§ Mr. DunnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment which are the 20 local authorities with the highest debt levels in England; and in each case what is(a) the total amount of debt and (b) the debt per head of population. [7938]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe information requested is as follows:
Authority Total debt1 at 31 March 1995 £ million Debt at 31 March 1995 per head of population £ Birmingham 1,287.8 1,277 Manchester 1,172.9 2,720 Lambeth 905.2 3,472 Islington 880.1 5,024 Southwark 805.8 3,522 Liverpool 798.7 1,685 Hackney 765.9 3,979 Sheffield 758.6 1,431 Leeds 688.9 951 Tower Hamlets 653.5 3,831 Haringey 557.1 2,624 Camden 543.3 2,977 Newham 542.5 2,392 Lewisham 519.7 2,144 Brent 471.2 1,927 Greenwich 468.6 2,208 Newcastle upon Tyne 442.0 1,559 Kent 429.5 278 Salford 425.4 1,844 Bradford 412.9 857 1Includes both short-term borrowing and long-term borrowing. All local authority borrowing is subject to general statutory controls and to the specific limits imposed by central Government on individual authorities.