§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he will publish proposals for the reform of capital expenditure control.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerI hope to publish proposals shortly for the future control of local authority capital.
§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will publish the capital allocation to each local authority, within each expenditure block and in total, in 1987–88 and 1988–89, showing the percentage change for each authority between the two years in their total allocation;
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Capital allocations by authority (£ 000) 1987–88 1988–89 Change in total allocation per cent. Housing All other services Total Housing All other services Total Alyn and Deeside 1,925 2,013 3,938 1,797 657 2,454 — Colwyn 1,798 923 2,721 1,662 585 2,247 — Delyn 1,424 1,656 3,080 1,326 644 1,970 — Glyndwr 1,237 666 1,903 1,159 400 1,559 — Rhuddlan 1,479 2,732 4,211 874 1,756 2,630 — Wrexham Maelor 5,526 2,191 7,717 3,825 1,571 5,396 — Carmarthen 3,545 887 4,432 2,361 526 2,887 — Ceredigion 2,383 1,111 3,494 1,991 767 2,758 — Dinefwr 1,260 607 1,867 1,047 348 1,395 — Llanelli 2,428 1,491 3,919 2,179 687 2,866 — Preseli Pembs 1,842 1,464 3,306 1,616 737 2,353 — South Pembroke 3,417 1,650 5,067 1,542 547 2,089 — Blaenau Gwent 11,023 1,847 12,870 6,956 1,270 8,226 — Islwyn 6,876 1,332 8,208 3,320 600 3,920 — Monmouth 3,081 1,076 4,157 1,973 730 2,703 — Newport 5,978 2,884 8,862 4,988 1,287 6,275 — Torfaen 5,112 1,888 7,000 3,568 840 4,408 — Aberconwy 1,538 1,027 2,565 1,301 671 1,972 — Arfon 2,165 1,246 3,411 2,021 602 2,623 — Dwyfor 1,100 1,439 2,539 814 686 1,500 — Meirionnydd 920 808 1,728 881 458 1,339 — Ynys Mon 3,528 1,319 4,847 1,835 790 2,625 — Cynon Valley 4,829 1,964 6,793 3,405 614 4,019 — Merthyr Tydfil 3,821 2,258 6,079 3,182 852 4,034 — (2) if he will publish the capital allocation in total to the local authorities within each region, by expenditure block, in 1987–88 and 1988–89, showing the percentage change for each region.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe information requested is shown in the following table.
With the exception of housing, capital allocations are not separately identified. The "All Other Services" block includes projects of regional and national importance, special projects, TSG-related transport schemes and urban programme, together with a formula based allocation.
No meaningful year-on-year comparison can be made at an individual local authority level as £69 million (20.4 per cent. of the total) remains to be allocated for 1988–89. Wales is not split into regions other than local authority areas.
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1987–88 1988–89 Change in total allocation per cent. Housing All other services Total Housing All other services Total Ogwr 5,633 2,860 8,493 3,742 1,294 5,036 — Rhondda 10,814 1,924 12,738 5,634 724 6,358 — Rhymney Valley 8,564 2,084 10,648 4,507 974 5,481 — Taff Ely 6,182 1,514 7,696 3,943 8-i4 4,817 — Brecknock 1,876 1,394 3,270 1,414 1,105 2,519 — Montgomeryshire 1,425 694 2,119 1,440 494 1,934 — Radnor 921 505 1,426 777 410 1,187 — Cardiff 16,300 4,760 21,060 11,474 2,735 14,209 — Vale of Glamorgan 3,509 2,471 5,980 2,693 1,102 3,795 — Port Talbot 3,069 1,299 4,368 2,415 479 2,894 — Lliw Valley 2,963 1,106 4,069 2,562 534 3,096 — Neath 3,217 1,200 4,417 2,341 598 2,939 — Swansea 8,426 4,137 12,563 7,173 2,366 9,539 — Clwyd 0 16,612 16,612 0 16,311 16,311 — Dyfed 0 16,645 16,645 0 15,208 15,208 — Gwent 0 21,466 21,466 0 18,169 18,169 — Gwynedd 0 9,197 9,197 0 7,685 7,685 — Mid Glamorgan 0 24,077 24,077 0 20,553 20,553 — Powys 0 7,111 7,111 0 6,053 6,053 — South Glamorgan 0 32,858 32,858 0 28,498 28,498 — West Glamorgan 0 20,124 20,124 0 18,144 18,144 — Yet to be allocated 440 3,498 3,938 39,418 29,500 68,918 — Total Wales 151,574 214,015 365,589 145,156 192,435 337,591 -7.7
§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will publish the estimated outturn net and gross capital expenditure, in total, by region, for each year from 1981–82 to 1986–87, with the comparable planned figures for 1987–88 and 1988–89;
(2) if he will publish the planned, budgeted and outturn net and gross capital expenditure, in total, for each year from 1981–82 to 1988–89.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerPlanned and outturn local authority capital expenditure is provided in the following table. This excludes law and order services falling within the responsibility of the Home Office. No information is available for budgeted expenditure and no regional breakdown is available.
Planned (£ million) Outturn (£ million) Year Net Gross Net Gross 1981–82 220 259 182 248 1982–83 275 344 238 346 1983–84 305 396 315 415 1984–85 237 346 258 365 1985–86 249 349 264 347 1986–87 268 368 323 416 1987–88 298 410 350 450 1988–89 288 416 n/a n/a 122W
Expenditure within the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Wales in real terms (1986–87 base year)1 £ million 1982–83 plans 1983–84 plans 1984–85 plans 1985–86 plans 1986–87 plans 1987–88 plans 1988–89 plans 1989–90 plans 1990–91 plans Agriculture, fisheries and food 79 89 102 83 77 79 78 80 80 Industry, energy, trade and employment 103 90 85 152 157 132 178 160 150 Other services: Tourism 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 10 10 Roads and transport 346 341 314 295 300 306 296 300 300 Housing 202 163 129 130 140 159 153 150 150
Mr. Alan WilliamsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table similar to table 17.1 in "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1988–89 to 1990–91" showing the outturn expenditure in 1986–87, and estimated expenditure for each year in that table, at constant prices for each such year.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerIt is misleading to make comparisons between the planned level of provision for one year and the outturn (or estimated outturn) for other years.
Table 1 showns in real terms the planned provision within the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Wales for each of the years 1982–83 to 1990–91 as published in successive volumes of the Government's expenditure plans.
Table 2 sets out the comparable outturn figures for the years 1982–83 to 1987–88 in real terms.
Due to changes in the definition and classification of public expenditure and to increases in the repsonsibility of the Secretary of State for Wales over the period, the figures shown in both tables are not strictly comparable in every case. Also, the public expenditure provision for the Secretary of State for Wales for the years 1982–83 to 1984–85 did not include regional development grants.
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1982–83 plans 1983–84 plans 1984–85 plans 1985–86 plans 1986–87 plans 1987–88 plans 1988–89 plans 1989–90 plans 1990–91 plans Other environmental services 328 335 310 280 293 310 305 300 300 Education 769 778 726 715 730 812 846 840 840 Arts and libraries 31 31 31 36 35 40 40 Health and personal social services 1,014 1,044 1,057 1,066 1,115 1,170 1,221 1,230 1,240 Other public services 43 35 35 33 37 36 39 40 40 Total other services 2,709 2,703 2,609 2,557 2,655 2,837 2,902 2,900 2,910 National industries' EFL National Bus Company 28 28 — — — — — Welsh Water Authority 16 12 10 10 10 Total Nationalised industries external financing 28 28 16 12 10 10 10 Total expenditure within the Secretary of State's responsibility 2,890 2,883 2,824 2,819 2,904 3,062 3,168 3,150 3,150 1 Cash figures adjusted for general inflation as measured by the GDP deflator at market prices.
Expenditure within the responsibilly of the Secretary of State for Wales in real terms (1986–87 base year)1 1982–83 outturn 1983–84 outturn 1984–85 outturn 1985–86 outturn 1986–87 outturn 1987–88 estimated outturn Agriculture, fisheries and food 74 90 86 89 96 85 Industry, energy, trade and employment 233 162 162 160 170 162 Other services: Tourism 6 6 7 8 8 8 Roads and transport 334 354 290 277 293 311 Housing 149 223 149 132 172 173 Other environmental services 308 305 292 288 314 308 Education 765 774 762 731 786 838 Arts and libraries 31 32 32 33 33 39 Health and personal social services 1,025 1,045 1,078 1,084 1,131 1,200 Other public services 29 35 34 35 37 37 Total other services 2,647 2,774 2,643 2,587 2,774 2,914 Nationalised industries' EFL National Bus Company 8 8 7 7 — — Welsh Water Authority 27 21 27 22 17 13 Total nationalised industries external financing 35 29 34 29 17 13 Total expenditure within the Secretary of State's responsibility 2,989 3,055 2,925 2,865 3,058 3,174 1 Cash figures adjusted for general inflation as measured by the GDP deflator at market prices.