HC Deb 12 July 1990 vol 176 cc287-8W
Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are the reasons for the reduction in the number of samples taken each year to measure the acidity of rain in Wales between 1982 and 1988 as shown in table 3.21 of "Environmental Digest for Wales" No. 4 1988–89.

Mr. Grist

The number of samples used to provide the data on the acidity of rainfall in table 3.21 of the "Environmental Deigest for Wales" was decided by the local authorities that provided the information.

A national monitoring programme is now carried out by the Warren Spring laboratory and the results of this

Capital expenditure from 1960 taken into account in compiling the formula for the allocation of capital within the NHS in Wales in 1990–91
Year Clwyd East Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Pembs Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan
1960–61 0.747 3.343 3.466 0.739 3.994 0.478 0.616 1.402 1.533
1961–62 1.427 1.260 3.718 0.668 2.634 0.182 1.169 1.898 1.230
1962–63 1.054 1.456 3.822 0.982 2.574 0.208 1.104 0.889 2.481
1963–64 1.033 3.530 6.182 1.123 3.684 0.502 0.384 1.130 4.835
1964–65 1.766 4.443 6.753 0.883 3.845 0.632 0.340 9.437 5.082
1965–66 1.498 7.396 6.866 1.763 7.899 1.047 0.371 5.653 5.447
1966–67 1.155 4.213 7.340 0.855 7.430 0.594 0.134 5.955 1.545
1967–68 1.128 3.514 8.300 2.119 6.511 0.498 0.791 14.456 2.143
1968–69 1.607 2.443 5.367 4.832 2.846 0.349 0.752 23.105 2.870
1969–70 2.856 1.661 2.740 6.375 4.090 0.237 0.790 22.563 3.698
1970–71 4.178 1.448 3.281 3.854 4.123 0.204 1.773 25.818 3.837
1971–72 4.474 1.980 5.301 1.650 4.783 0.279 1.046 11.811 2.798
1972–73 5.918 2.403 7.668 1.431 7.363 0.343 0.558 8.828 3.309
1973–74 7.272 0.598 6.534 2.955 10.604 3.906 0.762 8.604 2.603
1974–75 7.348 1.568 5.183 2.758 12.887 5.661 0.778 8.073 4.017
1975–76 8.636 1.857 8.346 3.817 12.938 6.073 1.055 7.715 4.486
1976–77 6.137 0.890 7.050 4.758 6.858 4.407 0.994 3.875 3.515
1977–78 4.711 0.505 6.449 9.630 4.285 2.188 1.232 5.152 2.978
1978–79 4.228 1.487 4.902 11.314 5.144 1.157 1.434 5.521 4.417
1979–80 6.203 1.493 5.512 8.042 2.939 0.635 0.863 4.019 3.706
1980–81 6.027 1.667 5.214 6.062 2.909 0.342 0.727 7.276 4.170
1981–82 5.913 1.835 6.353 4.462 3.894 0.155 0.830 7.122 8.321
1982–83 9.326 3.757 5.225 4.956 8.825 0.386 0.620 7.290 9.184
1983–84 7.824 5.159 4.392 5.933 11.617 0.893 0.701 6.064 8.827
1984–851 4.961 2.562 2.255 4.341 8.698 0.483 1.711 4.798 7.322
1985–861 5.494 2.087 3.225 2.105 10.437 0.655 2.778 3.731 8.141
1986–871 4.118 21.139 3.550 2.886 5.383 1.116 0.871 9.809 6.629
Teaching Allowance 34.830
Total 117.039 85.694 145.057 101.293 169.144 33.610 25.184 187.164 119.124
Per Cent Share 11.9 8.7 14.8 10.3 17.2 3.4 2.6 19.0 12.1
1 Provisional and prospective outturn expenditure figures at the time the formula update was calculated in 1985–86.

Note: All figures at 1985–86 prices.

It should be noted, however, that equalisition component of the capital formula takes account of capital expenditure since 1948. The figures in the table therefore survey are given in table 3.22 of that publication. It is intended that this series only will be published for future years.

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