§ Mr. GouldTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will show for each authority currently entitled to apply for urban programme funding and in summary for all such authorities, for each year from 1981–82 to the latest year for which figures are available, at constant prices(a) the amount of rate support grant or revenue support grant received and (b) total grants received under the urban programme.
§ Mr. Chris Patten[holding answer 19 November 1990]: The total amounts of (a) rate support grant or revenue support grant received and (b) urban programme expenditure allocated to the 57 authorities currently entitled to apply for urban programme funding, for each year from 1981–82 to 1990–91, at 1990–91 prices, were as follows:
Revenue support grant £ billion Urban programme £ billion 1981–82 4.232 0.238 1982–83 3.642 0.317 1983–84 3.591 0.318 1984–85 3.431 0.320 1985–86 3.339 0.316 1986–87 3.622 0.297 1987–88 3.653 0.321 1988–89 3.667 0.295 1989–90 3.611 0.268 1990–91 4.592 0.259 I shall send the hon. Gentleman tables showing details for all the authorities. Copies of these tables will be placed in the Libraries of the House.