§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the allocation of inner city partnership and programme area funds categorised by local authority and English region and expressed as a percentage of the total.
§ Mr. KingTotal allocations under the urban programme for 1981–82 to partnerships and programme authorities are as follows. In each case most of the resources will have been allocated to district or borough councils, but the figures include some expenditure by counties, GLC, ILEA and health authorities.
Urban programme allocation 1981–82 Partnerships £ million allocation Percentage of total partnership resources Birmingham 16.93 14.4 Hackney—Islington *15.00 12.7 Lambeth *9.17 7.8 Liverpool 17.61 15.0 New-castle—Gateshead 13.95 11.8 Manchester—Salford 16.78 14.3 London Docklands 28.29 24.00
Programme authorities £ million allocation Percentage of total partnership resources Bolton 2.56 5.2 Bradford 3.12 6.4 Hammersmith and Fulham 4.27 8.7 Hull 3.40 7.0 Leeds 3.75 7.7 Leicester 4.16 8.5 Middlebrough 3.43 7.0 Nottingham 3.75 7.7 Oldham 2.85 5.8 Sheffield 3.49 7.2 Sunderland 2.68 5.5 North Tyneside 2.34 4.8 South Tyneside 2.99 6.1 Wirral 2.79 5.7 Wolverhampton 3.22 6.6 * These allocations may be increased as a result of the Secretary of State's recent decision to approve further new projects in Lambeth and Hackney this year.
The regional breakdown is as follows:
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Partnerships Programme Authorities £ million Percentage £ million Percentage Northern 13.95 11.8 11.44 23.4 North-West 34.39 29.3 8.2 16.8 Yorkshire and Humberside — — 13.76 28.2 East Midlands — — 7.91 16.2 West Midlands 16.93 14.4 3.22 6.6 East Anglia — — — — South-East 52.46 44.5 4.27 8.7 South-West — — — —