HC Deb 19 November 1998 vol 319 cc806-7W
Mr. Livsey

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the outstanding(a) total and (b) per capita levels of loan debt by each local authority in Wales at 31 March 1997. [60819]

Mr. Jon Owen Jones

The information requested is given in the table.

Outstanding loan debt as at 31 March 19971
£000 £per head
Blaenau Gwent 62,544 857
Bridgend 90,155 690
Caerphilly 94,757 560
Cardiff 210,456 668
Carmarthenshire 114,822 679
Ceredigion 44,380 638
Conwy 75,111 679
Denbighshire 69,231 766
Flintshire 102,728 709
Gwynedd 86,287 733
Isle of Anglesey 55,723 831
Merthyr Tydfil 41,480 714
Monmouthshire 44,522 513
Neath Port Talbot 108,393 777
Newport 114,482 837
Pembrokeshire 85,934 756
Powys 101,715 818
Outstanding loan debt as at 31 March 19971
£000 £ per head
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 139,068 579
Torfaen 76,066 841
The Vale of Glamorgan 78,033 657
Wrexham 83,316 666
Wales 2,075,253 710
1 Net of amounts set-aside as provision for credit liabilities. Includes amounts inherited from predecessor authorities and administered on behalf of other authorities.

Source: The Local Government Finance Report (Wales) 1998–99 (Revised)

Mr. Livsey

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the outstanding(a) total and (b) per capita levels of loan debt by each local authority in Wales at 31 March 1998. [60832]

Mr. Jon Owen Jones

The information is currently being collected. The total amount of outstanding loan debt at 31 March 1998 and information on relevant populations will be published in the Local Government Finance Report (Wales) 1999–2000 in February 1999.