§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many applications for grants, and for what amounts, his Department has received since April 1979 under urban aid programmes for intermediate treatment centres; and what percentage of these has been granted
§ Mr. KingThirty-two applications for intermediate treatment centres have been received by my Department from local authorities since April 1979, totalling about £930,000 capital expenditure and £1,000,000 annual running costs at November 1980 prices. Fourteen of the applications have been approved and 15 are currently under consideration.