A detailed breakdown of expenditure forecasts for 1976–77 has been published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) in its "Return of Rates 1976–77". A copy of this publication has been placed in the Library. The forecasts are those returned to CIPFA and my Department in July 1976. The total figures taken from the returns are listed below along with the associated provisional estimates for 1975–76 outturn made in July 1976. It must be stressed that since the returns were submitted by authorities there will have been corrections made to the 1975–76 outturn figures; the final 1976–77 expenditure may also well be different as plans changed during the finalcial year.Notes following the table explain the scope of the figures.
| NET REVENUE EXPENDITURE TO BE FINANCED FROM GRANTS, RATES AND BALANCES |
| Authority | 1975–76 Revised Estimate | 1976–77 Estimate |
| £'000 | £'000 |
| Avon | 147,825 | 168,648 |
| Bedfordshire | 85,077 | 98,288 |
| Berkshire | 106,910 | 118,413 |
| Buckinghamshire | 83,196 | 96,275 |
| Cambridgeshire | 86,259 | 98,006 |
| Cheshire | 150,242 | 169,943 |
| Cleveland | 103,094 | 124,586 |
| Cornwall | 56,904 | 66,046 |
| Cumbria | 81,107 | 89,905 |
| Derbyshire | 137,472 | 157,038 |
| Devon | 135,387 | 156,242 |
| Dorset | 83,982 | 95,148 |
| County Durham | 108,935 | 119,831 |
| East Sussex | 96,922 | 110,447 |
| Essex | 210,747 | 243,915 |
| Gloucestershire | 77,923 | 89,737 |
| Hampshire | 222,849 | 255,679 |
| Hereford and Worcester county | 95,588 | 109,227 |
| Hertfordshire | 161,074 | 183,816 |
| Humberside | 136,057 | 160,908 |
| Isle of Wight | 17,094 | 19,001 |
| Kent | 220,521 | 247,524 |
| Lancashire | 218,575 | 253,472 |
| Leicestershire | 127,530 | 146,507 |
| Lincolshire | 87,502 | 97,507 |
| Norfolk | 98,146 | 114,609 |
| Northamptonshire | 80,291 | 92,481 |
| Northumberland | 48,912 | 56,590 |
| North Yorkshire | 105,330 | 121,368 |
| Nottinghamshire | 161,369 | 185,799 |
| Oxfordshire | 83,191 | 92,024 |
| Salop | 55,092 | 61,475 |
| Somerset | 59,364 | 70,087 |
| Staffordshire | 162,614 | 187,372 |
| Suffolk | 79,965 | 92,711 |
| Surrey | 148,423 | 173,500 |
| Warwickshire | 73,852 | 82,093 |
| West Sussex | 88,385 | 102,482 |
| Wiltshire | 76,541 | 88,203 |
| Clwyd | 64,516 | 74,225 |
| Dyfed | 60,633 | 67,144 |
| Gwent | 78,377 | 88,040 |
| Gwynedd | 42,947 | 48,631 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 99,536 | 113,263 |
| Powys | 24,030 | 27,045 |
| South Glamorgan | 68,038 | 76,706 |
| West Glamorgan | 69,037 | 78,283 |
| Greater Manchester | 121,743 | 141,240 |
| Merseyside | 90,659 | 103,511 |
| South Yorkshire | 59,629 | 74,675 |
| Tyne and Wear | 67,133 | 78,545 |
| West Midlands | 121,267 | 146,412 |
| West Yorkshire | 107,465 | 118,438 |
| Isles of Scilly | 428 | 508 |
| Greater Manchester | | |
| Bolton | 40,693 | 46,417 |
| Bury | 23,756 | 27,910 |
| Manchester | 115,860 | 130,821 |
| Oldham | 35,523 | 40,613 |
| Rochdale | 35,094 | 43,236 |
| Salford | 45,245 | 50,013 |
| Stockport | 43,234 | 47,384 |
| Tameside | 33,769 | 39,504 |
| Trafford | 36,185 | 41,435 |
| Wigan | 46,317 | 53,307 |
| Merseyside | | |
| Knowsley | 36,327 | 40,343 |
| Liverpool | 109,101 | 117,125 |
| St. Helens | 28,700 | 33,174 |
| Sefton | 43,557 | 49,310 |
| Wirral | 55,973 | 63,205 |
| South Yorkshire | | |
| Barnslay | 34,288 | 39,933 |
| Doncaster | 50,581 | 57,604 |
| Rotherham | 40,191 | 45,584 |
| Sheffield | 88,741 | 102,898 |
| Tyne and Wear | | |
| Gateshead | 35,207 | 41,717 |
| Newcastle | 56,611 | 64,684 |
| North Tyneside | 33,291 | 36,987 |
| South Tyneside | 29,992 | 35,005 |
| Sunderland | 48,817 | 54,406 |
| West Midlands | | |
| Birmingham | 185,094 | 206,244 |
| Coventry | 52,418 | 62,145 |
| Dudley | 35,817 | 40,089 |
| Sandwell | 48,171 | 54,994 |
| Solihull | 27,071 | 30,068 |
| Walsall | 40,644 | 44,684 |
| Wolverhampton | 40,120 | 46,107 |
| West Yorkshire | | |
| Bradford | 81,448 | 91,315 |
| Calderdale | 31,067 | 35,141 |
| Kirklees | 57,409 | 63,905 |
| Leeds | 105,802 | 116,886 |
| Wakefield | 49,980 | 54,819 |
| Greater London Council | 713,728 | 785,395 |
| City of London | 23,079 | 28,022 |
| Camden | 38,522 | 42,967 |
| Greenwich | 20,463 | 23,178 |
| Hackney | 23,701 | 26,902 |
| Hammersmith | 20,062 | 23,576 |
| Islington | 27,468 | 31,551 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 15,090 | 17,859 |
| Lambeth | 35,456 | 40,183 |
| Lewisham | 25,939 | 31,776 |
| Southwark | 35,596 | 39,497 |
| Tower Hamlets | 25,119 | 27,793 |
| Wandsworth | 29,118 | 36,026 |
| Westminster | 28,557 | 31,912 |
| Barking | 28,657 | 32,548 |
| Barnet | 44,303 | 49,758 |
| Bexley | 33,963 | 40,359 |
| Brent | 49,156 | 59,887 |
| Bromley | 43,383 | 52,252 |
| Croydon | 52,716 | 57,787 |
| Ealing | 51,948 | 61,771 |
| Enfield | 40,715 | 46,196 |
| Haringey | 47,144 | 55,867 |
| Harrow | 32,692 | 37,380 |
| Havering | 39,521 | 43,837 |
| Authority | 1975–76 Revised Estimate | 1976–77 Estimate |
| £'000 | £'000 |
| Hillingdon | 44,578 | 52,112 |
| Hounslow | 38,582 | 42,768 |
| Kingston-upon-Thames | 23,299 | 26,431 |
| Merton | 28,945 | 32,842 |
| Newham | 46,849 | 54,225 |
| Redbridge | 35,125 | 38,402 |
| Richmond-upon-Thames | 25,137 | 28,469 |
| Sutton | 25,628 | 29,568 |
| Waltham Forest | 38,711 | 46,874 |
| Avon | | |
| Bath | 2,890 | 3,177 |
| Bristol | 12,166 | 14,958 |
| Kingswood | 1,168 | 1,348 |
| Northavon | 1,735 | 1,966 |
| Wansdyke | 1,541 | 1,926 |
| Woodspring | 3,938 | 3,782 |
| Bedfordshire | | |
| North Bedfordshire | 3,174 | 3,457 |
| Luton | 5,025 | 5,551 |
| Mid Bedfordshire | 1,347 | 1,687 |
| South Bedfordshire | 2,442 | 2,666 |
| Berkshire | | |
| Bracknell | 2,178 | 2,370 |
| Newbury | 2,049 | 2,231 |
| Reading | 4,753 | 5,615 |
| Slough | 4,153 | 4,532 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 2,961 | 3,230 |
| Workingham | 1,751 | 2,231 |
| Buckinghamshire | | |
| Aylesbury Vale | 2,313 | 2,593 |
| Beaconsfield | 1,188 | 1,295 |
| Chiltern | 1,617 | 1,908 |
| Milton Keynes | 2,112 | 2,774 |
| Wycombe | 2,706 | 3,302 |
| Cambridgeshire | | |
| Cambridge | 2,708 | 2,933 |
| East Cambridgeshire | 980 | 1,049 |
| Fenland | 1,191 | 1,348 |
| Huntingdon | 2,173 | 2,421 |
| Peterborough | 3,523 | 4,070 |
| South Cambridgeshire | 1,366 | 1,495 |
| Cheshire | | |
| Chester | 3,056 | 3,831 |
| Congleton | 1,756 | 2,034 |
| Crewe | 2,631 | 3,062 |
| Ellesmere Port | 2,219 | 2,625 |
| Halton | 3,191 | 3,713 |
| Macclesfield | 3,785 | 4,196 |
| Vale Royal | 3,416 | 3,712 |
| Warrington | 4,729 | 5,403 |
| Cleveland | | |
| Hartlepool | 3,933 | 4,226 |
| Langbaurgh | 6,183 | 6,830 |
| Middlesbrough | 6,204 | 8,551 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 5,953 | 6,866 |
| Cornwall | | |
| Caradon | 1,300 | 1,572 |
| Carrick | 1,696 | 1,928 |
| Kerrier | 1,796 | 2,037 |
| North Cornwell | 1,451 | 1,651 |
| Penwith | 1,616 | 1,876 |
| Restormel | 1,945 | 2,261 |
| Cumbria | | |
| Allerdale | 2,989 | 3,410 |
| Barrow in Furness | 2,349 | 2,662 |
| Carlisle | 2,210 | 2,701 |
| Copeland | 2,598 | 3,015 |
| Eden | 955 | 1,046 |
| South Lakeland | 2,443 | 2,724 |
| Derbyshire | | | |
| Amber Valley | … | 2,118 | 2,319 |
| Bolsover | … | 1,817 | 2,049 |
| Chesterfield | … | 3,248 | 3,690 |
| Derby | … | 5,113 | 5,831 |
| Erewash | … | 2,204 | 2,567 |
| High Peak | … | 2,027 | 2,253 |
| North-East Derbyshire | … | 2,450 | 2,837 |
| South Derbyshire | … | 1,146 | 1,272 |
| West Derbyshire | … | 1,096 | 1,309 |
| Devon | | | |
| East Devon | … | 2,263 | 2,452 |
| Exeter | … | 2,637 | 2,877 |
| North Devon | … | 1,952 | 2,307 |
| Plymouth | … | 4,768 | 5,218 |
| South Hams | … | 1,231 | 1,341 |
| Teignbridge | … | 2,158 | 2,429 |
| Tiverton | … | 1,024 | 1,155 |
| Torbay | … | 2,721 | 2,980 |
| Torridge | … | 1,156 | 1,348 |
| West Devon | … | 569 | 648 |
| Dorset | | | |
| Bournemouth | … | 3,953 | 4,773 |
| Christchurch | … | 691 | 754 |
| North Dorset | … | 899 | 1,130 |
| Poole | … | 3,124 | 2,723 |
| Purbeck | … | 634 | 706 |
| West Dorset | … | 1,414 | 1,530 |
| Weymouth and Portland | … | 1,390 | 1,525 |
| Wimborne | … | 904 | 1,017 |
| Co. Durham | | | |
| Chester-le-Street | … | 1,558 | 1,717 |
| Darlington | … | 2,744 | 3,221 |
| Derwentside | … | 2,782 | 3,033 |
| Durham | … | 3,350 | 3,457 |
| Easington | … | 2,796 | 3,063 |
| Sedgefield | … | 3,308 | 4,101 |
| Teesdale | … | 454 | 513 |
| Wear Valley | … | 2,653 | 3,391 |
| East Sussex | | | |
| Brighton | … | 6,868 | 7,665 |
| Eastbourne | … | 2,732 | 3,116 |
| Hastings | … | 2,670 | 2,912 |
| Hove | … | 2,515 | 2,727 |
| Lewes | … | 2,082 | 2,269 |
| Rother | … | 1,699 | 2,046 |
| Wealden | … | 1,659 | 1,965 |
| Essex | | | |
| Basildon | … | 3,946 | 4,670 |
| Braintree | … | 2,254 | 2,456 |
| Brentwood | … | 1,491 | 1,553 |
| Castle Point | … | 1,857 | 2,233 |
| Chelmsford | … | 2,488 | 2,999 |
| Colchester | … | 2,960 | 3,067 |
| Epping Forest | … | 2,397 | 2,836 |
| Harlow | … | 2,663 | 3,221 |
| Maldon | … | 938 | 1,013 |
| Rochford | … | 1,131 | 1,403 |
| Southend-on-Sea | … | 4,830 | 5,665 |
| Tendring | … | 2,258 | 2,491 |
| Thurrock | … | 3,949 | 4,655 |
| Uttlesford | … | 1,044 | 1,203 |
| Gloucestershire | | | |
| Cheltenham | … | 1,869 | 2,038 |
| Cotswold | … | 1,241 | 1,387 |
| Forest of Dean | … | 1,620 | 1,745 |
| Gloucester | … | 2,168 | 2,100 |
| Stroud | … | 2,202 | 2,595 |
| Tewkesbury | … | 1,651 | 1,800 |
| Hampshire | | | |
| Basingstoke | … | 2,789 | 3,449 |
| East Hampshire | … | 1,464 | 1,809 |
| Authority | | 1975–76 Revised Estimate | 1976–77 Estimate |
| | £'000 | £'000 |
| Eastleigh | … | 1,818 | 1,918 |
| Fareham | … | 1,632 | 2,138 |
| Gosport | … | 1,619 | 1,933 |
| Hart | … | 1,173 | 1,357 |
| Havant | … | 2,116 | 2,440 |
| New Forest | … | 2,717 | 3,061 |
| Portsmouth | … | 7,713 | 8,861 |
| Rushmoor | … | 2,686 | 2,915 |
| Southampton | … | 8,269 | 9,481 |
| Test Valley | … | 1,789 | 1,954 |
| Winchester | … | 1,835 | 1,986 |
| Hereford and Worcester | | | |
| Bromsgrove | … | 1,320 | 1,439 |
| Hereford | … | 1,119 | 2,181 |
| Leominster | … | 619 | 698 |
| Malvern Hills | … | 1,603 | 1,766 |
| Redditch | … | 1,386 | 1,657 |
| South Herefordshire | … | 753 | 835 |
| Worcester | … | 1,685 | 1,853 |
| Wychavon | … | 2,189 | 2,575 |
| Wyre Forest | … | 3,152 | 3,295 |
| Hertfordshire | | | |
| Broxbourne | … | 2,009 | 2,333 |
| Dacorum | … | 3,270 | 4,165 |
| East Hertfordshire | … | 2,291 | 2,677 |
| Hertsmere | … | 2,446 | 2,927 |
| North Hertfordshire | … | 2,843 | 3,099 |
| St. Albans | … | 2,908 | 3,261 |
| Stevenage | … | 2,774 | 3,271 |
| Three Rivers | … | 2,267 | 2,595 |
| Watford | … | 3,018 | 3,684 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | … | 2,560 | 2,615 |
| Humberside | | | |
| Beverley | … | 1,681 | 1,935 |
| Boothferry | … | 1,214 | 1,429 |
| Cleethorpes | … | 1,783 | 1,874 |
| Glanford | … | 1,347 | 1,492 |
| Grimsby | … | 2,870 | 3,014 |
| Holderness | … | 800 | 926 |
| Kingston-upon-Hull | … | 9,044 | 10,982 |
| North Wolds | … | 1,950 | 2,453 |
| Scuthorpe | … | 2,620 | 2,906 |
| Isle of Wight | | | |
| Medina | … | 1,535 | 1,698 |
| South Wight | … | 1,169 | 1,273 |
| Kent | | | |
| Ashford | … | 1,573 | 1,843 |
| Canterbury | … | 3,389 | 3,739 |
| Dartford | … | 2,571 | 3,698 |
| Dover | … | 3,117 | 3,785 |
| Gillingham | … | 1,019 | 1,271 |
| Gravesham | … | 2,454 | 2,626 |
| Maidstone | … | 3,158 | 3,578 |
| Medway | … | 3,657 | 4,366 |
| Sevenoaks | … | 3,197 | 3,565 |
| Shepway | … | 2,588 | 2,937 |
| Swale | … | 3,118 | 3,460 |
| Thanet | … | 3,881 | 4,230 |
| Tonbridge and Malling | … | 2,315 | 2,602 |
| Tunbridge Wells | … | 2,534 | 2,762 |
| Lancashire | | | |
| Blackburn | … | 7,836 | 8,645 |
| Blackpool | … | 3,754 | 4,487 |
| Burnley | … | 3,665 | 4,428 |
| Chorley | … | 1,421 | 1,712 |
| Fylde | … | 1,299 | 1,534 |
| Hyndburn | 3,046 | 3,449 |
| Lancaster | 3,628 | 4,187 |
| Pendle | 2,582 | 3,282 |
| Preston | 5,438 | 5,288 |
| Ribble Valley | 1,071 | 1,313 |
| Rossendale | 2,627 | 2,796 |
| South Ribble | 1,786 | 2,209 |
| West Lancashire | 3,146 | 3,681 |
| Wyre | 2,013 | 2,254 |
| Leicestershire | | |
| Blaby | 1,423 | 1,548 |
| Charnwood | 2,191 | 2,607 |
| Harborough | 879 | 980 |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | 1,351 | 1,989 |
| Leicester | 9,504 | 9,758 |
| Melton | 578 | 671 |
| North West Leicestershire | 1,333 | 1,466 |
| Oadby and Wigston | 720 | 785 |
| Rutland | 489 | 532 |
| Lincolnshire | | |
| Boston | 1,094 | 1,254 |
| East Lindsey | 2,283 | 2,499 |
| Lincoln | 2,462 | 2,583 |
| North Kesteven | 1,154 | 1,266 |
| South Holland | 1,646 | 1,810 |
| South Kesteven | 1,721 | 2,060 |
| West Lindsey | 1,414 | 1,632 |
| Norfolk | | |
| Breckland | 1,580 | 1,983 |
| Broadland | 1,472 | 1,670 |
| Great Yarmouth | 2,370 | 2,662 |
| North Norfolk | 1,780 | 2,004 |
| Norwich | 3,996 | 4,926 |
| South Norfolk | 1,604 | 1,786 |
| West Norfolk | 2,780 | 3,033 |
| Northamptonshire | | |
| Corby | 1,598 | 1,755 |
| Daventry | 862 | 981 |
| East Northamptonshire | 964 | 1,112 |
| Kettering | 1,438 | 1,686 |
| Northampton | 4,763 | 5,568 |
| South Northamptonshire | 726 | 875 |
| Wellingborough | 1,222 | 1,390 |
| Northumberland | | |
| Alnwick | 871 | 871 |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed | 734 | 852 |
| Blyth Valley | 2,446 | 2,918 |
| Castle Morpeth | 1,160 | 1,245 |
| Tynedale | 1,542 | 1,815 |
| Wansbeck | 2,802 | 3,083 |
| North Yorkshire | | |
| Craven | 1,141 | 1,345 |
| Hambleton | 1,519 | 1,707 |
| Harrogate | 2,577 | 2,935 |
| Richmondshire | 1,073 | 1,244 |
| Ryedale | 1,566 | 1,781 |
| Scarborough | 3,462 | 3,739 |
| Selby | 1,679 | 2,166 |
| York | 2,888 | 3,448 |
| Nottinghamshire | | |
| Ashfield | 2,147 | 2,405 |
| Bassetlaw | 2,620 | 2,955 |
| Broxtowe | 1,983 | 2,223 |
| Gedling | 1,597 | 1,833 |
| Mansfield | 2,550 | 3,100 |
| Newark | 1,885 | 2,093 |
| Nottingham | 11,701 | 14,933 |
| Rushcliffe | 1,405 | 1,736 |
| Authority | | 1975–76 Revised Estimate | 1976–77 Estimate |
| | £'000 | £'000 |
| Oxfordshire | | | |
| Cherwell | … | 2,176 | 2,340 |
| Oxford | … | 2,814 | 3,002 |
| South Oxfordshire | … | 2,469 | 2,583 |
| Vale of White Horse | … | 2,082 | 2,266 |
| West Oxfordshire | … | 1,373 | 1,560 |
| Salop | | | |
| Bridgnorth | … | 736 | 901 |
| North Shropshire | … | 1,165 | 1,226 |
| Osweatry | … | 830 | 902 |
| Shrewsbury and Atcham | … | 1,882 | 2,086 |
| South Shropshire | … | 799 | 953 |
| The Wrekin | … | 3,094 | 3,527 |
| Somerset | | | |
| Mendip | … | 1,486 | 1,620 |
| Sedgemoor | … | 2,083 | 2,297 |
| Taunton Deane | … | 1,849 | 2,164 |
| West Somerset | … | 483 | 577 |
| Yeovil | … | 2,295 | 2,516 |
| Staffordshire | | | |
| Cannock Chase | … | 1,828 | 1,998 |
| East Staffordshire | … | 1,922 | 2,082 |
| Lichfield | … | 1,582 | 1,725 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | … | 2,659 | 3,113 |
| South Staffordshire | … | 1,557 | 1,585 |
| Stafford | … | 1,804 | 2,022 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | … | 1,626 | 1,822 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | … | 6,002 | 6,837 |
| Tamworth | … | 1,803 | 1,983 |
| Suffolk | | | |
| Babergh | … | 1,395 | 1,515 |
| Forest Health | … | 1,643 | 1,889 |
| Ipswich | … | 2,907 | 3,542 |
| Mid-Suffolk | … | 1,375 | 1,452 |
| St. Edmundsbury | … | 1,606 | 1,984 |
| Suffolk Coastal | … | 2,238 | 2,449 |
| Waveney | … | 2,840 | 3,009 |
| Surrey | | | |
| Elmbridge | … | 3,110 | 3,414 |
| Epsom and Ewell | … | 1,649 | 1,853 |
| Guildford | … | 2,568 | 2,873 |
| Mole Valley | … | 1,945 | 2,135 |
| Reigate and Banstead | … | 3,031 | 2,797 |
| Runnymade | … | 1,280 | 1,553 |
| Spelthorne | … | 2,048 | 2,316 |
| Surrey Health | … | 1,513 | 1,743 |
| Tandridge | … | 1,146 | 1,271 |
| Waverley | … | 2,559 | 3,084 |
| Woking | … | 2,176 | 2,326 |
| Warwickshire | | | |
| North Warwickshire | … | 1,263 | 1,402 |
| Nuneaton | … | 3,314 | 3,583 |
| Rugby | … | 2,169 | 2,598 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | … | 1,835 | 2,144 |
| Warwick | … | 2,530 | 2,774 |
| West Sussex | | | |
| Adur | … | 1,342 | 1,527 |
| Arun | … | 2,895 | 3,257 |
| Chichester | … | 2,277 | 2,468 |
| Crawley | … | 2,196 | 2,610 |
| Horsham | … | 1,782 | 1,993 |
| Mid-Sussex | … | 2,067 | 2,369 |
| Worthing | … | 2,736 | 2,981 |
| Wiltshire | | | |
| Kennet | … | 1,313 | 1,465 |
| North Wilshire | … | 1,707 | 1,946 |
| Sailsbury | … | 1,671 | 2,100 |
| Thamesdown | … | 5,355 | 5,769 |
| West Wiltshire | … | 1,449 | 1,727 |
| Clwyd | | | |
| Alyn and Deeside | … | 2,086 | 2,266 |
| Clowyn | … | 1,734 | 1,889 |
| Delyn | … | 2,349 | 2,693 |
| Glyndwr | … | 1,204 | 1,426 |
| Rhuddlan | … | 1,916 | 2,137 |
| Wrexham Maelor | … | 3,388 | 3,800 |
| Dyfed | | | |
| Carmarthen | … | 1,712 | 2,124 |
| Ceredigion | … | 2,160 | 2,350 |
| Dinefwr | … | 1,187 | 1,347 |
| Llanelli | … | 3,132 | 3,397 |
| Preseli | … | 2,038 | 2,222 |
| South Pembrokeshire | … | 1,580 | 1,753 |
| Gwent | | | |
| Blaenau Gwent | … | 3,896 | 4,362 |
| Islwyn | … | 2,464 | 2,668 |
| Monmouth | … | 1,990 | 2,179 |
| Newport | … | 5,210 | 5,365 |
| Torfaen | … | 3,036 | 3,372 |
| Gwynedd | | | |
| Aberconwy | … | 1,996 | 2,139 |
| Arfon | … | 1,772 | 2,040 |
| Dwyfor | … | 844 | 953 |
| Meirionnydd | … | 979 | 1,100 |
| Ynys Mon | … | 2,343 | 2,340 |
| Mid-Glamorgan | | | |
| Cynon Valley | … | 3,119 | 3,443 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | … | 3,445 | 3,777 |
| Ogwr | … | 4,114 | 4,662 |
| Rhondda | … | 3,785 | 4,422 |
| Rhymney Valley | … | 5,035 | 5,767 |
| Taff-Ely | … | 3,471 | 3,993 |
| Powys | | | |
| Brecknock | … | 1,019 | 1,088 |
| Montgomery | … | 1,389 | 1,550 |
| Rednor | … | 618 | 687 |
| South Glamorgan | | | |
| Cardiff | … | 9,465 | 11,913 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | … | 3,369 | 4,195 |
| West Glamorgan | | | |
| Afan | … | 4,239 | 4,622 |
| Lliw Valley | … | 2,305 | 2,566 |
| Neath | … | 2,351 | 2,576 |
| Swansea | … | 9,992 | 10,899 |
1. The figures represent authorities' estimates of their spending in 1975–76 and their budget plans for 1976–77 modified in the light of Circular 45/76, and represent what local authorities estimated was the position as seen in mid-summer 1976. The figures represent net expenditure charged to the rate fund and include the estimated rate fund contributions to the housing revenue account and other accounts including rate fund and revenue contributions to capital. They exclude the cost of rate collection and
the net cost to local authorities of rate rebates. The 1976–77 budget forecasts include the local authorities own provisions for expected cost increases in that year. Parish precepts and land drainage precepts are included but not the general service charge collected on behalf of regional water authorities. The figures include the appropriate share of the expenditure of joint police authorities for all constituent authorities other than those of the Metropolitan Police Authority. No expenditure for the Metropolitan Police
is included in the figures for London authorities.2. The definition of expenditure used in these figures is close to but cannot be exactly identified with that of "relevant expenditure" used in the rate support grant settlement.3. Differences between authorities in expenditure levels from year to year reflect differences in the range of services provided, demographic changes, and differing inflation assumptions amongst other factors.