§ Mr. HaywardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the expenditure per capita of population on social services in each shire county in England and Wales for the last financial year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. ChopeThe information for English counties is as follows.
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Expenditure1 on social services per capita—1988–89 £ Avon 60 Bedfordshire 56 Berkshire 55 Buckinghamshire 52 Cambridgeshire 55 Cheshire 58 Cleveland 69 Cornwall 49 Cumbria 55 Derbyshire 72 Devon 49 Dorset 42 Durham 51 East Sussex 56 Essex 50 Gloucestershire 45 Hampshire 42 Hereford and Worcester 44 Hertfordshire 50 Humberside 65 Isle of Wight 52 Kent 48 Lancashire 67
£ Leicestershire 56 Lincolnshire 46 Norfolk 46 Northamptonshire 58 Northumberland 57 North Yorkshire 45 Nottinghamshire 69 Oxfordshire 50 Shropshire 43 Somerset 51 Staffordshire 45 Suffolk 42 Surrey 39 Warwickshire 51 West Sussex 44 Wiltshire 49 1 Net current expenditure. The information relating to Welsh counties is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.