HC Deb 10 December 1993 vol 234 cc380-5W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide a table showing for each standard region, with Greater London shown as a separate region, the total expenditure in 1992–93, and the budgeted expenditure in 1993–94, 1994–95 and 1995–96, in respect of(a) estates action, (b) housing action trusts, (c) city challenge/urban programme, (d) urban regeneration agency/city grant/derelict land grant, (e) urban development corporations, (f) inner-city task forces and (g) city action teams.

Mr. Baldry

[holding answer 30 November 1993]: The total public expenditure under these programmes for

Total public expenditure for 1992–93 and Provision for 1993–94
Estate Action Housing Action Trusts City Challenge2 Urban Programme
Region 1992–93 outturn 1993–94 forecast 1992–93 outturn 1993–94 forecast 1992–93 outturn3 1993–94 forecast
North West 59.4 60.6 49.9 57.3
Northern 24.8 28.6 55.0 54.2
Eastern 5.1 5.9
South East 2.1 4.6
South West 11.6 12.3 2.0 2.0
London 93.1 89.8 11.8 60.7 85.6
East Midlands 26.6 27.4 16.5 30.0
Merseyside 37.8 39.2 0.2 39.7 43.1
Yorkshire and Humberside 42.8 41.3 14.6 39.7 48.5
West Midlands 44.7 46.3 50.1 57.3
TOTAL 348.0 356.0 26.6 78.01 313.6 378.0
1 1993–94 provision for distribution amongst Liverpool, Hull, Waltham Forest, Birmingham and Tower Hamlets HATs.
2 Includes Housing Corporations support towards City Challenge expenditure.
3 City Challenge expenditure provisional. Final figures will not be available until after receipt of authorities' 1992–93 final audited claims.

Total public expenditure for 1992–93 and provision for 1993–94
DLG; and City Grant to 10 November 1993 Urban Development3Corporations Task Forces
Region 1992–93 outturn 1993–941forecast 1992–93 outturn 1993–94 forecast 1992–93 outturn 1993–94 forecast
North West 35.7 27.8 80.8 58.6 2.5 1.1
Northern 13.0 16.5 84.3 75.5 2.0 1.8
Eastern 0.2 1.1
South East 0.6 1.0
South West 4.1 4.3 22.9 16.3 1.0 0.7
London 4.0 3.9 4240.9 4132.4 6.7 5.0
East Midlands 15.9 15.1 2.9 2.2
Merseyside 16.9 13.4 2.5 2.1
Yorkshire and Humberside 36.5 28.9 21.8 16.0 3.6 2.3
West Midlands 32.5 27.4 65.1 60.7 3.1 2.6
Total 159.4 2139.4 515.8 339.5 24.3 17.8
1 Excludes English Estates; resources include DLG receipts.
2 City Grant regional breakdown to 10 November only. Total 1993–94 provision for DLG (including receipts)/City Grant/English Partnerships (excluding English Estates) is £172 million.
3 Excludes receipts from own activities and from the ERDF.
4 Includes provision for Docklands Light Railway.

Total public expenditure for 1992–93 and provision for 1993–94
City action teams
Region 1992–93 outturn 1993–94 forecast
North West 0.5
Northern 1.1
Eastern
South East
South West
London 0.9
East Midlands 0.5
Merseyside 0.6
York/Humberside 0.5
West Midlands 0.5
Total 4.6 11.2
1 Breakdown of 1993–94 provision not yet available

1992–93 and the forecast for 1993–94 are shown, by region, in the following tables. For 1994–95 onwards, these programmes will transfer to the single regeneration budget, which will be administered by the integrated regional offices. A regional breakdown for 1994–95 and 1995–96 is not currently available.

Mr. Nicholas Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what was the total amount spent by his Department under the derelict land grant in 1992–93 in(a) the Northern region and (b) the United Kingdom as a whole;

(2) what was the total amount spent by his Department under the city challenge scheme in 1992–93 in (a) the Northern region and (b) the United Kingdom as a whole;

(3) what was the total budget allocated by his Department to the Urban Regeneration Agency in 1992–93 for expenditure in (a) the Northern region and (b) the United Kingdom as a whole;

(4) what was the total amount spent by his Department under the city grant scheme in 1992–93 in (a) the Northern region and (b) the United Kingdom as a whole;

(5) what was the total amount spent by his Department under the inner city task forces scheme in 1992–93 in (a) the Northern region and (b) the United Kingdom as a whole;

(6) what was the total budget in 1992–93 allocated by his Department to the city action teams in (a) Tyne and Wear and (b) the United Kingdom as a whole.

Mr. Baldry

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Islington, North (Mr. Corbyn) today. This contained programme information for each region in England. City challenge expenditure in England as a whole was £82.1 million in 1992–93 and in the northern region £14.99 million. Tyne and Wear city action team spent £494,000 in 1992–93 and Cleveland city action team spent £645,000.

My right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales, for Scotland and for Northern Ireland are responsible for programmes operating in other parts of the United Kingdom.

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
£ millions
Estate action Urban programme City Challenge Derelict land grant2 Urban Development Corporations3 Inner city task forces3
1979–80 0.145
1980–81 0.013
1981–82 0.141
1982–83 0.102
1983–84 0.048
1984–85 0.013
1985–86 0.133
1986–87 0.102
1987–88 1.790 0.561 4
1988–89 1.913 0.237 4
1989–90 2.323 0.501 1.619
1990–91 2.000 1.372 1.192
1991–92 2.160 2.334 0.702 0.189
1992–93 2.920 2.210 1 1.829
1993–94 1.867 1.288 1 1.671
1 Dearne Valley Partnership: Expenditure shared between Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham Metropolitan Councils.
2 Local authority derelict land grant only.
3 Not paid direct to local authorities.
4 Figures for these years not readily available.

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
£ millions
Estate action Urban programme City Challenge1 Derelict land grant2 Urban Development Corporations3 Inner city task forces3
1979–80 0.017
1980–81 0.022
1981–82 0.052
1982–83 0.141
1983–84 0.194
1984–85 0.176
1985–86 0.119
1986–87 0.333
1987–88 0.019 1.370 0.525
1988–89 1.662 1.420 0.484
1989–90 3.849 2.101 2.087
1990–91 1.752 1.859 1.685
1991–92 2.479 2.143 0.878
1992–93 4.230 2.164 7.500 1.546
1993–94 4.599 1.342 15.000 1.221
1 Includes £7.5 million a year from 1992–93 for Deame Valley Partnership: expenditure shared between Barnsley Doncaster and Rotherham Metropolitan Councils.
2 Local Authority DLG only.
3 Not paid direct to local authorities.

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the public expenditure provision for each of the four metropolitan borough councils in South Yorkshire for(a) estate action, (b) urban programme, (c) city challenge, (d) direct land grant, (e) city action teams, (f) the development corporation, (g) inner city task forces and (h) housing action trusts for each year since 1979.

Mr. Baldry

The total amount of public expenditure under these programmes in these local authority areas is set out below. None of these areas receives specific city action team or housing action trust funding.

Rotherham metropolitan borough council
£million
Estate action Urban programme City challenge Derelict land grant2 Urban development corporation3 Inner city task forces3
1979–80 0.372
1980–81 0.549
1981–82 0.050
1982–83 0.067
1983–84 0.069
1984–85 0.027
1985–86 0.059
1986–87 0.252
1987–88 0.252 1.840 0.493
1988–89 0§280 1.768 1.747
1989–90 0.436 2.177 2.638
1990–91 0.005 2.000 3.876
1991–92 0.309 2.208 4.586
1992–93 0.682 2.224 10.486
1993–94 1.487 1 5.913
1 Dearne Valley Partnership: expenditure shared between Bamsley, Doncaster and Rotherham Metropolitan Councils.
2 Local Authority DLG only.
3 Not paid direct to local authorities.

Sheffield City Council
£ millions
Estate action Urban programme City challenge Derelict land grant1 Urban development corporations2 Inner city task forces3
1979–80 2.650 0.031
1980–81 3.440 0.031
1981–82 3.490 0.022
1982–83 4.860 0.010
1983–84 4.500 0.010
1984–85 4.200 . 0.071
1985–86 4.510 0.592
1986–87 0.277 5.460 0.091
1987–88 1.786 5.630 0.514
1988–89 7.262 5.519 1.078 7.900
1989–90 8.296 5.739 0.053 9.500
1990–91 7.880 6.614 0.134 19.000
1991–92 7.255 10.907 0.636 13.300
1992–93 6.968 5.566 0.265 13.200
1993–94 6.180 3.940 1.060 12.000
1 Local authority DLG only.
2 Not paid direct to local authorities.