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Mr. Key
Readily available information on book fund expenditure comes from statistics collected by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. Expenditure is expressed in pounds per 1,000 population. The table is presented on the same basis with figures adjusted to 1992–93 prices.
| Library Authorities |
1981–82 (£) |
1986–87 (£) |
11991–92 (£) |
| LONDON |
|
|
|
| City of London |
39,443.13 |
81,976.24 |
116,022.95 |
| Inner London |
|
|
|
| Camden |
4,689.41 |
2— |
1,314.59 |
| Greenwich |
3,269.56 |
2— |
2,576.02 |
| Hackney |
294.02 |
3,238.58 |
2,040.17 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham |
3,087.19 |
3,033.90 |
2,646.91 |
| Islington |
3,820.38 |
2— |
2— |
| Kensington and Chelsea |
3,420.29 |
4,604.56 |
3,974.01 |
| Lambeth |
2,845.28 |
2— |
41,438.65 |
| Lewisham |
1,754.81 |
3,231.32 |
6790.77 |
| Southwark |
3,941.34 |
2— |
1,301.04 |
| Tower Hamlets |
716.44 |
2,974.38 |
41,484.52 |
| Wandsworth |
2,292.60 |
2,713.09 |
2,410.26 |
| Westminster |
4,456.80 |
4,997.95 |
5,307.37 |
| Outer London |
|
|
|
| Barking and Dagenham |
1,477.54 |
2,271.80 |
2,490.53 |
| Barnet |
1,959.50 |
3,102.13 |
3,686.28 |
| Bexley |
2,435.89 |
2,634.70 |
2,672.97 |
| Brent |
2,694.55 |
5,172.14 |
172.1 |
| Bromley |
2,301.90 |
3,523.10 |
3,248.43 |
| Croydon |
2,160.48 |
2,636.15 |
2,737.61 |
| Ealing |
2,633.14 |
0.00 |
1,944.26 |
| Enfield |
2,322.37 |
2,557.77 |
2,236.16 |
| Haringey |
1,721.31 |
2— |
952.85 |
| Harrow |
2,474.97 |
2,531.64 |
2,108.98 |
| Havering |
1,674.79 |
2,003.24 |
1,999.52 |
| Hillingdon |
1,591.05 |
2,149.86 |
2— |
| Hounslow |
2,627.56 |
2— |
3,118.12 |
| Kingston upon Thames |
1,832.96 |
2,515.67 |
2,443.62 |
| Merton |
1,745.50 |
2,419.86 |
2,517.64 |
| Newham |
2,703.85 |
585.01 |
2,063.11 |
| Redbridge |
2,590.34 |
3,340.19 |
2,811.62 |
| Richmond upon Thames |
2,551.26 |
2,178.89 |
2— |
| Sutton |
2,450.77 |
3,004.87 |
2,603.12 |
| Waltham Forest |
2,729.91 |
2,553.41 |
1,646.11 |
| METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS |
|
|
|
| Greater Manchester |
|
|
|
| Bolton |
1,604.08 |
2— |
1,818.12 |
| Bury |
1,056.98 |
1,334.04 |
1,247.87 |
| Manchester |
3,429.59 |
0.00 |
3,742.58 |
| Oldham |
1,890.65 |
1,903.08 |
1,808.74 |
| Rochdale |
1,406.82 |
100.16 |
2— |
| Salford |
1,416.13 |
1,373.24 |
1,101.92 |
| Stockport |
1,710.15 |
2,369.05 |
2,217.40 |
| Tameside |
2,153.03 |
2,155.67 |
51,851.48 |
| Trafford |
1,741.78 |
1,551.79 |
1,629.43 |
| Wigan |
1,351.00 |
1,275.98 |
1,346.91 |
13W
| Library Authorities |
1981–82 (£) |
1986–87 (£) |
11991–92 (£) |
| Merseyside |
|
|
|
| Knowsley |
1,341.69 |
423.87 |
1,572.09 |
| Liverpool |
2— |
2,318.25 |
2— |
| St. Helens |
1,704.56 |
2,109.21 |
2— |
| Sefton |
1,326.80 |
1,644.69 |
1,988.05 |
| Wirral |
1,779.00 |
2,145.50 |
1,922.37 |
| South Yorkshire |
|
|
|
| Barnsley |
1,470.09 |
175.65 |
1,124.86 |
| Doncaster |
1,641.29 |
1,595.34 |
1,758.70 |
| Rotherham |
1,533.36 |
1,892.92 |
1,959.90 |
| Sheffield |
2,275.85 |
1,204.85 |
31,596.07 |
| Tyne and Wear |
|
|
|
| Gateshead |
2,575.45 |
2,580.99 |
2,525.98 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne |
1,883.21 |
2,274.70 |
2,164.23 |
| North Tyneside |
2,532.65 |
1,932.11 |
2— |
| South Tyneside |
2,326.10 |
3,460.68 |
1,848.35 |
| Sunderland |
1,847.85 |
1,769.53 |
2,345.63 |
| West Midlands |
|
|
|
| Birmingham |
2,128.84 |
2,385.02 |
2,066.24 |
| Coventry |
1,343.55 |
1,792.76 |
1,861.91 |
| Dudley |
1,905.54 |
2,199.21 |
1,724.30 |
| Sandwell |
1,633.85 |
2,241.31 |
2,333.12 |
| Solihull |
1,410.54 |
2,299.38 |
1,163.43 |
| Walsall |
1,979.97 |
436.94 |
2,519.72 |
| Wolverhampton |
2,041.38 |
2,920.67 |
2— |
| West Yorkshire |
|
|
|
| Bradford |
1,040.23 |
1,313.72 |
666.16 |
| Calderdale |
1,445.90 |
2,184.70 |
2,409.22 |
| Kirklees |
2,071.16 |
3,180.51 |
1,869.20 |
| Leeds |
2,080.46 |
958.07 |
61,728.47 |
| Wakefield |
1,544.53 |
1,498.08 |
1,121.73 |
| English counties |
|
|
|
| Avon |
1,849.71 |
1,765.18 |
71,531.43 |
| Bedfordshire |
1,628.27 |
1,721.63 |
81,784.76 |
| Berkshire |
1,414.27 |
1,769.53 |
1,308.34 |
| Buckinghamshire |
1,736.20 |
2,647.77 |
2,542.66 |
| Cambridgeshire |
1,782.72 |
2,123.73 |
2,167.36 |
| Cheshire |
1,565.00 |
1,557.60 |
1,778.51 |
| Cleveland |
2,692.69 |
2,607.12 |
2,397.75 |
| Cornwall |
1,738.06 |
1,939.37 |
2,151.72 |
| Cumbria |
1,157.46 |
1,683.89 |
1,896.31 |
| Derbyshire |
1,695.26 |
1,946.63 |
1,136.33 |
| Devon |
1,406.82 |
2,084.54 |
2,344.58 |
| Dorset |
1,116.53 |
1,381.95 |
2,131.91 |
| Durham |
1,256.09 |
995.82 |
1,534.56 |
| East Sussex |
1,429.15 |
1,413.88 |
1,492.86 |
| Essex |
1,284.00 |
1,856.63 |
1,801.44 |
| Gloucestershire |
1,455.21 |
1,432.76 |
1,577.30 |
| Hampshire |
1,369.60 |
1,968.41 |
2,128.79 |
| Hereford and Worcester |
1,217.01 |
1,675.18 |
1,681.55 |
| Hertfordshire |
2,032.08 |
1,818.89 |
2,527.02 |
| Humberside |
1,693.40 |
2,702.93 |
2,043.30 |
| Isle of Wight |
1,877.62 |
2,022.12 |
1,615.88 |
| Kent |
1,378.91 |
1,487.92 |
1,531.43 |
| Lancashire |
1,323.08 |
2,268.89 |
2,274.74 |
| Leicestershire |
1,334.25 |
1,482.11 |
1,617.96 |
| Lincolnshire |
1,624.54 |
1,511.14 |
1,665.92 |
| Norfolk |
1,198.40 |
1,403.72 |
1,445.95 |
| Northamptonshire |
1,618.96 |
1,840.66 |
1,394.87 |
| Northumberland |
1,758.53 |
2,389.38 |
2,439.45 |
| North Yorkshire |
1,613.38 |
2— |
1,738.89 |
| Nottinghamshire |
1,671.07 |
2,132.44 |
1,991.18 |
| Oxfordshire |
1,819.94 |
1,837.76 |
2,068.32 |
| Shropshire |
1,153.74 |
1,473.40 |
1,485.56 |
| Somerset |
1,377.05 |
1,824.69 |
1,694.06 |
| Staffordshire |
1,276.56 |
1,691.14 |
1,551.24 |
| Suffolk |
1,144.44 |
2— |
1,719.08 |
| Surrey |
1,475.67 |
1,865.34 |
1,933.84 |
| Warwickshire |
1,859.02 |
2,443.09 |
1,859.82 |
| West Sussex |
1,730.61 |
1,701.31 |
1,947.39 |
| Wiltshire |
1,518.47 |
1,659.21 |
2— |
14W
| 1 Latest year for which figures are available. |
| 2 Information not available. |
| Figures are for expenditure on books unless stated: |
| 3 Includes newspapers, periodicals, sound recordings and "other". |
| 4 Includes newspapers, periodicals, sound recordings, video recordings bookbinding and "other". |
| 5 Includes newspapers, periodicals and bookbinding. |
| 6 Includes newspapers and periodicals. |
| 7 Includes newspapers, periodicals, sound recordings, video recordings and "other". |
| 8 Includes video recordings. |