HC Deb 16 July 1997 vol 298 cc187-8W
Mr. Fearn

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the income from recreation and leisure facilities for each local authority in the north-west in the last available year. [8540]

Mr. Banks

The following table details the income from recreation and leisure facilities for each local authority in the north-west for 1995–96, the latest figures available. The table is based on data collected annually from local authorities by the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions through its Revenue Outturn exercise.

Total income from recreation and leisure facilities 1995–96
£000
Local authority1 Leisure facilities2 Recreation facilities3 Total
Allerdale 94 117 211
Barrow in Furness 158 5 163
Blackburn 323 27 350
Blackpool 1,345 13 1,358
Bolton 865 1,147 2,012
Burnley 565 547 1,112
Bury 228 306 534
Carlisle 3,405 230 3,635
Cheshire 1,033 2,609 3,642
Chester 306 293 599
Chorley 351 27 378
Congleton 1,534 30 1,564
Copeland 665 15 680
Crewe and Nantwich 958 33 991
Cumbria 242 25 267
Eden 111 23 134
Ellesmere Port and Neston 1,158 65 1,223
Fylde 306 48 354
Halton 1,125 984 2,109
Hyndburn 258 149 407
Knowsley 117 6 123
Lancashire 0 246 246
Lancaster 63 35 98
Liverpool 10,024 5,469 15,493

Total income from recreation and leisure facilities 1995–96
£000
Local authority1 Leisure facilities2 Recreation facilities3 Total
Macclesfield 824 165 989
Manchester 2,172 2,101 4,273
Oldham 1,596 1,491 3,087
Pendle 158 26 184
Preston 1,374 136 1,510
Ribble Valley 136 55 191
Rochdale 1,253 226 1,479
Rossendale 705 55 760
Salford 1,414 267 1,681
Sefton 631 1,098 1,729
South Lakeland 824 164 988
South Ribble 202 41 243
St. Helens 2,567 167 2,734
Stockport 1,828 414 2,242
Tameside 617 229 846
Trafford 788 210 998
Vale Royal 359 602 961
Warrington 111 2,426 2,537
West Lancashire 527 571 1,098
Wigan 978 1,266 2,244
Wirral 2,545 910 3,455
Wyre 93 198 291
1 Local authorities within the area of the Government Office for the North West and the Government Office for Merseyside.
2 Leisure facilities defined as: sports and physical recreation centres; golf courses; playing fields and sports grounds; swimming pools; and miscellaneous recreation centres.
3 Recreation facilities defined as: national parks; country parks; and parks and open spaces.

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