§ Mr. Michieasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how much his Department has spent for the past five years, including the present financial year, on support for ethnic community schemes; and what proportion this figure is compared to the whole urban aid scheme.
§ Sir George YoungThe approved urban programme expenditure on projects of a specific benefit to ethnic minority communities for the last five years was as follows:
Amount* £ million Proportion of UP expenditure† percentage 1981–82 8 4 1982–83 15 6 1983–84 27 9 1984–85 32 11 1985–86 39 12 * This is the total of approved partnership, programme authority and traditional urban programme expenditure on ethnic minority projects including figures for both new and committed schemes. An estimate is included for the Liverpool partnership for 1985–86. † These percentages relate to the total approved inner area programme expenditure for the partnership and programme authorities, and the traditional urban programme. The approved expenditure includes an element of overprogramming to allow for programme slippage, so the final outturn position may not precisely reflect the pattern of approvals.