HC Deb 19 July 1993 vol 229 cc66-7W
Mr. Devlin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what conditions were attached to the grant made to Stockton borough council in 1988 to purchase the Sparks Bakery site; and whether any prohibition was placed on the division of the Sparks bakery site in Stockton-on-Tees by his Department when the grant was made to Stockton borough council to purchase it.

Mr. Baldry

Approval for Stockton borough council to use urban programme resources to acquire Sparks bakery site to create a business centre was granted subject to one condition: that the urban programme grant will be clawed back if the land and/or buildings are eventually used for some other purpose or if a scheme accepted by the Department for urban programme funding has not been started by 3 March 1990.

No restrictions were placed on the division of the site when the grant was made.