§ Mr. O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the budget of each urban development corporation to cover the provision for training in each of the years 1989–90, 1990–91 and 1991–92.
§ Mr. KeyThe information is shown in the table.
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UDC 1989–90 £,000 1990–91 £,000 1991–92 £,000 Black Country 150 400 900 Bristol nil nil nil C. Manchester 7 35 71 Leeds 5 23 25 London Docklands 2,400 3,300 2,200 Merseyside 315 315 260 Sheffield 58 67 100 Teesside 148 100 200 Trafford Park 22 184 446 Tyne and Wear n/a n/a n/a
§ Mr. O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish information giving details of the capital provided in the budget for all the urban development corporations for the provision of housing for the years 1989–90, 1990–91 and 1991–92.
§ Mr. KeyThe information is shown in the table.
UDC 1989–90 £000 1990–91 £000 1991–92 £000 Black Country 0 0 0 Bristol 0 0 0 Central Manchester 620 3,128 3,012 Leeds 0 0 0 London Docklands 51,000 19,500 0 Merseyside 0 0 50 Sheffield 0 0 0 Teesside 716 169 2,752 Trafford Park 0 0 0 Tyne and Wear 1,057 667 2,012
§ Mr. O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the initiatives promoted by each of the urban development corporations to assist tourism since their inception.
§ Mr. KeyThe UDCs' programmes include a wide variety of projects which help to promote tourism. Examples are
the restoration of Albert dock in Liverpool:support for local festivals, such as those held in Manchester and Wolverhampton;visitor centres in Trafford Park and Teeside, and the Bede monastery museum in Jarrow;environmental works to rivers, canals and pathways in many UDCs, including Sheffield and Bristol;the London Docklands development corporation's six-year programme of funding for local tourist initiatives, including grants to local listed buildings such as St. Matthias church.the development of hotel and leisure facilities in several UDCs.
§ Mr. O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the number of houses provided by each of the urban development corporations for each year of operation to 31 March.
§ Mr. KeyThe available information is contained in the tables.
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Housing units completed in UDC areas 1981–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 London Docklands 1 1,497 901 1,832 2,698 1 Cumulative figure for 1981–84.
UDC 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 Black Country 120 168 367 289 Bristol — — 25 97 Central Manchester — 140 115 173 Leeds — 0 89 0 London Docklands 1,854 2,649 2,019 1,770 Merseyside 1 339 233 206 282 Sheffield — 0 0 0 Teesside 0 0 241 202 Trafford Park — 0 0 0 Tyne and Wear 0 0 252 105 1 Cumulative figure to 1987–88.
§ Ms. PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment further to his answer to the hon. Member for Bristol, South of 10 June,Official Report, column 385, (1) what are the current arrangements with urban development corporations to fund the cost of unfinished projects;
(2) whether suitable arrangements for the winding up of uncompleted projects begun by urban development corporations will involve the Government's meeting the full cost of completion, or part of the cost.