§ Mr. MacFarquharasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will 411W list for the years since 1972 the counties which have failed to take up moneys available to them for 100 per cent. derelict land clearance areas and, in each case, the percentage of the total amount of money available to that county the shortfall represented.
§ Mr. MarksExpenditure allocations for derelict land reclamation are made on a regional basis and are not generally made in respect of county areas. The percentage by which expenditure fell short of the allocations in those regions where 100 per cent. derelict land grants are made was as follows:
Region 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Northern 2 0 25 North West 51 40 49 Yorkshire and Humberside 53 50 34 West Midlands No underspend 44 East Midlands 58 27 52 100 per cent. grant has been payable only since December 1975.
In the case of the East and West Midlands Regions it is payable in respect of part of the areas only.