§ Mr. Arnoldasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many projects were approved in Stockport under each phase of the urban aid programme; and what was the nature of these projects.
§ Mr. JohnTwenty-two projects, intended to help meet special social need in Stockport, have been approved under the urban programme. They cover a wide range, including a nursery school, a day nursery, housing aid and advisory services, a family advice centre, grants to playgroups and an adventure playground, an activity centre for intermediate treatment, a group home for the mentally ill and a women's aid centre.
The numbers of projects approved under successive circulars have been as follows:
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Circular Number Number of Projects Approved 1 … … … — 2 … … … 1 3 … … … 4 4 … … … 3 5† … … … — 6* … … … — 7 … … … 3 8* … … … — 9 … … … 5 10* … … … 1 11 … … … 2 12 … … … — 13* … … … 1 14 … … … 2 15* … … … — *These circulars invited applications for non-recurrent holiday projects only. † This circular invited applications from intermediate and development areas only.
§ Mr. Arnoldasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money allocated to projects in Stockport during the various phases of the urban aid programme was taken up by voluntary bodies; and how much was taken up by the statutory bodies.
§ Mr. JohnThe information is as follows:
VALUE OF PROJECTS IN STOCKPORT APPROVED UNDER THE URBAN PROGRAMME (1) To be run by voluntary organisations: (£) Expenditure Approved Circular Number Capital Recurrent Non-capital Non-Recurrent Non-capital 1 … … — — — 2 … … — — — 3 … … — 2,400 — 4 … … — 3,750 — 5 … … — — — 6* … … — — — 7 … … — 1,500 — 8* … … — — — 9 … … — — — 10* … … — — — 11 … … — — — 12 … … — — — 13* … … — — — 14 … … — — — 15* … … — — — (2) To be run by the local authority:
(£) Expenditure Approved Circular Number Capital Recurrent Non-Capital Non-Recurrent Non-Capital 1 … … — — — 2 … … 21,744 — — 3 … … 70,900 2,000 — 4 … … — 1,500 — 5‡ … … — — — 6* … … — — — 7 … … — 4,650 — 8* … … — — — 9 … … 25,000 5,700 2,750 10* … … — — 750 11 … … 7,700 — — 12 … … — — — 13* … … — — 530 14 … … 17,050 — 600 15* … … — — — * These circulars invited applications for non recurrent holiday projects only. ‡ This circular invited applications from intermediate and development areas only.