§ Mr. HunterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when the 10 new integrated regional offices will be established; where they will be located; and who in each region will be responsible for their activities.
§ Sir George YoungThe new Government offices in the regions will open for business in April. For the foreseeable future, the functions of the new offices will continue to be carried out from the offices occupied by existing departmental regional offices. The names of nine of the 10 regional directors were detailed in the answer given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment in his reply on 8 February at columns145–46.
Debt at end of year1 £ million 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 21992–93 Bolton 245 241 234 215 216 146 Bury 108 110 118 117 115 82 Manchester 1,138 1,096 1,129 1,275 1,382 1,326 Oldham 279 287 292 274 274 242 Rochdale 216 228 n/a 248 278 212 Salford 420 428 437 450 467 403 Stockport 151 160 163 165 156 116 Tameside 224 217 219 248 262 186 Trafford 99 118 118 113 109 81 Wigan 303 303 317 276 278 250 Sources:
1 1987–88 to 1989–90—Outstanding loan debt, capital outturn returns.
1990–91 to 1992–93—Total external debt, borrowing and lending surveys and PWLB.
2The debt of most housing authorities was reduced in 1992–93 as the result of the commutation of certain loan charge grants in October 1992.