§ Mr. GunnellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the total spending on economic development measures by(a) the five west Yorkshire district councils, (b) the four south Yorkshire district councils, (c) North Yorkshire county council and (d) Humberside county council under the Housing and Local Government Act 1989 in each financial year since 1989–90.
§ Mr. Robert B. Jones[holding answer 31 October 1994]Section 33 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 allows local authorities to take "such steps as they may from time to time consider appropriate for promoting the economic development of their area". The Department of the Environment does not collect information about expenditure specifically related to section 33, although it does record a number of items of local authority expenditure which can be totalled to produce a figure for economic development generally. For each of the local authorities identified, this gives the following figures for net current and capital expenditure respectively:
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1990–91 £000s 1991–92 £000s 1992–93 £000s 1993–94 £000s Net current expenditure County Councils Humberside 1,368 1,899 1,870 1,921 North Yorkshire 577 685 271 736 District Councils Barnsley 349 302 247 2,691 Doncaster 202 48 252 647 Rotherham -428 -352 -138 -460 Sheffield 461 — 2,967 2,749 Bradford 1,425 1,606 1,750 1,486 Calderdale 570 581 280 193 Kirklees 1,468 1,778 2,091 1,950 Leeds 1,879 2,148 2,004 48 Wakefiels — — 2,258 2,110
1990–91 £000s 1991–92 £000s 1992–93 £000s 1993–94 £000s Capital Expenditure County Councils Humberside 226 293 271 269 North Yorkshire 183 213 — — District Councils Barnsley 992 1,246 1,754 4,533 Doncaster 3,985 1,287 6,025 2,851 Rotherham 303 199 732 — Sheffield 9,461 1,415 1,238 n/a Bradford 5,427 2,637 1,881 6,712 Calderdale 1,242 449 152 1,019 Kirklees 875 2,151 2,231 3,622 Leeds 3,304 5,940 4,455 8,613 Wakefiels 5,597 3,239 2,326 1,672