§ Mr. Nigel JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what is the actual spending in the current financial year on fire and rescue in each local authority in England and Wales;
(2) what is the actual spending per head on fire and rescue in the current financial year for each local authority in England and Wales.
§ Mr. HowardFire authorities budgeted spending on fire and civil defence for 1993–94 is shown in total terms and per head of population in the table.
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1993–94 Fire and Civil Defence budgeted spending (£ million) Spending per head (£) County Fire Authority Avon 21.829 22.7 Bedfordshire 11.780 22.0 Berkshire 15.798 21.0 Buckinghamshire 12.318 19.2 Cambridgeshire 13.795 20.6 Cheshire 21.002 21.7 Cleveland 20.128 36.1 Cornwall 10.146 21.4 Cumbria 11.813 24.1 Derbyshire 18.272 19.4 Devon 22.240 21.4 Dorset 13.748 20.7 Durham 13.914 23.0 East Sussex 16.600 23.2 Essex 34.667 22.4 Gloucestershire 10.285 19.1
1993–94 Fire and Civil Defence budgeted spending (£ million) Spending per head (£) Hampshire 27.823 17.7 Hereford and Worcester 12.025 17.5 Hertfordshire 19.547 19.7 Humberside 22.168 25.4 Isle of Wight 3.396 26.8 Kent 35.138 22.8 Lancashire 33.320 23.7 Leicestershire 14.878 16.7 Lincolnshire 11.641 19.6 Norfolk 14.999 19.8 Northamptonshire 11.460 19.5 Northumberland 8.433 27.5 North Yorkshire 14.718 20.4 Nottinghamshire 20.784 20.5 Oxfordshire 11.326 19.5 Shropshire 8.040 19.5 Somerset 9.349 19.9 Staffordshire 18.577 17.7 Suffolk 12.770 19.3 Surrey 26.288 25.4 Warwickshire 11.574 23.6 West Sussex 16.122 22.5 Wiltshire 10.267 17.8 Isles of Scilly 0.088 44.0 Fire and Civil Defence Authority London 247.749 36.4 Greater Manchester 70.516 27.5 Merseyside 47.429 32.9 South Yorkshire 30.104 23.3 Tyne and Wear 33.803 30.0 West Midlands 66.728 25.5 West Yorkshire 52.392 25.4 Wales Clwyd 8.756 21.2 Dyfed 8.534 24.3 Gwent 11.419 25.6 Gwynedd 6.127 25.5 Mid Glamorgan 12.795 23.6 Powys 2.914 24.5 South Glamorgan 9.508 23.4 West Glamorgan 9.460 25.7 Note: The information relating to England is expenditure to compare with SSAs. It is derived from the budgeted expenditure on services provided by the authorities to the Department of the Environment on form RA93–94, converted to outturn prices where necessary and including amounts for capital expenditure charged to revenue and other contingencies as appropriate, net of specific and spcial grants.
§ Mr. Nigel JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the standard spending assessments for the current financial year for fire and rescue services in each local authority in England and Wales.
§ Mr. HowardStandard spending assessments for 1993–94 relate to fire and civil defence expenditure. The information requested in relation to England is given in the table. Individual services are not separately identified in SSAs for Welsh local authorities.
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(£ million) County Fire Authority 1993–94 Fire and Civil Defence SSA Avon 20.473 Bedfordshire 11.073 Berkshire 16.601 Buckinghamshire 12.360
County Fire Authority 1993–94 Fire and Civil Defence SSA Cambridgeshire 12.039 Cheshire 20.103 Cleveland 19.464 Cornwall 7.181 Cumbria 8.753 Derbyshire 17.067 Devon 19.557 Dorset 12.065 Durham 12.973 East Sussex 14.891 Essex 31.445 Gloucestershire 9.605 Hampshire 31.585 Hereford and Worcester 12.116 Hertfordshire 20.328 Humberside 21.322 Isle of Wight 2.229 Kent 30.998 Lancashire 32.276 Leicestershire 16.924 Lincolnshire 9.583 Norfolk 13.010 Northamptonshire 11.260 Northumberland 5.823 North Yorkshire 12.001 Nottinghamshire 21.087 Oxfordshire 11.284 Shropshire 7.839 Somerset 7.693 Staffordshire 19.345 Suffolk 11.023 Surrey 22.133 Warwickshire 8.993 West Sussex 14.836 Wiltshire 10.054 Isles of Scilly 0.053 Fire and Civil Defence Authority London 247.910 Greater Manchester 72.754 Merseyside 48.327 South Yorkshire 29.683 Tyne and Wear 35.357 West Midlands 69.070 West Yorkshire 50.752 Note: The SSAs shown for county fire authorities take no account of capital financing costs.