HC Deb 27 July 1981 vol 9 cc347-8W
Mrs. Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will give details of grants given for the study of land reclamation in North Staffordshire by his Department.

Dwellings in New Towns
Built by Development Corporations Built by private developers on Development Corporation land
Completed Under construction at 1 April Completed Under construction at 1 April
1979 1980 1981 1979 1980 1981
Aycliffe N/A N/A N/A 13 95 41
Peterlee N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Washington 499 592 720 327 295 171
Corby* 35
Northampton 397 694 855 128 867 484
Peterborough 502 826 1,047 151 259 197
Basildon 871 452 464 227 180 231
Harlow† 211 160 10 33 13
Stevenage‡ 266 110
Bracknell 251 585 139 151 149 107
Milton Keynes 1,647 1,556 2,015 433 789 800
Redditch 415 255 311 531 486 113
Telford 592 220 623 243 152 N/A
Runcorn 121 318 34 343 194 95
Warrington 666 400 1,303 250 249 280
Skelmersdale 86 288 551 22 27
Central 618 627 1,268 639 430 264
Lancashire
Totals 7,142 6,973 9,340 3,613 4,090 2,783
N/A=Not Available. —=Nil return.
* Development Corporation dissolved 30 June 1980. †Development Corporation dissolved 31 December 1980.
‡Development Corporation dissolved 30 September 1980.

Mr. Giles Shaw

The total cost to the Department of the contract awarded jointly to the University of Keele and the North Staffordshire polytechnic to study and report on the costs and benefits of land reclamation in North Staffordshire is £35,035. The contract commenced in September 1979 and ends on September 30 1981.