HC Deb 14 April 1970 vol 799 cc220-1W
Mr. Pavitt

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the amount allocated to the London Borough of Brent by special grant for urban aid, the sums applied for and the schemes to which these sums are attached, and his estimate of the sums to be made available in succeeding years.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

Under the first two phases of the Urban Programme the London Borough of Brent sought approval for capital expenditure of £665,098 and revenue expenditure of £72,065. Approval has been given to capital expenditure of £321,320, and revenue expenditure of £43,311. Two projects, involving approved capital expenditure of £121,990 were subsequently withdrawn by the

Schemes Capital Revenue Date of Approval
£ £
Day Nurseries:
Mortimer Road 12,000 December, 1969
Villiers Road 15,000
Princes Avenue 9,750 December, 1969
Vale Farm 12,500 December, 1969
Central Wembley 135,000 17,500
*Poplars Avenue 100,000 17,500 January, 1969
Accommodation for the Homeless:
Hostel for 10 homeless families 100,000 2,000
13–14 houses for homeless families 80,000 2,000 December, 1969
Child Care Facilities:
Children's home 55,000 June, 1969
Unit for older boys 50,000
W.C. and Bathroom: 70, The Limes 2,575
W.C. and Bathroom: 68, The Limes 2,700
80 Wembley Park Drive: Kitchen extension 1,500
6 Prout Drive: boys' bathrooms 825
8 Prout Drive: girls' bathrooms 3,400
Stanmore residential nursery 4,000
2 peripatetic house mothers 2,400 June, 1969
Nursery Schools and Classes:
Malvern Road Nursery Class 7,490 3,409 January, 1969
Chichester Road Nursery Unit 22,590 9,031 January, 1969
*Stonebridge Nursery Unit 21,990 8,971 January, 1969
Furness Nursery Class 6,940 3,289
Miscellaneous:
Dudden Hill Lane: accommodation for Friendship Council 11,838 965
3 additional social workers for work with the homeless 5,000
Totals 655,098 72,065

Total of Approvals applied for (Capital and Revenue): £727,163.

Total Expenditure Approved (Capital and Revenue): £364,631.

*Projects subsequently withdrawn by the borough.