HC Deb 28 June 1999 vol 334 c24W
Mr. Redwood

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when each of the urban development corporations was wound up; and what residual costs fall to be paid in 1999–2000. [88065]

Mr. Caborn

The following urban development corporations ceased operations on 31 March 1998 and were dissolved on 1 July 1998:

  • Birmingham Heartlands
  • Black Country
  • London Docklands
  • Merseyside
  • Plymouth
  • Teesside
  • Trafford Park
  • Tyne and Wear.

Residual property, rights and liabilities were transferred to the Commission for the New Towns, now part of English Partnerships (EP). Its budget for unavoidable liability costs in 1999–2000 amounts to £24.2 million.