§ Mr. Chris Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the proportion of private finance to urban development grants in urban development grant applications approved by his Department during the last 12 month period for which figures are available, broken down by region.
§ Mr. John Patten58 projects were approved for urban development grant during 1 February 1986 to 31 January 1987.
Region Number of projects Grant £ million Private investment £ million East Midlands 5 2.2 5.8 Greater London 7 5.2 24.4 Merseyside 3 3.1 18.2 North West 11 1.6 4.4 Northern 10 2.2 5.6 South West 1 0.1 0.6 West Midlands 13 6.4 32.4 Yorks & Humbs 8 1.6 3.6 Total 58 22.4 95
§ Mr. Chris Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total number of urban 738W development grant applications approved to date where the grant has been under £100,000; and what percentage of all applications approved this figure represents.
§ Mr. John Patten65 projects with urban development grant of less than £100,000 have been approved. This represents 28.5 per cent. of all approved projects.
§ Mr. Chris Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many schemes have been approved to date involving urban development grant on the commercial part, and housing association grant on a related residential part, of a project; and if he will list these schemes in the Official Report, indicating their location and the value of each grant in each case.
§ Mr. John PattenNone.