§ Mr. Nigel JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for the Isle of Wight, Cornwall, Somerset and each county council where no political party has overall control,(a) the population, (b) the capital budget for 1993–94 and (c) the revenue budget for 1993–94.
§ Mr. Robin Squire[holding answer 21 May 1993]The available information is as follows:
Liberal-Democrat controlled county councils Total population1 Total capital budget 1993–94 £ million Total revenue budget 1993–942 £ million Isle of Wight 126,593 9.018 78.453 Cornwall 473,171 35.252 290.095 Somerset 469,373 43.900 271.355
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County councils with no political party in overall control Total population1 Total capital budget 1993–94 £ million Total revenue budget 1993–942 £ million Avon 962,037 39.830 570.767 Bedfordshire 534,276 20.179 352.125 Berkshire 752,471 46.558 465.589 Cambridgeshire 669,898 31.262 389.217 Cheshire 966,590 79.857 587.400 Cumbria 489,673 27.694 310.634 Devon 1,040,021 44.238 594.059 Dorset 663,091 n.a. 353.565 East Sussex 716,077 40.929 416.519 Essex 1,548,329 64.256 925.046 Gloucestershire 538,779 33.880 316.889 Hampshire 1,576,295 110.035 875.267 Hereford and Worcester 686,039 17.151 372.260 Hertfordshire 991,515 39.450 594.557 Kent 1,538,943 121.700 964.833 Leicestershire 890,832 37.525 554.413 Lincolnshire 592,556 47.999 357,829 Norfolk 759,363 41.617 442.260 North Yorkshire 720,626 43.408 396.419 Oxfordshire 579,650 37.310 325.369 Shropshire 412,534 25.905 241.354 Suffolk 661,853 36.850 373.373
Total population1 Total capital budget 1993–94 £ million Total revenue budget 1993–942 £ million Surrey 1,033,611 75.512 535.000 Warwickshire 489,850 23.864 288.312 West Sussex 715,617 47.549 403.100 Wiltshire 577,399 22.813 324.509 Notes:
n. a. = information not yet returned by the authority.
1 Resident population at 30 June 1991 (provisional estimate, as used in the 1993–94 Settlement).
2 Net revenue expenditure as returned by authorities on the Budget Requirement (BR) return.