Metropolitan Councils (Capital Receipts)

HC Deb 20 March 1997 vol 292 cc687-8W

Sir Irvine Patnick

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the total current capital receipts for each of the metropolitan councils; and if he will make a statement. [20730]

Mr. Curry

The amounts of accumulated usable capital receipts at 31 March 1996 for each metropolitan council are listed in the table:

	£000
Barnsley	0
Birmingham	0
Bolton	45
Bradford	0
Bury	41
Calderdale	0
Coventry	0
Doncaster	0
Dudley	0
Gateshead	39
Kirklees	0
Knowsley	7,359
Leeds	0
Liverpool	4,104
Manchester	5,066
Newcastle upon Tyne	0
North Tyneside	1,932
Oldham	0
Rochdale	2,347
Rotherham	1,046
Salford	223
Sandwell	0
Sefton	6,043
Sheffield	0
Solihull	1,763
South Tyneside	0
St. Helens	13
Stockport	0
Sunderland	1,656
Tameside	0
Trafford	3,587
Wakefield	0
Walsall	0
Wigan	55
Wirral	86
Wolverhampton	159
Total	35,564

Source:

1995–96 capital outturn returns.

Note:

Figures for the amounts of set aside capital receipts are not available. These form part of the provision for credit liabilities, which also includes amounts set aside from revenue.