§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table indicating the number of jobs created in each urban development corporation area.
§ Mr. PortilloThe totals of permanent jobs created or attracted, net of losses, are given in the table:
UDC Net gain in jobs to March 1990 Black Country 5,734 Bristol 0 Central Manchester 285 Leeds 5,241 London Docklands 29,000 Merseyside 4,200 Sheffield 40 Teesside 2,741 Trafford Park 2,450 Tyne and Wear 1,630 Total 51,321
§ Mr. O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give details of financial resources allocated to(a) the urban programme, (b) urban development corporations and (c) grants for urban development for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Portillo[holding answer 31 January 1991]: The breakdown of central Government expenditure on the urban programme, urban development corporations and city grant (including urban development grant and urban regeneration grant) for 1986–87 to 1990–91 is as follows:
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1991-92 Standard spending assessments 31 October figure for total SSA Final figure for total SSA Percentage change in total SSA Change in total SSA Change in capital financing SSA element Change in flood defence SSA element Change in all other SSA elements £ million £ million per cent. £ million £ million £ million £ million Bristol 40.872 41.098 0.6 0.226 0.089 0.132 0.004 Nottingham 37.162 37.138 -0.1 -0.024 -0.035 — 0.011 Kingston upon Hull 31.210 31.419 0.7 0.210 0.206 -0.002 0.006 Plymouth 28.678 28.666 0.0 -0.012 -0.012 -0.030 0.006 Portsmouth 24.505 24.729 0.9 0.223 0.236 -0.018 0.005 Stoke-on-Trent 24.880 24.470 -1.6 -0.410 -0.407 -0.008 0.005 Derby 24365 24.313 -0.2 -0.051 -0.056 0.000 0.005 Southampton 23.370 23.351 -0.1 -0.020 -0.024 — 0.005 Luton 22.175 22.230 0.2 0.055 0.051 — 0.004
£ million 1986–87 outturn 1987–88 outturn 1988–89 outturn 1989–90 outturn 1990–91 forecast outturn Urban Programme1 236.7 245.6 229.0 226.0 232.6 Urban Development Corporations (EFLs) 89.3 133.5 234.4 436.0 553.9 City Grants 23.9 26.8 27.8 39.1 50.6 1 Includes contributions from DH, DES and DTp but excludes contributions for District Health Authorities.
§ Mr. O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has any plans to increase the number of schemes in any urban programme operating at the present time; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Portillo[holding answer 31 January 1991]: Local authorities decide on the number of schemes in their annual urban programmes, according to local priority. The Secretary of State has no present plans to review the list of urban programme authorities.
§ Mr. O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what are his current priorities in urban regeneration.
§ Mr. Portillo[holding answer 31 January 1991]: Good progress has already been made on improving the quality of life for people in our inner cities: we aim now to build on that success, working with local government and the private and voluntary sectors.