asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will provide a breakdown of actual spending for each local authority by spending block.

This information could not be provided, save at disproportionate cost. Detailed analyses of expenditure are, however, given in each local authority's audited accounts, while a selection of material is issued annually in the statistical publications of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, and the Society of County Treasurers and County Surveyors, copies of which are in the Library.