Treasury written question – answered at on 22 July 2014.
Tim Farron
Party Chair, Liberal Democrats
To ask the Chancellor of the exchequer if he will estimate the amount of money from the public purse invested in public projects in (a) Westmorland and Lonsdale Constituency, (b) South Lakeland, (c) Cumbria and (d) the North West (i) since 2010 and (ii) between 2005 and 2010.
Danny Alexander
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Data on money from the public purse invested in public projects in Westmorland and Lonsdale Constituency, South Lakeland and Cumbria is not centrally available. The Department for Communities and Local Government collect information on local authority current and capital expenditure, however, this forms just part of total public expenditure.
In addition, there is no central source on money from the public purse invested in public projects in the English regions. However, the following table shows total identifiable capital expenditure on services in the north-west.
| Total identifiable capital expenditure on services: north-west | |
| £ million | |
| 2005-06 | 3,632 |
| 2006-07 | 4,442 |
| 2007-08 | 5,235 |
| 2008-09 | 5,866 |
| 2009-10 | 6,010 |
| 2010-11 | 5,608 |
| 2011-12 | 4,503 |
| 2012-13 | 4,970 |
| Note: 2008-09 to 2012-13 are comparable as they are on the same basis and were collected as part of the same exercise. Data in prior years will not be fully comparable due to possible changes to methodology between each collection exercise. Source: 2008-09 to 2012-13: Country and Regional Analyses (CRA) 2013; 2007-08: CRA 2012; 2006-07: CRA 2011; 2005-06: PESA 2011. | |
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