§ Mr. John D. Grantasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average number of projects submitted to him by authorities excluding the London Borough of Islington, considered in special need under the next phase of the Urban Aid Programme; what is the average number of projects per authority refused aid; and what is the average sum allocated per authority.
§ Mr. SharplesCalculations of this kind would not be helpful, since projects under the urban programme are not normally about whole local authority areas but about localities within them of widely varying size and character. 135 local authorities in England and Wales apart from Islington recently submitted a total of 1,515 projects. 106 authorities received approvals, for a total of 516 projects. These consisted of capital schemes costing in all £4.4 million plus associated running costs, and non-capital schemes together costing some £600,000 annually.