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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

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Mr. George Howarth: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what his estimate is for each shire and metropolitan county and for the GLA of spending per head from all local government sources in the last year for which figures are available. [90009] Mr. Raynsford: The budgeted spending per head for each shire county area, metropolitan county area and the GLA in the year 2002-03 is in the following table: Revenue expenditure per head for each shire county area, metropolitan county area and the GLA area for 2002-03 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Former county areal Revenue expenditure (£ per head) Avon 1,211 Bedfordshire 1,257 Berkshire 1,020 Buckinghamshire 998 Cambridgeshire 1,089 Cheshire 1,171 Cleveland 1,479 Cornwall 1,049 Cumbria 1,241 Derbyshire 1,183 Devon 1,237 Dorset 1,089 Durham 1,278 East Sussex 1,376 Essex 1,182 Gloucestershire 1,130 Hampshire 1,153 Hereford and Worcester 953 Hertfordshire 1,184 Humberside 1,313 Isle of Wight 1,152 Kent 1,259 Lancashire 1,278 Leicestershire 1,172 Lincolnshire 1,132 Norfolk 1,144 Northamptonshire 1,132 Northumberland 1,149 North Yorkshire 1,123 Nottinghamshire 1,243 Oxfordshire 1,003 Shropshire 1,012 Somerset 990 Staffordshire 1,131 Suffolk 1,124 Surrey 1,073 Warwickshire 1,119 West Sussex 986 Wiltshire 1,085 Greater London 1,797 Greater Manchester 1,458 Merseyside 1,613 South Yorkshire 1,370 Tyne and Wear 1,510 West Midlands 1,476 West Yorkshire 1,319 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Shire county areas are based on pre-reorganisation boundaries (1995-96 to 1998-99) and include shire districts, unitary authorities, police and fire authorities. Metropolitan areas include metropolitan districts, police, fire, transport and waste authorities. The Greater London area includes London boroughs, City of London, GLA, waste authorities and the Greater London Magistrates Courts Authority. Source: 2002-03 GFRA budget estimates and the mid- 2001 population estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

90009; 397 c387-8W;397 c384-5W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Expenditure Local government Local government finance Metropolitan counties Per capita costs

Contains statistics

Yes

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