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Dr. Hampson
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what proportion of local authority budgets was spent on staff in each year between 1966 and 1974.
Mr. Oakes
The available figures are
Expenditure on wages and salaries (1) by local authorities in England and Wales as a percentage of gross revenue expenditure (2): | |
1966–67 | 43 |
1967–68 | 43 |
1968–69 | 42 |
1969–70 | 43 |
1970–71 | 43 |
1971–72 | 44 |
1972–73 | 46 |
1973–74 | 44 (3) |
(1) excluding that charged to capital account. | |
(2) before deducting income from charges, etc. | |
(3) estimated. |