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Local Authority Debt

Volume 170: debated on Friday 20 April 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total amount of debt incurred by each English shire county for the latest year for which figures are available.

The information requested is set out in the table:

Total debt outstanding at 31 March 1989
£ million
Avon155
Bedfordshire178
Berkshiren/a
Buckinghamshire123
Cambridgeshire105
Cheshire193
Cleveland282
Cornwall91
Cumbria105
Derbyshire203
Devon211
Dorset138
Durham53
East Sussex128
Essexn/a
Gloucestershire92
Hampshire156
Hereford and Worcestern/a
Hertfordshire128
Humberside157
Isle of Wight35
Kent221
Lancashire360
Leicestershire181
Lincolnshire104
Norfolk53
Northamptonshire147
Northumberland48
North Yorkshire99
Nottinghamshire208
Oxfordshire82
Shropshire68
Somerset72
Staffordshire245
Suffolk108
Surrey249
Warwickshire92
West Sussex32
Wiltshire47
n/a = Berkshire, Essex and Hereford and Worcester have not yet submitted returns.