§ Mr. MossTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the debt burden of the London borough of Harlow, Newcastle metropolitan district, Wellingborough district council and Huntingdonshire; and what proportion of their respective budgets is attributable to interest payments on those debt burdens.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe information is as follows:
Total external debt, including both temporary and long-term debt at 31 March 1992 is:
£ million Harlow DC 41.3 Newcastle upon Tyne MDC 457.1 Wellingborough BC 44.7 Huntingdon DC 29.3 Budgeted external interest payments for 1992–93, expressed as a percentage of revenue expenditure, including HRA expenditure and that funded by sales, fees and charges and external interest receipts, is:
Per cent. Harlow DC 6.5 Newcastle upon Tyne MDC 9.9 Huntingdon DC 3.5 Wellingborough BC 15.7