Mr. Bob Brownasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many improvement grants were approved in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in Newburn Urban District Council area and in the Northern Region in the years 1964 to 1970 and in 1971 to the latest available date.
§ Mr. AmeryThe information is as follows:
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newburn Urban Council Northern Region 1964 … … 287 49 8,237 1965 … … 984 53 8 736 1966 … … 500 31 8,622 1967 … … 1 776 36 9,720 1968 … … 1,318 33 12,236 1969 … … 937 73 6,318 1970 … … 1,489 63 9,322 January-May, 1971 … 1,194 20 8,462