HC Deb 01 May 1990 vol 171 cc492-3W
Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total amount of debt incurred by each Welsh county and district council for the lastest year for which figures are available.

Mr. Grist

Information on total debt incurred by each local authority in any one particular financial year is not held centrally. Information on outstanding loan debt at 31 March of each year is, however, available and figures relating to 31 March 1989 are set out in the table:

Total outstanding loan debt at 31 March 1989
£000
£
Alyn and Deeside 35,871
Colwyn 24,197
Delyn 28,977
Glyndwr 17,992
Rhuddlan 17,891
Wrexham Maelor 65,882
Carmarthen 48,337
Ceredigion 34,267
Dinefwr 22,083
Llanelli 37,174
Preseli Pembrokeshire 45,981
South Pembroke 34,248
Blaenau Gwent 119,438
Islwyn 71,771
Monmouth 45,504
Newport 155,377
Torfaen 84,973

£
Aberconwy 20,033
Arfon 33.794
Dwyfor 14,108
Meirionnydd 17,615
Ynys Mon 52,687
Cynon Valley 54,472
Merthyr Tydfil 61,333
Ogwr 104,728
Rhondda 122,480
Rhymney Valley 88,356
Taff Ely 70,250
Brecknock 27,929
Montgomeryshire 22,495
Radnorshire 12,892
Cardiff 214,807
Vale of Glamorgan 57,669
Lliw Valley 46,994
Neath 42,151
Port Talbot 33,515
Swansea 171,543
Total Districts 2,159,814
Clwyd 106,125
Dyfed 82,098
Gwent 106,015
Gwynedd 54,383
Mid Glamorgan 21,820
Powys 43,571
South Glamorgan 96,180
West Glamorgan 113,906
Dyfed Powys Joint Police Authority 4,041
North Wales Joint Police Authority 1,720
South Wales Joint Police Authority 6,060
Total Counties 635,919
Total Wales 2,795,733