asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the latest available figure for the net debt per capita of the city of Newcastle district council; how Newcastle's debt compares with the other districts in the Tyne and Wear council area; and what is the average of all metropolitan districts.
The available information is as follows:
| Outstanding debt per head at 31 March 1981*† | |
| £ | |
| City of Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 1,077 |
| All Tyne and Wear districts | 891 |
| Gateshead | 844 |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 1,077 |
Outstanding debt per head at 31 March 1981*†
| |
£
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| North Tyneside | 908 |
| South Tyneside | 988 |
| Sunderland | 694 |
| All metropolitan districts (England) | 697 |
* As published in column 46 of "Return of Outstanding Debt, as at 31 March 1981", CIPFA. | |
| † OPCS mid 1980 population estimates. | |
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the latest available figures of expenditure per 1,000 population on all services by the city of Newcastle district council; how the expenditure in Newcastle compares with the expenditure of the other districts in the Tyne and Wear council area; and what is the average of all metropolitan districts.
The available information is as follows:
| Expenditure per thousand population*† | |
| £ | |
| Gateshead | 372,097 |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 499,655 |
| North Tyneside | 392,858 |
| South Tyneside | 430,453 |
| Sunderland | 404,428 |
| All Tyne and Wear districts | 424,140 |
| All metropolitan districts (England) | 479,741 |
Notes:
* Gross revenue expenditure, 1980–81 outturn (all services)
‡ OPCS Mid-1980 population estimates.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the latest available manpower figures showing staff numbers per thousand population in the city of Newcastle district council; how the staff numbers in Newcastle compare with those in the other districts in the Tyne and Wear council area; and what is the average for all metropolitan districts.
The information requested, based on the latest joint manpower watch return—December 1981 survey—and the OPCS June 1980 population estimates, is as follows:
| Total Numbers (full-time plus part-time) | Staff per thousand population | |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 18,406 | 64·1 |
| Gateshead | 10,346 | 49·3 |
| North Tyneside | 10,037 | 52·3 |
| South Tyneside | 8,438 | 52·4 |
| Sunderland | 15,794 | 52·3 |