HC Deb 21 March 1995 vol 257 cc190-1W
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list for each county council, district council and for Wales as a whole the amount of long-term debt in March 1994 prices as at(a) 31 March 1993 and (b) 31 March 1994.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The information requested is given in the following table:

Outstanding loan debt at constant 1993–94 prices1
£ million
At 31 March 1993 At 31 March 1994
Alyn and Deeside 33.1 34.2
Colwyn 24.4 25.8
Delyn 27.8 30.0
Glyndwr 15.6 16.2
Rhuddlan 23.6 25.7
Wrexham Maelor 65.6 70.8
Carmarthen 35.2 35.4
Ceredigion 20.4 19.4
Dinefwr 28.4 25.6
Llanelli 39.5 42.4
Preseli Pembrokeshire 38.8 40.7
South Pembrokeshire 9.8 10.7
Blaenau Gwent 105.4 102.6
Islwyn 58.8 59.6
Monmouth 44.2 43.9
Newport 127.1 123.1
Torfaen 81.9 80.8
Aberconwy 15.9 18.8
Arfon 23.6 25.8
Dwyfor 12.0 14.7
Meirionnydd 7.6 9.2
Ynys Mon 50.5 51.3
Cynon Valley 47.6 49.4
Merthyr Tydfil 59.2 60.7
Ogwr 96.4 83.2
Rhondda 92.6 92.1
Rhymney Valley 70.3 69.4
Taff Ely 36.6 31.9
Brecknock 24.6 27.0
Montgomeryshire 20.2 21.3
Radnorshire 12.6 12.7
Cardiff 189.0 180.7
Vale of Glamorgan 54.7 55.7
Lliw Valley 37.9 38.2
Neath 37.5 38.2
Port Talbot 35.8 37.4
Swansea 126.9 128.5
Clwyd 136.5 133.5
Dyfed 119.4 116.6
Gwent 149.7 158.2
Gwynedd 73.3 77.7

Outstanding loan debt at constant 1993–94 prices1
£ million
At 31 March 1993 At 31 March 1994
Mid Glamorgan 97.4 124.9
Powys 56.3 53.9
South Glamorgan 154.3 158.0
West Glamorgan 158.6 161.2
Wales 2,776.3 2,816.8
1Outstanding loan debt is defined here as debt incurred for capital purposes ie. external debt plus moneys used temporarily to support the credit ceiling. The outstanding loan debt for the joint police authorities has been apportioned to their constituent counties, on the basis of population estimates used in the revenue support grant settlement.