§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide a table showing the expenditure on each inner city task force and city action team in 1989–90, including both the cost of running the unit concerned and the funds disbursed by the unit and including separately the cost of central support to task forces and city action teams.
§ Mr. Key[holding answer 22 January 1991]: The task forces are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. Responsibility for the Government's city action teams transferred to the Department of the Environment in December 1989. Task force and city action team expenditure in 1989–90 was as follows:
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Task forces Running costs £'000 estimated Funds disbursed £'000 East Birmingham 129 959 Handsworth 312 Wolverhampton 1,270 Leeds 112 1,212 Middlesbrough 78 980 Coventry 71 879 Doncaster 126 1,619 Hartlepool 104 941 Nottingham 162 998 Leicester 982 Bradford 49 130
Task forces Running costs £'000 estimated Funds disbursed £'000 Bristol 135 921 Manchester 113 997 North Kensington 133 502 North Peckham 124 766 Rochdale 153 909 Preston 488 Spitalfields 139 859 Deptford 30 48 Granby/Toxteth 65 280 Total 1,723 16,052 City action teams Cleveland Coordinating Team 69 648 Liverpool 176 1,121 London 158 874 Manchester 100 473 Birmingham 100 570 Newcastle 190 1,134 Nottingham/Leicester/Derby 129 719 Leeds/Bradford 109 661 Total 1,031 6,200 The combined cost of central support by both DoE and DTI to the city action teams and task forces in 1989–90 was approximately £716,000. In addition, £1,685,000 was spent centrally on projects to support the work of the CATs and task forces, including research, consultancy and projects by national organisations which operated in most areas.