tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763010932242315938.post5443315686393061911..comments2023-08-27T10:28:30.200+01:00Comments on Temporarily Significant: Dull Political Post - IgnoreBen Aaronovitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14827057173097312360noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763010932242315938.post-27548835406797585312012-05-03T10:55:12.318+01:002012-05-03T10:55:12.318+01:00Some more figures from my spread sheet.
Average p...Some more figures from my spread sheet.<br /><br />Average per capita spend...<br />England Only £8,336<br />Whole UK £9,020<br /><br />Percentage of per capita spend above the England only and Whole UK figures are as follows.<br /><br /> England UK<br />North East 10% 7%<br />North West 5% 3%<br />Yorkshire -2% -4%<br />East Midlands -4% -6%<br />West Midlands 0% -2%<br />East -7% -9%<br />London 15% 13%<br />South East -11% -13%<br />South West -5% -7%<br /><br />Scotland 12% 10%<br />Wales 10% 7%<br />Nth. Ire. 19% 16%<br /><br />Given that London's living costs are 25-30% greater than Manchester's and that the bulk of service spending is on workforce than London looks under resourced.Ben Aaronovitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14827057173097312360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763010932242315938.post-26447223267629161322012-05-03T10:08:10.538+01:002012-05-03T10:08:10.538+01:00According to my figures the North West gets 12% sp...According to my figures the North West gets 12% spending with 11% of the population.<br /><br />Have you got your own figures - post em if you've got them.Ben Aaronovitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14827057173097312360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763010932242315938.post-90849907223911178312012-05-03T09:59:53.626+01:002012-05-03T09:59:53.626+01:00Hmm...
North West (where I live)
10% population
9%...Hmm...<br />North West (where I live)<br />10% population<br />9% spending<br />London <br />13% Population<br />15% spending<br /><br />So you get 3% more (equivalent of 1.9m more citizens than you have).<br />That sounds like the "Lions Share" to me.drbmillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02801874278268778420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763010932242315938.post-3948430562759470622012-05-02T09:16:51.254+01:002012-05-02T09:16:51.254+01:00Well there you go again, being logical and making ...Well there you go again, being logical and making sense by using simple mathematics. Honestly, what ARE we to do with you?Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04042245059432754325noreply@blogger.com