§ Mr. Watts asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will explain, in respect of each authority invited to bid for traditional urban programme resources in 1986–87, the reasons why it has been included, setting out the information in the format of table 3 of his Department's census information note No 2.
§ Sir George Young[pursuant to his answer, 13 December 1985]: The information requested is shown in the table.
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Local Authority Number of Times in Worst 50* Number of Times in Worst 10† Main Issues Local Authority Kensington & Chelsea 5 3 Population loss, Lacking Amenities, Overcrowding, single parents, non-whites Kensington & Chelsea Kirklees 2 — overcrowding, non-whites Kirklees Langbaurgh 3 1 unemployment, Mortality Rate, single parents Langbaurgh Lewisham 5 1 population loss, non-whites, Single Parents, lacking amenities, overcrowding Lewisham Lincoln 3 — lacking amenities, unemployment, single parents Lincoln Luton 3 — non-whites, overcrowding, single parents Luton Newham 6 3 population loss, Non-Whites, Lacking amenities, single parents, Overcrowding, unemployment Newham Pendle 3 — pensioners living alone, non-whites, lacking amenities Pendle Preston 7 — lacking amenities, unemployment, overcrowding, single parents, non-whites, population loss, pensioners living alone Preston Rossendale 2 — mortality rate, pensioners living alone Rossendale St. Helens 3 — mortality rate, lacking amenities, unemployment St. Helens Scunthorpe 3 1 Unemployment, single parents, population loss Scunthorpe Sedgefield 2 — mortality rate, unemployment Sedgefield Southwark 7 2 Population Loss, non-whites, Single Parents, overcrowding, lacking amenities, unemployment, pensioners living alone Southwark Stockton-on-Tees 3 1 unemployment, Mortality rate, single parents Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent 4 — lacking amenities, unemployment, population loss, mortality rate Stoke-on-Trent The Wrekin 2 — unemployment, single parent The Wrekin Walsall 3 — unemployment, overcrowding, non-whites Walsall Waltham Forest 5 1 population loss, non-whites, Lacking Amenities, overcrowding, single parents Waltham Forest Wear Valley 3 1 unemployment, Mortality Rate, overcrowding Wear Valley West Lancashire 2 — mortality rate, single parents West Lancashire Westminster 5 2 Population Loss, non-whites, Lacking Amenities, overcrowding, pensioners living alone. Westminster Note. The other authorities invited to bid for Traditional Urban Programme new approvals in 1986 do not score under columns * or †. They are Barnsley, Bristol, Dudley, Ellesmere Port, Plymouth, Rotherham, Tameside, Trafford, the Wrekin.
* Listed in "Main Issues" column.
dagger; Listed in Capital Letters in "Main Issues" column.