Copeland 5.2 70
Eden 3.9 133
South Lakeland 2.1 237
Derbyshire
Amber Valley 2.8 198
Bolsover 2.9 195
Chesterfield 5.5 63
Derby 3.9 132
Erewash 0.7 279
High Peak 3.2 179
North East Derbyshire 1.8 250
South Derbyshire 1.9 246
Derbyshire Dales -2.5 292
Devon
East Devon 2.0 240
Exeter 4.7 93
North Devon 7.4 20
Plymouth 7.7 12
South Hams 7.6 16
Teignbridge 5.6 62
Mid Devon 6.9 25
Torbay 6.9 26
Torridge 4.5 104
West Devon 10 272
Dorset
Bournemouth 7.5 18
Christchurch 5.5 64
North Dorset 6.0 50
Poole 7.1 24
Purbeck 7.4 21
West Dorset 6.0 49
Weymouth and Portland 9.9 2
Wimborne 4.4 110
Durham
Chester.le.Street -2.8 293
Darlington 0.7 280
Derwentside 2.6 209
Durham 1.7 252
Easington -26.6 296
Sedgefield 3.5 155
Teesdale 3.4 163
Wear Valley 3.1 182
East Sussex
Brighton 2.7 204
Eastbourne 5.2 72
Hastings 9.1 5
Hove 5.7 57
Lewes 0.8 277
Rother 6.8 29
Wealden 3.0 188
Essex
Basildon 0.0 287
Braintree 2.3 226
Brentwood 2.7 201
Castle Point 2.0 242
Chelmsford 3.1 181
Colchester 2.1 232
Epping Forest 2.4 222
Harlow 3.4 164
Maldon 2.1 235
Rochford 1.8 251

Percentage change Rank in class
Southend-on-Sea 6.5 34
Tendring 2.4 219
Thurrock 5.1 75
Uttlesford 1.1 266
Gloucestershire
Cheltenham 5.9 53
Cotswold 0.7 282
Forest of Dean 5.2 68
Gloucester 5.2 69
Stroud 4.6 97
Tewkesbury 5.6 59
Hampshire
Basingstoke and Deane 4.7 89
East Hampshire 4.2 121
Eastleigh 4.4 111
Fareham 4.1 122
Gosport 1.4 260
Hart 4.7 91
Havant 6.4 35
New Forest 3.4 161
Portsmouth 4.8 86
Rushmoor 2.5 213
Southampton 7.5 19
Test Valley 5.1 76
Winchester 3.7 148
Hereford and Worcester
Bromsgrove 2.8 199
Hereford 4.9 81
Leominster 2.7 206
Malvern Hills 4.3 114
Redditch 6.5 33
South Herefordshire 4.6 99
Worcester 5.8 55
Wychavon 2.5 214
Wyre Forest 3.1 185
Hertfordshire
Broxbourne 3.2 174
Dacorum 2.7 203
East Hertfordshire 4.4 109
Hertsmere 1.8 248
North Hertfordshire 2.1 234
St. Albans 2.2 228
Stevenage 4.2 117
Three Rivers 2.2 227
Watford 3.1 186
Welwyn Hatfield 1.7 254
Humberside
Beverley 3.5 156
Boothferry 2.0 241
Cleethorpes 1.7 253
Glanford 8.8 7
Great Grimsby 2.3 225
Holderness 2.5 210
Kingston upon Hull 5.7 56
East Yorkshire 4.4 107
Scunthorpe 5.2 71
Isle of Wight
Medina 4.7 94
South Wight 7.7 14
Kent
Ashford 1.0 270
Canterbury 3.8 141
Dartford 4.4 106
Dover 3.8 137
Gillingham 5.1 77
Gravesham 2.3 224
Maidstone 3.6 150
Rochester upon Medway 4.0 126
Sevenoaks 2.6 208

Percentage change Rank in class
Shepway 1.8 249
Swale 4.7 88
Thanet 3.9 131
Tonbridge and Mailing 1.4 261
Tunbridge Wells 3.0 193
Lancashire
Blackburn 2.0 243
Blackpool 7.7 15
Burnley 6.5 32
Chorley 4.2 120
Fylde 2.9 197
Hyndburn 3.7 143
Lancaster 7.8 11
Pendle 5.4 66
Preston 8.9 6
Ribble Valley 2.5 211
Rossendale 2.0 239
South Ribble 2.6 207
West Lancashire 6.3 38
Wyre 3.7 142
Leicestershire
Blaby 1.9 245
Chamwood 3.3 169
Harborough 1.0 269
Hinckley and Bosworth 2.7 205
Leicester 5.0 79
Melton 1.8 247
North West Leicestershire 0.7 281
Oadby and Wigston 1.3 264
Rutland 286
Lincolnshire
Boston 2.8 200
East Lindsey 7.1 23
Lincoln 3.1 184
North Kesteven 2.9 196
South Holland 0.7 278
South Kesteven 4.0 128
West Lindsey 4.5 103
Norfolk
Breckland 2.1 233
Broadland 3.7 144
Great Yarmouth 4.8 84
North Norfolk 5.1 74
Norwich 6.2 42
South Norfolk 0.9 274
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 4.0 125
Northamptonshire
Corby 6.1 47
Daventry 3.7 146
East Northamptonshire 3.9 134
Kettering 5.4 65
Northampton -6.7 294
South Northamptonshire 2.7 202
Wellingborough 1.3 263
Northumberland
Alnwick 1.1 268
Berwick-upon-Tweed 0.9 276
Blyth Valley 4.3 113
Castle Morpeth 0.3 283
Tynedale 0.2 284
Wansbeck 4.1 124
North Yorkshire
Craven 4.3 112
Hambleton 1.4 259
Harrogate 3.7 147
Richmondshire 3.6 149
Ryedale 3.2 172
Scarborough 6.3 36
Selby 4.8 85

Percentage change Rank in class
York 4.5 105
Nottinghamshire
Ashfield 3.1 187
Bassetlaw 3.2 175
Broxtowe 4.7 96
Gedling 3.0 190
Mansfield -0.9 291
Newark and Sherwood 2.4 221
Nottingham 6.8 30
Rushcliffe 4.2 119
Oxfordshire
Cherwell 4.8 87
Oxford 3.6 152
South Oxfordshire 1.7 256
Vale of White Horse 3.0 192
West Oxfordshire 4.9 80
Shropshire
Bridgnorth 2.2 229
North Shropshire 2.4 216
Oswestry 1.2 265
Shrewsbury and Atcham 3.8 138
South Shropshire 1.0 271
Wrekin 5.6 60
Somerset
Mendip 5.3 67
Sedgemoor 7.7 13
Taunton Deane 4.6 98
West Somerset 4.2 116
South Somerset 4.4 108
Staffordshire
Cannock Chase 3.4 166
East Staffordshire 5.6 61
Lichfield 2.4 215
Newcastle-under-Lyme 1.7 255
South Staffordshire 3.8 139
Stafford 1.6 257
Staffordshire Moorlands 0.9 273
Stoke-on-Trent 6.2 43
Tamworth 6.3 37
Suffolk
Babergh 2.4 218
Forest Heath 0.9 275
Ipswich 3.0 191
Mid Suffolk -0.0 289
St-Edmundsbury 3.4 160

Percentage changes in grant-related expenditure between (a) 1981–82 4th supplementary report and 1988–89 settlement, and (b) 1985–86 3rd supplementary report and 1988–89 settlement
(a) 1981.82 to 1988.89 (b) 1985.86 to 1988.89
per cent. Change Rank in class per cent. Change Rank in class
Shire counties
Avon 49.0 35 22.1 29
Bedfordshire 52.6 26 20.2 36
Berkshire 59.4 9 23.8 16
Buckinghamshire 67.9 1 25.0 9
Cambridgeshire 62.9 3 25.3 6
Cheshire 50.0 31 23.8 15
Cleveland 53.3 22 21.6 32
Cornwall 63.9 2 26.9 1
Cumbria 49.2 32 22.7 25
Derbyshire 54.7 19 23.9 14
Devon 56.7 13 23.2 23
Dorset 60.1 5 25 1 7
Durham 50.4 30 23.5 19
East Sussex 56.9 12 23.1 24

Percentage change Rank in class
Suffolk Coastal 3.6 151
Waveney 6.0 51
Surrey
Elmbridge 3.9 135
Epsom and Ewell 2.9 194
Guildford 3.3 170
Mole Valley 2.5 212
Reigate and Banstead 5.0 78
Runnymede 6.1 45
Spelthorne 2.4 217
Surrey Heath 3.3 171
Tandridge 3.1 183
Waverley 2.0 238
Woking 6.0 52
Warwickshire
North Warwickshire 2.2 230
Nuneaton and Bedworth 3.9 136
Rugby 3.2 173
Stratford on Avon 0.1 285
Warwick 3.2 178
West Sussex
Adur 4.9 83
Arun 3.6 154
Chichester 3.7 145
Crawley 4.7 92
Horsham -0.0 288
Mid Sussex 3.2 177
Worthing 6.2 41
Wiltshire
Kennet 3.4 162
North Wiltshire 2.1 236
Salisbury 2.4 220
Thamesdown 4.2 118
West Wiltshire 2.1 231
All purpose authority
Isles of Scilly 6.7 1

Dr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list, on a ranked basis, the percentage change in the grant-related expenditure of each non-metropolitan county and each non-metropolitan district between(a) 1981–82 and 1988–89 and (b) 1985–86 and 1988–89.

Mr. Ridley

The information is as follows:

(a) 1981–82 to 1988–89 (b) 1985–86 to 1988–89
per cent. Change Rank in class per cent. Change Rank in class
Essex 53.0 23 23.3 21
Gloucester 54.4 20 25.5 2
Hampshire 50.7 29 21.6 31
Hereford and Worcester 55.2 18 22.3 28
Hertfordshire 42.5 39 19.8 37
Humberside 52.5 27 22.1 30
Isle of Wight 56.0 17 21.2 33
Kent 52.7 25 22.5 27
Lancashire 56.6 15 23.4 20
Leicestershire 59.5 8 24.3 12
Lincolnshire 59.9 6 25.3 5
Norfolk 59.4 10 25.1 8
Northamptonshire 59.7 7 23.6 18
Northumberland 44.3 37 16.7 39
North Yorkshire 53.3 21 24.9 11
Nottinghamshire 48.3 36 21.0 35
Oxfordshire 43.2 38 19.6 38
Shropshire 60.1 4 25.5 3
Somerset 56.7 14 24.0 13
Staffordshire 52.0 28 22.6 26
Suffolk 56.6 16 25.4 4
Surrey 49.0 34 21.1 34
Warwickshire 49.1 33 23.2 22
West Sussex 58.6 11 24.9 10
Wiltshire 52.9 24 23.8 17
Avon
Bath 12.5 215 16.0 29
Bristol 22.9 143 18.0 22
Kingswood 28.2 115 8.5 102
Northavon 23.6 140 6.5 153
Wansdyke 8.2 247 6.6 152
Woodspring 33.0 87 10.7 67
Bedfordshire
North Bedfordshire 38.1 64 14.5 40
Luton 49.6 31 23.3 6
Mid Bedfordshire 41.2 51 12.6 55
South Bedfordshire 13.7 208 8.4 105
Berkshire
Bracknell 90.6 1 14.0 43
Newbury 11.2 226 8.8 93
Reading 42.3 46 14.3 41
Slough 32.5 92 18.8 16
Windsor and Maidenhead 11.9 219 4.3 200
Wokingham 14.3 205 8.3 110
Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury Vale 35.7 76 6.7 147
South Bucks -2.3 284 -0.1 274
Chiltern 4.0 265 -2.8 292
Milton Keynes 90.1 2 14.2 42
Wycombe 40.8 53 2.8 238
Cambridgeshire
Cambridge 25.6 128 9.2 86
East Cambridgeshire 39.7 57 9.6 80
Fenland 26.1 126 9.9 77
Huntingdonshire 29.2 112 18.5 19
Peterborough 30.0 107 18.7 17
South Cambridgeshire 17.5 184 7.7 124
Cheshire
Chester 35.0 79 10.2 71
Congleton 35.9 74 5.4 177
Crewe and Nantwich 10.8 229 3.8 215
Ellesmere Port and Neston 17.0 188 7.2 139
Halton 32.9 88 18.4 20
Macclesfield 11.0 228 3.1 226
Vale Royal 22.4 153 4.6 189
Warrington 54.6 18 15.0 34

(a) 1981–82 to 1988–89 (b) 1985–86 to 1988–89
per cent. Change Rank in class per cent. Change Rank in class
Cleveland
Hartlepool 32.4 93 13.0 51
Langbaurgh 3.6 267 -6.1 295
Middlesbrough 45.9 36 24.7 5
Stockton.on.Tees 28.0 118 16.2 27
Cornwall
Caradon 32.5 91 4.6 190
Carrick 17.0 187 6.4 154
Kerrier 18.1 178 8.0 118
North Cornwall 21.1 160 5.3 179
Penwith 16.6 189 13.7 45
Restormel 25.2 132 9.2 87
Cumbria
Allerdale 13.5 211 -6.2 296
Barrow in Furness 27.7 119 16.1 28
Carlisle 41.8 49 8.9 91
Copeland 22.8 144 3.0 229
Eden 16.6 190 4.1 207
South Lakeland 9.0 244 3.5 222
Derbyshire
Amber Valley 0.3 276 3.7 218
Bolsover 4.5 264 3.0 230
Chesterfield 38.4 63 8.4 106
Derby 58.3 15 15.8 30
Erewash 17.7 179 6.6 150
High Peak 10.3 237 4.4 196
North East Derbyshire 18.6 174 -1.4 285
South Derbyshire 10.7 231 1.8 255
Derbyshire Dales -4.9 289 0.5 265
Devon
East Devon 22.0 157 2.2 251
Exeter 50.4 28 11.9 59
North Devon 13.7 209 7.8 121
Plymouth 45.0 39 28.5 2
South Hams 5.4 260 7.9 120
Teignbridge 15.8 193 4.8 185
Mid Devon 30.6 103 6.0 160
Torbay 45.9 35 19.0 14
Torridge 2.9 269 2.0 252
West Devon -1.1 278 -0.9 279
Dorset
Bournemouth 50.9 24 25.5 4
Christchurch 39.0 60 5.9 164
North Dorset 39.6 58 4.1 208
Poole 37.3 66 14.0 44
Purbeck 31.1 100 7.5 129
West Dorset 15.2 196 4.1 206
Weymouth and Portland 57.3 16 19.6 12
Wimborne 5.6 259 2.8 239
Durham
Chester.le.Street 6.5 251 6.7 148
Darlington 33.0 85 4.3 201
Derwentside 32.6 90 2.2 250
Durham 42.3 45 5.7 167
Easington -6.6 293 8.7 95
Sedgefield -7.0 294 3.0 231
Teesdale 23.6 139 -0.5 277
Wear Valley 3.9 266 7.5 133
East Sussex
Brighton 31.5 98 8.7 99
Eastbourne 48.1 32 8.8 92
Hastings 53.8 21 26.8 3
Hove 41.4 50 19.0 15
Lewes 10.4 235 -2.2 289
Rother 26.9 123 1.4 260
Wealden 1.7 272 0.1 273
Essex

(a) 1981–82 to 1988–89 (b) 1985–86 to 1988–89
per cent. Change Rank in class per cent. Change Rank in class
Basildon 1.2 274 -2.8 291
Braintree 14.8 200 2.9 232
Brentwood 8.8 246 31 228
Castle Point 28.3 114 7.0 141
Chelmsford 60.6 12 5.8 165
Colchester 55.3 17 7.6 128
Epping Forest 53.8 20 9.4 83
Harlow 22.4 152 9.3 84
Maldon 12.4 216 5.5 174
Rochford 9.6 242 2.9 235
Southend.on.Sea 31.4 99 15.6 31
Tendring 36.8 67 7.8 122
Thurrock 4.8 262 12.7 52
Uttlesford -5.2 290 0.4 268
Gloucestershire
Cheltenham 44.2 40 15.3 33
Cotswold 10.4 234 -1.0 280
Forest of Dean -2.7 286 -3.5 294
Gloucester 52.8 22 14.5 39
Stroud 29.4 111 5.3 178
Tewkesbury 22.5 150 6.6 149
Hampshire
Basingstoke and Dean 65.1 9 7.5 130
East Hampshire .2.3 283 4.2 203
Eastleigh 42.3 44 7.7 123
Fareham 22.6 146 8.7 98
Gosport 35.9 75 13.3 48
Hart 16.5 191 8.0 119
Havant 22.8 145 8.4 107
New Forest 15.2 198 4.3 198
Portsmouth 11.7 221 22.7 7
Rushmoor 22.5 151 12.0 58
Southampton 50.1 29 22.1 8
Test Valley 14.7 201 5.5 173
Winchester 17.3 186 3.3 223
Hereford and Worcester
Bromsgrove 22.4 154 3.1 225
Hereford 87.7 3 15.6 32
Leominster 25.5 129 1.7 256
Malvern Hills 10.7 230 2.3 249
Redditch 40.9 52 15.0 35
South Herefordshire 20.8 162 2.7 240
Worcester 60.7 11 16.9 24
Wychavon 14.0 207 2.6 245
Wyre Forest 7.8 249 5.2 180
Hertfordshire
Broxbourne -5.7 291 18.0 21
Dacorum 76.6 5 7.4 134
East Hertfordshire 35.0 80 11.3 61
Hertsmere 17.6 182 9.1 88
North Hertfordshire 40.6 54 7.2 137
St. Albans 42.8 43 6.0 162
Stevenage 28.1 117 10.9 66
Three Rivers 2.5 270 4.2 204
Watford 9.8 241 12.0 57
Welwyn Hatfield 50.4 27 6.1 157
Humberside
Beverley 36.2 70 -2.1 288
Boothferry 13.3 212 -2.4 290
Cleethorpes 27.3 121 -0.4 276
Glanford 41.9 48 3.9 212
Great Grimsby 32.4 94 5.7 168
Holderness 28.4 113 -2.1 287
Kingston upon Hull 60.3 13 8.3 108
East Yorkshire 18.9 172 1.3 261
Scunthorpe .7.2 295 0.3 270
Isle of Wight
Medina 33.7 83 11.0 64
South Wight 34.2 81 17.1 23

(a) 1981–82 to 1988–89 (b) 1985–86 to 1988–89
per cent. Change Rank in class per cent. Change Rank in class
Kent
Ashford 28.2 116 1.6 258
Canterbury 33.4 84 8.6 101
Dartford .5.7 292 9.0 89
Dover 5.8 256 6.6 151
Gillingham 31.8 97 12.4 56
Gravesham 6.4 253 3.9 213
Maidstone 12.3 217 4.0 211
Rochester upon Medway 6.5 252 8.6 100
Sevenoaks 14.0 206 -0.1 275
Shepway 20.7 164 6.8 145
Swale 9.6 243 5.9 163
Thanet 24.0 137 7.5 132
Tonbridge and Mailing 25.7 127 2.0 253
Tunbridge Wells 30.4 104 3.8 214
Lancashire
Blackburn 32.8 89 10.0 75
Blackpool 73.0 6 30.9 1
Burnley 15.6 194 14.9 36
Chorley 11.1 227 10.1 74
Fylde 32.1 96 8.7 97
Hyndburn 21.8 159 6.9 143
Lancaster 42.1 47 14.7 37
Pendle 16.2 192 14.5 38
Preston 51.6 23 21.8 9
Ribble Valley 2.1 271 4.9 182
Rossendale 29.6 109 9.8 79
South Ribble 9.9 240 3.5 220
West Lancashire 5.8 255 8.2 114
Wyre 18.1 177 1.9 254
Leicestershire
Blahy 18.4 175 4.5 194
Charnwood 17.3 185 6.0 159
Harborough -2.1 280 1.7 257
Hinckley and Bosworth 24.0 136 7.2 138
Leicester 44.1 41 16.4 25
Melton 14.5 202 4.1 209
North West Leicestershire 11.4 224 3.8 216
Oadby and Wigston 36.1 71 5.4 176
Rutland 32.1 95 3.7 217
Lincolnshire
Boston 36.5 68 3.3 224
East Lindsey 24.1 135 7.5 131
Lincoln 62.0 10 13.2 49
North Kesteven 4.9 261 3.5 221
South Holland 1.6 273 2.4 247
South Kesteven 30.6 102 6.0 158
West Lindsey -2.1 281 2.6 243
Norfolk
Breckland 10.5 232 2.6 244
Broadland 19.3 171 0.2 271
Great Yarmouth 50.8 25 8.0 117
North Norfolk 33.0 86 2.9 233
Norwich 22.5 149 20.5 11
South Norfolk -2.2 282 -1.1 281
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 23.0 142 5.4 175
Northamptonshire
Corby 25.3 131 8.3 109
Daventry 46.4 34 3.6 219
East Northamptonshire 38.4 62 2.8 237
Kettering 5.7 258 7.0 142
Northampton 39.4 59 9.3 85
South Northamptonshire 35.5 77 -1.2 283
Wellingborough 22.5 147 8.2 115
Northumberland
Alnwick 19.4 169 -1.7 286
Berwick.upon.Tweed 50.7 26 -1.4 284
Blyth Valley 1.1 275 9.5 81
Castle Morpeth 13.2 213 0.3 269
Tynedale -2.4 285 -3.3 293
Wansbeck 27.6 120 11.2 62

(a) 1981–82 to 1988–89 (b) 1985–86 to 1988–89
per cent. Change Rank in class per cent. Change Rank in class
North Yorkshire
Craven 21.9 158 0.9 264
Hambleton 18.2 176 0.2 272
Harrogate 19.8 168 5.6 169
Richmondshire 193 170 7.0 140
Ryedale 36.0 72 1.0 262
Scarborough 38.8 61 8.3 111
Selby 15.2 197 6.3 155
York 66.6 8 21.3 10
Nottinghamshire
Ashfield 10.3 238 10.2 72
Bassetlaw 10.4 233 8.7 94
Broxtowe 15.3 195 5.6 172
Codling 47.5 33 13.1 50
Mansfield -8.0 296 10.9 65
Newark and Sherwood 17.7 180 4.6 187
Nottingham 69.1 7 18.6 18
Rushcliffe 22.5 148 7.6 127
Oxfordshire
Cherwell 24.7 133 8.3 112
Oxford 40.6 55 12.7 53
South Oxfordshire 13.1 214 2.5 246
Vale of White Horse 34.0 82 4.3 197
West Oxfordshire 29.7 108 8.7 96
Shropshire
Bridgnorth 36.3 69 2.9 234
North Shropshire 30.2 105 0.4 267
Oswestry 79.7 4 1.4 259
Shrewsbury and Atcham 39.7 56 6.1 156
South Shropshire 11.3 225 4.5 193
Wrekin 11.8 220 9.8 78
Somerset
Mendip 26.4 124 5.1 181
Sedgemoor 29.4 110 6.7 146
Taunton Deane 23.9 138 5.7 166
West Somerset 11.5 223 4.5 195
South Somerset 45.3 37 4.0 210
Staffordshire
Cannock Chase 15.1 199 8.2 113
East Staffordshire 45.1 38 7.6 126
Lichfield 49.9 30 4.3 202
Newcastle-under-Lyme 36.0 73 4.9 183
South Staffordshire 17.6 181 5.6 171
Stafford 22.1 156 4.6 188
Staffordshire Moorlands 23.0 141 -1.1 282
Stoke-on-Trent 58.5 14 19.4 13
Tamworth 26.2 125 2.7 242
Suffolk
Babergh -0.1 277 0.9 263
Forest Heath -1.7 279 8.5 103
Ipswich 43.4 42 13.5 46
Mid Suffolk 13.5 210 2.8 236
St. Edmundsbury 30.0 106 4.9 184
Suffolk Coastal 20.7 163 4.2 205
Waveney 20.5 165 7.3 136
Surrey
Elmbridge 6.4 254 9.5 82
Epsom and Ewell -3.2 287 8.1 116
Guildford 12.2 218 11.1 63
Mole Valley 3.4 268 7.4 135
Reigate and Banstead 18.9 173 10.1 73
Runnymede 5.8 257 12.6 54
Spelthorne 7.8 248 7.6 125
Surrey Heath 22.3 155 10.3 69
Tandridge 35.4 78 9.9 76
Waverley 10.3 239 10.3 70
Waking 11.5 222 10.5 68

(a) 1981–82 to 1988–89 (b) 1985–86 to 1988–89
per cent. Change Rank in class per cent. Change Rank in class
Warwickshire
North Warwickshire -4.6 288 0.5 266
Nuneaton and Bedworth 4.5 263 8.4 104
Rugby 25.3 130 4.3 199
Stratford on Avon 20.4 166 -1.7 278
Warwick 14.5 203 5.6 170
West Sussex
Adur 21.1 161 8.9 90
Arun 14.3 204 4.5 192
Chichester 7.6 250 2.4 248
Crawley 54.1 19 11.9 60
Horsham 20.1 167 6.9 144
Mid Sussex 10.3 236 4.6 191
Worthing 37.8 65 16.3 26
Wiltshire
Kennet 31.0 101 2.7 241
North Wiltshire 17.5 183 4.7 186
Salisbury 24.6 134 6.0 161
Thamesdown 27.1 122 13.4 47
West Wiltshire 8.9 245 3.1 227
All purpose authority
Isles of Scilly 62.4 1 26.3 1