§ Sir Irvine PatnickTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many initiatives have been taken since June 1987 to deal with urban dereliction and inner-city decay in Sheffield by means of encouraging development and improvements to the city; if he will list each initiative, indicating the amounts expended under each heading; and if he will include grants which have been made to Sheffield, including all funding from European Union sources. [40572]
§ Mr. CurryBetween 1 April 1987 and 31 March 1996, estimated, Sheffield metropolitan district will have benefited from approximately £262.688 million of grant funding from United Kingdom Government—Department of the Environment—and European Union sources for 597W regeneration schemes. The amount for each initiative is set out in the table.
£ million Urban programme 58.017 English partnerships1 10.986 Estate action 55.7762 Urban development corporation 93.210 Urban partnership fund 0.675 Challenge fund 2.568 European regional development fund 39.830 European social fund3 1.626 1 Includes city grant and derelict land grant prior to 1 April 1994. 2 Grant and SCAs. 3 From 1 January 1994. Earlier figures are available only on a county basis.