§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Secretary of state for the Environment what was the total amount of Government assistance given for repairs and compensation following the stroms of October 1987; and if he will give a breakdown of the figure.
§ Mrs. Virgina BottomleyTo 7 March 1989 the Department has given financial assistance to local authorities totaling £21,311,968 under the Bellwin scheme announced on final audited claims. of the amounts in authorities' initial claims. Final settlement will be on the basis of audited claims.
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£ million 1986–87 0.63 1987–88 0.96 1988–9 0.27 No city grant schemes have yet been completed and thus no grant has been clawed back.
No accurate estimate is possible for 1989–90.
§ Mr. ThorntonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the average time taken, by Department of the Environment regions, to process private sector applications for(a) urban development grant and (b) city grant for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. TrippierThe figures for the processing time of applications are set out in the tables according to the year in which a decision was given. The times for UDG schemes do no include the processing of the application by the local authority before submission to the Department. The times for city grant exclude periods when schemes are, with the agreement of the applicant, held in abeyance.
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List A £ Adur 164,733 Arun 55,824 Ashford 173,825 Babergh 57,502 Bracknell 35,126 Brighton 250,651 Bromley 994,042 Canterbury 297,901 Chelmsford 64,434 Dover 30,050 East Hampshire 13,400 East Hertfordshire 15,733 Eastleigh 15,339 Forest Heath 10,561 Gillingham 50,512 Gosport 113,702 Gravesham 80,718 Harlow 13,138 Hastings 177,708 Havant 18,581 Hove 125,262 Isle of Wight 30,617 Lewes 34,859 Medina 33,178 Mid Suffolk 10,092 Mid Sussex 382,468 Mole Valley 58,275 New Forest 41,141 North Hertfordshire 11,137 Reigate and Banstead 18,963 Rochford 45,502 Rother 20,431 Rushmoor 20,237 Sevenoaks 334,928 Spelthorne 14,526
£ Stevenage 12,715 Suffolk Coast 21,013 Surrey Heath 18,519 Tendring 15,111 Tonbridge and Mailing 35,449 Tunbridge Wells 250,483 Wandsworth 394,797 Waverley 40,205 Wealden 66,118 Welwyn Hatfield 15,143 West Sussex 4,021,001 8,455,650 1 Amount paid on the basis of initial claim net of amount to be recovered as a result of final audited claims.
List B £ Barking and Dagenham 340,200 Basildon 35,000 Basingstoke 29,700 Bexley 347,600 Braintree 101,000 Brentwood 210,000 Broxbourne 18,000 Castle Point 32,000 Colchester 17,000 Christchurch 74,925 Eastbourne 103,275 East Sussex 1,592,000 Edenbridge 210,600 Epsom and Ewel 21,600 Great Yarmouth 11,700 Greenwich 192,375 Hackney 235,575 Hammersmith and Fulham 28,000 Hertsmere 25,000 Horsham 119,475 Ipswich 168,075 Kent 3,364,200 Lewisham 138,375 Maidstone 148,500 Merton 222,750 Norwich 97,200 Poole 24,975 Portsmouth 64,125 Shepway 143,323 Southend on Sea 278,000 South Wight 178,200 Suffolk 47,700 Surrey 2,631,150 Sutton 297,500 Swale 153,000 Tandridge 247,050 Thanet 177,525 Thurrock 35,000 Tower Hamlets 303,345 Waltham Forest 259,000 Waveney 2,700 Woking 12,150 Worthing 117,450 Total £12,856,318