§ Mr. HindTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is the total revenue expenditure for Lancashire county council in 1989–90; and if he will make a statement;
(2) what is his Department's estimated population for Lancashire and the amount spent by Lancashire county council per head of population, in 1989–90; and if he will make a statement;
(3) what is the total rate support grant paid or to be paid, plus any other individual grants, to Lancashire county council in 1989–90.
§ Mr. Chope[holding answer 18 January 1990]: The information is as follows:
1989–90 £ million Rate Support Grant 321.0 Specific and Supplementary Grants 79.3 Net Revenue Expenditure1 783.3 Total population (June 1988)2 1.382 Net Revenue Expenditure per head 567.0 1 Rate Fund Revenue Account net current spending on services, plus net loan charges, contributions to/from other funds and accounts and 651W net non relevant expenditure (such as net spending on Housing Benefits).
2 Office of Population Censuses and Surveys latest estimate of total population. The aggregate of the estimated relevant populations for the districts of Lancashire used in the exemplifications placed in the Library of the House on 11 January 1990 is 1.048 million.