HC Deb 27 October 1993 vol 230 cc642-3W
Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing the capital allocation to each of the county authorities in Wales for each of the last three financial years; what percentage of each allocation was actually expended; and what is his calculation of what expenditure should have been incurred in respect of each of the main service areas.

Mr. Redwood

The available information is given in the following tables. The Government's new planning totals for the external financing of capital expenditure and the assumed gross expenditure by broad service group are available only for Wales as a whole.

Basic credit approvals (BCA) form the capital allocations which are not directed towards specific services or programmes. Other external capital financing is provided through supplementary credit approvals, capital grants and other contributions from central Government and their agencies. These latter sources are generally

Table 1: Allocation and use of basic credit approvals (BCA)
BCA issued (£ million) Use of BCA as a percentage of BCA issued1 Gross capital expenditure2(£ million)
1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1990–91 1991–92 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Clwyd 12.7 13.0 12.1 100 100 19.6 22.2 18.8
Dyfed 12.5 13.0 13.2 91 100 17.3 20.0 20.7
Gwent 12.1 13.8 14.4 100 100 32.8 34.2 46.2
Gwynedd 8.3 8.6 8.6 100 100 10.7 11.9 11.3
Mid Glamorgan 18.0 18.8 19.1 100 100 37.9 46.2 44.8
Powys 6.4 6.6 6.7 99 99 7.8 10.2 11.5
South Glamorgan 11.9 12.6 12.6 100 78 31 7 50.4 48 4
West Glamorgan 11.5 11.9 12.4 100 100 27.1 28.3 24.1
Total 93.4 98.3 99.1 99 97 185.0 223.4 225.7
Source: Welsh office returns.
1 Net of transfers between authorities. Not available for 1992–93.
2 Includes expenditure financed by external sources other than BCA. Also includes self-financed expenditure. Excludes Law and Order. 1990–91 and 1991–92 outturn; 1992–93 provisional outturn.

Table 2: New planning total and assumed gross expenditure1 (£ million)
New planning total Assumed gross expenditure
1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Education 50.1 56.7 55.2 53.7 66.6 63.0
Personal social services 9.9 10.3 11.2 10.8 12.2 12.8
Transport 81.4 99.5 100.9 86.6 115.1 113.4
Other local services 57.7 61.7 54.5 72.2 93.6 99.8
Housing 190.3 194.3 279.4 226.7 226.0 306.6
Urban programme 24.9 41.6 35.1 24.9 41 6 35.1
Total 414.3 464.1 536.3 474.9 555.0 630.7
1 Excluding Law and Order

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