§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total amount of debt incurred by each English shire county for the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. ChopeThe information requested is set out in the table:
Total debt outstanding at 31 March 1989 £ million Avon 155 Bedfordshire 178 Berkshire n/a Buckinghamshire 123 Cambridgeshire 105 Cheshire 193 Cleveland 282 Cornwall 91 Cumbria 105 Derbyshire 203 Devon 211 Dorset 138 Durham 53 East Sussex 128 Essex n/a Gloucestershire 92 Hampshire 156 Hereford and Worcester n/a Hertfordshire 128 Humberside 157 Isle of Wight 35 Kent 221 Lancashire 360 Leicestershire 181 Lincolnshire 104 Norfolk 53 Northamptonshire 147 Northumberland 48 North Yorkshire 99 Nottinghamshire 208 Oxfordshire 82 Shropshire 68 Somerset 72 Staffordshire 245 Suffolk 108 Surrey 249 Warwickshire 92 West Sussex 32 Wiltshire 47 n/a = Berkshire, Essex and Hereford and Worcester have not yet submitted returns.