HC Deb 20 January 1992 vol 202 cc78-9W
Mr. Alan W. Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are local authority capital expenditure allocations for 1991–92 and for 1992–93 for each local authority in Wales; and what is the percentage increase (i) in cash terms and (ii) in real terms.

Mr. Nicholas Bennett

[holding reply 17 January]Local authorities no longer receive capital allocations. Since 1990–91 these have been replaced by credit approvals. Basic credit approvals for 1991–92 and 1992–93 for individual authorities are shown in the following table. These are unhypothecated to individual services. In addition, local authorities also receive direct capital grant and supplementary credit approvals for specific schemes/services such as projects of national importance, road schemes, urban programme and housing grants. In total for Wales these are £262 million for 1991–92 and £320 million for 1992–93.

Basic credit approvals
1991–921 1992–932 Per cent. increase in cash terms Per cent. increase in real terms3
£000 £000
Alyn and Deeside 1,692 2,559 51 45
Colwyn 1,673 1,765 5 1
Delyn 1,712 2,018 18 13
Glyndwr 1,264 1,435 14 9
Rhuddlan 1,722 1,918 11 7
Wrexham Maelor 5,653 5,910 5 0
Carmarthen 1,572 1,890 20 15
Ceredigion 1,715 2,135 24 19
Dinefwr 1,246 1,472 18 13
Llanelli 4,097 4,152 1 -3
Preseli Pembroke 2,120 3,236 53 46
South Pembroke 1,387 1,627 17 12
Blaenau Gwent 3,825 4,232 11 6
Islwyn 1,480 2,328 57 51
Monmouth 2,298 2,788 21 16
Newport 3,061 3,840 25 20
Torfaen 3,188 4,172 31 25
Aberconwy 1,667 2,131 28 22
Arfon 2,588 2,841 10 5
Dwyfor 1,390 1,440 4 -1
Meirionnydd 1,114 1,159 4 0
Ynys Mon 2,115 2,646 25 20
Cynon Valley 2,809 3,446 23 17
Merthyr Tydfil 2,102 2,658 26 21
Ogwr 3,996 3,690 -8 -12
Rhondda 2,978 3,566 20 15
Rhymney Valley 4,405 4,752 8 3
Taff Ely 2,844 1,860 -35 -37
Brecknock 1,213 1,506 24 19
Montgomeryshire 1,583 1,883 19 14
Radnorshire 558 728 30 25
Cardiff 6,532 13,908 113 104
Vale of Glamorgan 2,926 3,946 35 29
Port Talbot 2,784 3,158 13 9
Lliw Valley 2,471 2,717 10 5
Neath 2,160 2,792 29 24
Swansea 6,892 8,631 25 20
Clwyd 12,983 12,063 -7 -11
Dyfed 13,017 13,204 1 –3
Gwent 13,846 14,441 4 0
Gwynedd 8,626 8,592 0 -5
Mid Glamorgan 18,787 19,086 2 -3
Powys 6,550 6,727 3 -2
South Glamorgan 12,598 12,579 0 -4
West Glamorgan 11,906 12,357 4 -1
Total Districts 94,835 116,935 23 18
Total Counties 98,314 99,050 1 -4
Total Wales 193,149 215,985 12 7
1 Excludes discretionary renovation grants, which for 1991–92 were issued as supplementary credit approvals.
2 Includes discretionary renovation grants.
3 Using assumed increase in gdp deflator of 4.5 per cent.