Figures produced by the Grid show that in May, it spent more than £2.6m paying wind providers not to produce electricity.

It has also spent £11.2m on buying back securitised bonds with a face value of £22.4m.

Langbaurgh wants to spend £18.6m, £3m higher than the Government's provisional spending level.

Middlesbrough will be allowed to spend £20.2m, resulting in £14 a head off poll tax bills and a six per cent cut in services.

The health authority plans to spend £66.5m on hospital and community services in 1993/94.

Last year, secondary schools alone spent £302.6m on examination fees, compared with £154m in 2002/3.

In 2010 the university spent $767.5m on research.

Romney claimed he had no control over a super-pac that has spent $3.4m (£2.2m) in negative ads aimed at Gingrich.

We spent £1.75m on defender Paul Parker and hope this will increase future earnings.

His union will spend £1.5m over the next two years in an attempt to increase individual membership.