asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the latest available local authority staff numbers per 1,000 population in the city of Manchester district council area; and if he will give statistics for the other districts in the Greater Manchester Council area, and 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 | |
| Manchester | 36,703 | 77·4 |
| Bolton | 12,342 | 47·5 |
| Bury | 6,815 | 38·1 |
| Oldham | 9,796 | 43·9 |
| Rochdale | 10,385 | 49·7 |
| Salford | 12,771 | 51·1 |
| Stockport | 11,911 | 41·1 |
| Tameside | 10,373 | 47·8 |
| Trafford | 8,499 | 38·1 |
| Wigan | 14,879 | 48·0 |
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the latest available local authority staff numbers per 1,000 population in the city of Manchester district council area; and if he will give comparable statistics for Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle upon Tyne and Nottingham.
The information requested, based on the latest joint manpower watch return—December 1981 survey—and the OPCS June 1980 population estimates, is as follows:
| Expenditure per thousand population *† | ||||||||||
| Bolton | Bury | Manchester | Oldham | Rochdale | Salford | Stockport | Tameside | Trafford | Wigan | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Recreation | 20,115 | 13,861 | 19,310 | 18,706 | 14,449 | 19,087 | 19,548 | 17,671 | 17,465 | 22,926 |
| Refuse collection | 7,091 | 7,801 | 14,181 | 9,691 | 7,423 | 8,027 | 8,109 | 9,057 | 7,029 | 8,405 |
| Libraries | 5,838 | 4,175 | 11,198 | 5,712 | 4,679 | 5,734 | 5,339 | 6,346 | 5,811 | 5,253 |
| Planning | 5,188 | 11,287 | 11,044 | 17,995 | 7,859 | 8,823 | 5,253 | 4,597 | 5,973 | 5,669 |
| Personal social services | 41,925 | 39,379 | 87,077 | 46,235 | 53,276 | 53,069 | 38,763 | 47,423 | 37,852 | 40,135 |
| All services | 383,163 | 345,064 | 595,469 | 379,239 | 385,580 | 402,625 | 340,276 | 364,206 | 348,130 | 418,640 |
Notes
* Gross revenue expenditure extracted from 1.a. 1980–81 outturn forms (all services).
‡ OPCS mid-1980 population estimates.
The average expenditure per 1,000 population on all services on these definitions was £415,408 in all districts of Greater Manchester, and £471,741 in all metropolitan districts in England in 1980–81.
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 in (a) recreation, (b) refuse collection, (c) libraries, (d) planning, (e) personal social services and (f)
| Expenditure (£) per thousand population*† | |||||||
| Manchester | Bristol‡ | Birmingham | Leeds | Liverpool | Newcastle | Nottingham‡ | |
| Recreation | 19,310 | 14,022 | 21,514 | 12,770 | 15,731 | 21,884 | 20,347 |
| Refuse collection | 14,181 | 9,369 | 12,769 | 9,540 | 12,411 | 8,733 | 9,139 |
| Libraries | 11,198 | — | 6,957 | 4,765 | 7,957 | 7,308 | — |
| Planning | 11,044 | 12,683 | 10,845 | 6,512 | 9,965 | 17,474 | 5,202 |
| Personal social services | 87,077 | — | 55,639 | 42,245 | 60,882 | 76,901 | — |
| All services | 595,469 | 80,762 | 400,584 | 353,427 | 496,152 | 499,655 | 112,393 |
| * Gross revenue expenditure extracted from l.a. 1980–81 outturn forms (all services). | |||||||
| † OPCs mid-1980 population estimates. | |||||||
| ‡ Bristol and Nottingham are non-metropolitan districts. | |||||||
Total numbers (full-time plus part-time)
| Staff per thousand population
| |
| Manchester | 36,703 | 77·4 |
| Birmingham (Met district) | 51,255 | 49·8 |
| Leeds (Met district) | 32,634 | 45·1 |
| Liverpool (Met district) | 30,730 | 59·8 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne (Met district) | 18,406 | 64·1 |
| Bristol (Non-met district) | 6,394 | 15·7 |
| Nottingham (Non-met district) | 4,809 | 17·4 |
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 in (a) recreation, (b) refuse collection, (c) libraries, (d) planning, (e) personal social services and (f) all services by the city of Manchester with comparable statistics which show how the expenditure in Manchester compares with the expenditure of other districts of Greater Manchester and with the average of all metropolitan districts.
The available information is as follows:all services by the city of Manchester with comparable statistics which show how the expenditure in Manchester compares with the expenditure of Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle upon Tyne and Nottingham.
The available information is as follows:
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the latest available figure for the net debt per capita of the city of Manchester district council; how Manchester's debt compares with the other districts in the Greater Manchester council area; what is the average of all metropolitan districts; and what are the figures for Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle upon Tyne and Nottingham.
The available information is as follows:
| Outstanding debt per head at 31 March 1981*† | |
| £ | |
| City of Manchester | 1,342 |
| All Greater Manchester districts | |
| Bolton | 518 |
| Bury | 384 |
| Manchester | 1,342 |
| Oldham | 840 |
| Rochdale | 616 |
| Salford | 1,076 |
| Stockport | 377 |
| Tameside | 572 |
| Trafford | 281 |
| Wigan | 617 |
| All Greater Manchester districts | 726 |
| All metropolitan districts (England) | 697 |
| Bristol‡ | 603 |
| Birmingham | 864 |
| Leeds | 610 |
| Liverpool | 948 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 1,077 |
| Nottingham‡ | 1,068 |
| * As published in column 46 of "Return of Outstanding debt, as at 31 March 1981", CIPFA. | |
| † OPCS mid-1980 population estimates. | |
| ‡ Bristol and Nottingham are non-metropolitan districts. | |