HC Deb 09 July 2001 vol 371 cc329-32W
Mr. Laurence Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what the average level of debt of local authorities in England and Wales is. [2949]

Dr. Whitehead

The average total debt (long and short term) for English local authorities, at 31 March 2000, was about £94 million. This figure covers London boroughs, Metropolitan districts, Unitary authorities, Shire counties and Shire districts.

Total debt for each of these authorities, at 31 March 2000, is available at: http://www.local.dtlr.gov.uk/finance/stats

Mr. Laurence Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if she will list the local authorities in England and Wales which are debt-free. [2948]

Dr. Whitehead

The 103 English local authorities listed have reported that they had debt-free status as at 1 April 2001.

  • Barking and Dagenham
  • Basingstoke and Deane
  • Bath and North East Somerset
  • Bedford
  • Bracknell Forest Unitary Authority
  • Breckland
  • Broadland
  • Bromley
  • Bromsgrove
  • Broxbourne
  • Chichester
  • Chiltern
  • Christchurch
  • City of London
  • Congleton
  • Corby
  • Cotswold
  • Crawley
  • Dacorum
  • Dartford
  • Daventry
  • Dorset
  • East Cambridgeshire
  • East Devon
  • East Dorset
  • East Hampshire
  • Eden
  • Elmbridge
  • Epsom and Ewell
  • Forest Heath
  • Fylde
  • Hambleton
  • Harlow
  • Hart
  • Havant
  • Hertsmere
  • Horsham
  • Huntingdonshire
  • Rennet
  • Lichfield
  • Malvern Hills
  • Mid Bedfordshire
  • Mid Sussex
  • Mole Valley
  • North Devon
  • 331W
  • North Dorset
  • North Wiltshire
  • Penwith
  • Reigate and Banstead
  • Runnymede
  • Rushmoor
  • Ryedale
  • Salisbury
  • Sevenoaks
  • South Bucks
  • South Cambridgeshire
  • South Hams
  • South Northamptonshire
  • South Oxfordshire
  • South Ribble
  • South Shropshire
  • South Somerset
  • South Staffordshire
  • Spelthorne
  • St. Edmundsbury
  • Staffordshire Moorlands
  • Stevenage
  • Stratford-on-Avon
  • Suffolk Coastal
  • Surrey Heath
  • Swale
  • Tandridge
  • Tewkesbury
  • Three Rivers
  • Tonbridge and Mailing
  • Tunbridge Wells
  • Tynedale
  • Uttlesford
  • Vale of White Horse
  • Watford
  • WaverleyWelwyn Hatfield
  • West Berkshire UA
  • Windsor and Maidenhead Unitary Authority

Annexe 1: List of the principal DFID supported bilateral projects1 over the past four years that contribute to animal conservation.
Name of Project Country Period of support Amount (£)
Mbomipa Community Wildlife Tanzania 1997–2001 1,973,000
Wildlife Intensification for Livelihood Development (WILD) Namibia 1999–2002 1,040,000
Madikwe Community Wildlife Management South Africa 1997–99 621,795
Amboro Rural Development Bolivia 1996–2000 3,200,000
Mount Cameroon Project Cameroon 1995–2002 10.602,000
Indonesian Multi-Stakeholder Forestry Programme Indonesia 1998–2005 25,150,000
Cross River State Community Forestry Project Nigeria 1996–2001 2,000,000
Forest Sector Development Project Phase II Ghana 2000–04 11,963,000
1 Includes projects of value £0.5 million or more. Excludes support through the Joint Funding Scheme (which are mostly under £0.5 million) and excludes DFID-funded research projects. Projects primarily concerned with freshwater and marine resources have also been excluded.

  • Worthing
  • Wychavon
  • Wyre
  • Wyre Forest
  • Cambridgeshire Police Authority
  • Dorset Police Authority
  • Kent Police Authority
  • Suffolk Police Authority
  • Sussex Police Authority
  • Wiltshire Police Authority
  • Dartmoor National Park Authority
  • Exmoor National Park Authority
  • Lake District National Park
  • North York Moors National Park Authority
  • Northumberland National Park Authority
  • Peak National Park
  • The Broads Authority
  • Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
  • North London Waste Authority

Note

Definition: An authority is 'debt-free' if:

(a) at 31 March 2001, the authority's credit ceiling was nil or a negative amount; and

(b) at 1 April 2001, the authority had no money outstanding by way of external borrowing other than short-term borrowing or hard to redeem debt, as defined in Regulation 154 of the Local Authorities (Capital Finance) Regulations 1997.

Source

Capital Estimates Return