HC Deb 26 May 1993 vol 225 cc648-9W
Mr. Nigel Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the average (a) local authority expenditure and (b) Government grant to local authorities per head of population, in Wales for the last three years for which figures are available.

Mr. David Hunt

The latest information available is as follows:

Revenue expenditure1 Government grant2
£/head3
1990–91 773 486
1991–924 869 627
1992–935 930 655
1 Includes expenditure required to be financed from revenue in the current year and the cost of financing capital expenditure (capital charges) including the debt repayments and interest payable on loans raised to finance past capital expenditure and direct revenue contributions towards capital expenditure in the current year.
2 Comprises Revenue Support Grant, specific and supplementary grants within Aggregate external Finance, Community Charge Benefit Grant, Transitional Relief/Community Charge Reduction Scheme Grants and Community Charge Grant (1991–92).
3 Based on Office of Population Censuses and Surveys mid-year estimates.
4 Revised estimates.
5 Budgets.