HC Deb 27 May 1993 vol 225 cc703-5W
Sir Rhodes Boyson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total amount of support given by his Department to urban development corporations, the urban programme, city challenge and other inner-city initiatives in(a) England, (b) Greater London and (c)

£ million outturn prices (rounded)
Programme 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Urban A 62 95 81 74 97 126 151 400 552 530 414
development B 41 63 59 54 65 83 116 256 333 249 156
corporations C — — — — — — — — — — —
Urban programme1 A 115 140 170 185 199 199 181 179 178 179 188
B 42 36 43 39 35 39 40 32 34 37 37
C — — — — — — — — — — —
— — — — — — — — — — — 237
City challenge — — — — — — — — — — — 11
— — — — — — — — — — — —
Other inner cities3 A 61 75 83 83 83 99 106 105 137 143 180
B 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 6 8 10
C 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.5
A England.
B Greater London.
C South East (excluding London).
1Includes for 1984–85 onwards other Government Department's contributions to urban programme.
2 Programme supported by £19 million per year from the Housing Corporation.
3 Includes LA and non-LA derelict land grant; city grant; task forces and CATs.

the south-east, excluding Greater London, for each year since 1982–83, including estimates for 1992–93, distinguishing between current and capital expenditure, excluding local authority credit approvals/capital allocations.

Mr. Redwood

[holding answer 25 May 1993]: The table sets out total net spending by the Department of the Environment for each year since 1984–85, excluding housing, inner cities and all credit approvals/capital allocations. Comparable figures for spending before 1984–85, and a differentiation between current and capital spending before 1988–89, are not available. Information on the regional spread of this spending is also not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

£ million
Current Capital Total
1984–85 — — 15,798
1985–86 — — 16,901
1986–87 — — 17,336
1987–88 — — 18,357
1988–89 19,107 85 19,193
1989–90 20,264 131 20,946
1990–91 21,642 128 21,769
1991–92 28,432 131 28,564
1992–93 1 31,389 138 31,527
1 Estimated.

Sir Rhodes Boyson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total amount of support given by his Department to all initiatives other than housing and inner cities in(a) England, (b) Greater London and (c) the south-east, excluding Greater London, for each year since 1982–83, including estimates for 1992–93, distinguishing between current and capital expenditure, excluding local authority credit approvals/capital allocations.

Mr. Redwood

The total amount of support given by my Department's urban group of programmes, year on year from 1982–83 to 1992–93 and excluding LA credit approvals/capital allocations, are as follows:

The UP, UDC and city challenge programmes contain varying proportions of capital and current expenditure; detailed information on each could be provided only at disproportionate cost.