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Mr. Ridley [holding answer 14 February 1989] : The information requested for 1989-90 is not yet available by region and individual local authority. Table 1 gives the total of capital allocations in 1989-90 for England and the percentage changes over 1981-82 and 1988-89. Local authorities can spend a proportion of their capital receipts in addition to their allocations. Therefore, table 1 also includes information about spending power.
|c|Table 1|c| Percentage change over |1989-90 £ million|1981-82 |1988-89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total allocations |2,762 |-21 |-10 Spending power |7,674 |+28 |-1
Information on capital allocations issued which is available by region for 1981-82 and 1988-89 is as follows :
|c|Table 2|c| Region |1981-82 |1988-89 |change |£ million |£ million |Percentage --------------------------------------------------------------------- South East |1,531 |1,109 |-28 South West |217 |208 |-4 East Anglia |98 |83 |-15 West Midlands |314 |265 |-16 East Midlands |240 |178 |-26 North West |489 |386 |-21 Yorkshire and Humberside |331 |271 |-18 Northern Region |274 |176 |-36
A significant proportion of the total allocations in 1988-89 (£386 million) has not been issued.
Table 3 giving information on capital allocations issued for 1981-82 and 1988-89 by local authority has been placed in the Library of the House.
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