§ 96. Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the numbers of projects in Operation Eyesore and the cost at which they are being undertaken, specifying the figures for each region.
§ Mr. RipponClose to 10,000 projects for cleaning up and beautifying local areas of dereliction and ugliness have now been approved at a cost of nearly £22½ million. The following table gives the numbers and cost of projects approved430W in each region since the scheme commenced in February this year.
Following are the figures at 30th November 1972.
Region Number of projects approved Estimated cost £ Northern 2,137 4,474,379 North-West 4,709 12,191,957 Yorkshire and Humberside 2,329 4,170,337 East Midland 87 758,276 West Midland 373 545,111 South-West 92 185,857 All Regions 9,727 £22,325,917