§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environnment how many representations he has had concerning his decision to reduce future funding for the urban programme.
§ Mr. Robin SquireUp to and including 4 January 1993, my Department received 97 letters about the new arrangements for the urban programme (UP). In 1993–94 there will be a substantial UP amounting to £176 million to enable us to honour existing commitments on approved UP projects and to provide £20 million for the urban partnership fund which will work alongside local authorities' newly released capital receipts to promote urban regeneration.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will update the table published in his answer of II February,Official Report, columns 434–35.
§ Mr. Robin Squire[holding answer 17 December 1992]: The table incorporates the new urban programme plan figures following the autumn statement:
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Year Urban programme provision—outturn £million Urban programme as percentage of urban block 1995–96 plan 80 10 1994–95 plan 91 11 1993–94 plan 176 18 1992–93 plan 245 24 1991–92 outturn 237 24 The provision for 1992–93 includes £11 million for the urban crime fund.
My Department's urban group of programmes are continuing to evolve to reflect current priorities.
§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much funding each urban programme authority received at 1992 prices for each of the last three years; how many projects have been supported; and how many people have been employed by them in jobs and in training schemes.
§ Mr. Robin Squire[holding answer 17 December 1992]: The funding figures are as follows:
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Urban programme (UP) Funding Local authority 1990–91 £ million 1991–92 £ million 1992–93 £ million Newcastle/Gateshead 18.4 16.9 15.6 Hartlepool 2.0 2.0 1.9 Langbaurgh 2.2 2.0 1.9 Middlesbrough 5.8 5.4 5.0 North Tyneside 4.0 3.5 3.3 South Tyneside 5.6 5.0 4.8 Stockton-on-Tees 1.7 1.7 1.6 Sunderland 5.9 5.5 4.9 Manchester/Salford 21.9 19.5 19.7 Blackburn 4.5 4.2 3.8 Bolton 4.6 4.2 3.8 Burnley 2.2 2.2 2.0 Oldham 4.2 4.0 3.7 Preston 2.8 2.6 2.3 Rochdale 4.3 3.6 3.7 Wigan 2.9 2.8 2.5 Liverpool 19.2 18.7 17.1 Halton 1.8 1.6 1.5 Knowsley 4.5 4.4 3.9 St. Helens 2.2 2.0 1.8 Sefton 1.9 1.5 1.6 Wirral 4.0 3.7 3.4 Merseyside Special Allocation 1.3 2.0 1.0 Birmingham 24.2 22.3 20.4 Coventry 5.2 4.8 4.6 Dudley 1.9 1.7 1.6 Sandwell 5.2 4.9 4.4 Walsall 2.1 1.9 1.6 Wolverhampton 6.3 5.8 4.9 The Wrekin 1.1 1.0 1.0 Derby 4.2 1.3 1.3 Leicester 5.4 5.3 4.7 Nottingham 5.8 5.0 4.7 Barnsley 2.1 2.2 2.1 Bradford 4.5 5.0 4.5 Doncaster 2.2 2.4 2.2 Hull 5.4 5.1 4.8 Kirklees 1.2 1.2 1.1 Leeds 5.9 5.7 5.1 Rotherham 2.2 2.3 2.2 Sheffield 7.4 11.4 5.9 Hackney 4.2 4.8 4.6 Islington 8.8 9.2 8.1 Lambeth 8.1 7.8 7.9 Brent 2.6 2.7 2.5 Greenwich 1.4 1.3 1.4 Hammersmith and Fulham 2.7 2.5 2.3 Haringey 3.2 3.4 2.9 Kensington and Chelsea 1.8 1.8 1.6 Lewisham 2.2 2.1 2.4 Newham 3.2 3.1 3.0 Southwark 2.3 2.9 2.6 Tower Hamlets 5.0 3.3 4.1 Wandsworth 2.3 3.7 2.9
Local authority 1990–91 £ million 1991–92 £ million 1992–93 £ million Bristol 1.6 1.7 1.6 Plymouth 1.4 1.4 1.3 Total 271.0 260.0 237.1 Notes:
1. Up funding figures for 1990–91 and 1991–92 are actuals, adjusted by GDP deflator indices. UP funding figures for 1992–93 are initial allocations, excluding District Health Authority projects.
2. The totals for these years have altered slightly from the figures given in the answer of 30 November 1992, Official Report,column 14, due to a recent revision of the GDP deflator indices.
The total number of projects supported in 1990–91 was 9,855. The local authorities' forecasts for 1991–92 and 1992–93 are 6,911 and 8,782 respectively.
We do not have information on the numbers employed by urban programme authorities themselves on managing the urban programme or running training schemes. A total of 29,660 jobs were created or preserved through the urban programme in 1990–91, and 86,528 training places were supported. Local authorities forecast the following outputs in 1991–92 and 1992–93:
1991–92 1992–93 Number of jobs created/preserved 34,242 33,973 Number of training places supported 68,551 74,097 Note: Figures for 1990–91 are obtained from UP annual reports from local authorities; those for 1991–92 and 1992–93 are derived from annual UP submissions from local authorities.