HC Deb 18 March 1993 vol 221 cc366-7W
Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each year since 1981(a) at year-on-year prices and (b) at current prices, the total amount of moneys made available to (i) urban programme authorities for urban regeneration in the categories (1) urban development corporation, (2) urban programme, (3) city grant, or urban regeneration grant or urban development grant, (4) derelict land grant, (5) city challenge, (6) housing action trusts, (7) estate action, (8) safer cities, (9) urban crime fund, (10) task forces, (11) city action teams, (12) transport policies and programme, (13) supplementary transport grant and (14) other programmes available relating to linkage between economic, social and physical regeneration.

Mr. Robin Squire

Several Government Departments contribute to urban regeneration through a wide range of programmes under the action for cities initiative. Since 1981, my Department's own programmes have spent as follows:

ii. Programmes operating nationally (ie not exclusive to UPAs)
£ million
Year Programmes1
Derelict Land Grant Estate Action2
A B A B
1981–82 30 56
1982–83 61 106
1983–84 67 111
1984–85 68 107
1985–86 73 109
1986–87 78 113
1987–88 77 106
1988–89 68 87
1989–90 54 65
1990–91 62 69 175 195
1991–92 77 80 265 276
1992–93 95 95 347 347

A. Year on year.

B. Current prices.

1The Urban Crime Fund is not targeted to a specific local authority but made available to Merseyside, Northumbria and West Yorkshire Police Authorities.

Local Authority RSG £ per head RSG £ per household UBR £ per head UBR £ per household
Hampshire 214 558 205 537
Basingstoke and Deane 26 71 35 94
Newcastle upon Tyne 408 1,001 213 521
Tyne and Wear Fire and Civil Defence Authority 19 47 8 20
Northumbria Police Authority 23 58 20 49

The total support for a metropolitan area includes the RSG and UBR given to the relevant fire and civil defence and police authorities. The household figures are taken from the 1991 census results.

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