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Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

Answer

Mr. Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what figures he has collated on (a) the total cost and (b) the cost per capita in the last year for which figures are available of running (i) London borough councils (ii) English county councils, (iii) English city councils, (iv) English unitary authorities and (v) English district councils broken down into (A) administration costs, (B) electoral costs, and (C) councillor salaries. [21513] Dr. Whitehead: English local authorities have reported the following expenditure{1} figures: 1999-2000 Outturn _________________________________________________________________________________________________. London borough Metropolitan Unitary authorities Shire counties{ 3} Shire districts councils{ 2} district Corporate and Democratic 166.82 187.41 167.04 134.62 317.21 Core{4} (£ million) Administration and support 1,096.55 1,101.22 1,054.81 788.40 1,929.57 services{5} (£ million) Cost of local elections (£ 1.11 4.75 3.99 0.32 19.02 million) Population figures 7.29 11.13 8.30 23.04 23.04 (million) Corporate and Democratic 22.90 16.83 20.14 5.84 13.77 Core cost per capita (£) Administration and support 150.52 98.91 127.15 34.22 83.76 services cost per capita (£) Cost of local elections per 0.15 0.43 0.48 0.01 0.83 capita (£) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Total expenditure consisting of employee expenses plus running expenses (includes joint arrangements). {2} Includes City of London. {3} Includes Isles of Scilly. {4} Includes expenditure in Councillors' allowances and expenses. {5} Some authorities may record some administrative and support services expenditure under individual services.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

376 c804W; 21513

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Councillors Administration Costs Elections Local government Pay Per capita costs Urban areas Operating costs

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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