HC Deb 28 November 1972 vol 847 cc115-22W
Mr. Luce

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the amounts paid in grants under the urban aid programme to each of the local authorities that have received such grants since 1968–69.

Mr. Wilkinson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will

1969–70 1970–71 1971–72
£ £ £
County Councils
Anglesey 640
Bedfordshire 7,022 12,864
Berkshire 50
Buckinghamshire 6,160 8,362 5,895
Caernarvonshire 75
Cardigan 300
Carmarthenshire 169
Cheshire 710 7,544 25,134
Cumberland 2,430 23,335 12,473
Denbighshire 3,936
Derbyshire 6,632 8,504 12,051
Durham 1,013 28,192 54,523
Essex 2,889
Flintshire 770 5,443 2,869
Glamorgan 423 7,991 17,618
Hertfordshire 3,780 1,562 14,567
Huntingdonshire 125
Kent 702 10,414 11,849
Lancashire 6,819 31,667 70,227
Leicestershire 7,425 19,761 4,465
Monmouthshire 675 5,940 11,868
Northumberland 8,059
North Riding 10,044 39,404
Nottinghamshire 19,933
Pembrokeshire 4,859
Salop 3,659 2,638 19,964
Staffordshire 1,003 2,482 7,342
Warwickshire 1,350 1,078 3,064
West Riding 48,374 16,123 33,618
County Borough and District Councils
Barnsley 129
Barrow-in-Furness 1,500 3,861
Barry M.B. 35
Bedwellty U.D.C 1,500
Birkenhead 378 10,721
Birmingham 103,576 124,493 292,082
Blackburn 3,912 8,094 16,228

list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the amount provided in grants under the urban aid programme in each of the years since 1968–69, the number of authorities which have received these grants in each of these years and the total number of projects which have been assisted by means of these grants during each of these years.

Mr. Lane

Following is the information:

1969–70 1970–71 1971–72
£ £ £
County Borough and District Councils—continued
Bolton 6,568 5,469 12,246
Bootle 3,963 9,356 13,606
Bradford 16,034 15,766 38,147
Bristol 877 7,858 26,277
Burnley 2,708 10,741
Burton-on-Trent 2,221 6,007 12,533
Caerphilly U.D.C 134
Cardiff 18,600 23,833 38,318
Carlisle 150
Chester 634
Coventry 2,889 13,814 42,915
Cwmbran 24,750
Darlington 338
Derby 79,036 62,345 20,778
Dewsbury 75 1,927 4,057
Doncaster 473 3,084 6,851
Dudley 702 14,267 19,572
Ebbw Vale U.D.C 777
Gateshead 13,899 14,077 19,459
Gelligaer U.D.C 15,478
Halifax 405 1,519
Hartlepool 10,767 6,188 14,894
Hebden Royd U.D.C 1,688
Huddersfield 11,782 20,951 45,906
Huyton-with-Roby U.D.C 377
Ipswich 5,063 8,152 3,487
Kingston-upon-Hull 2,691 4,005 6,018
Kirkby U.D.C 5,820
Leeds 13,649 23,168 45,633
Leicester 26,163 74,157 51,278
Letchworth 78
Lincoln 368
Liverpool 37,245 41,581 115,339
Luton 11,550 22,468 28,401
Manchester 32,745 100,081 65,921
Merthyr Tydfil 439 4,313 8,329
Mexborough U.D.C 1,755
Milnrow U.D.C. 1,013 506
Mountain Ash U.D.C. 825
Newcastle 7,039 20,663 62,600
Newport (Mon.) 507 13,759
Northampton 2,993 5,515
Nottingham 18,657 33,144 54,068
Oldham 2,666 3,198 5,715
Oxford 4,287 5,265 11,733
Peterborough B.C 1,418 1,690
Plymouth 115
Preston 1,381 3,793 9,466
Portsmouth 1,247 10,662 9,939
Rochdale 21,495 12,872 30,037
Rotherham 513 1,620 749
Salford 3,747 14,705 28,593
Scunthorpe B.C. 5,400
Seaham U.D.C. 81
Sheffield 24,213 28,558 72,307
Slough B.C 432 2,925
Southampton 4,978 11,347 16,576
Southport 253
Southshields 3,250 15,500 26,978
Stockport 3,294 8,784
Stoke-on-Trent 2,869 3,759 7,330
Stretford 1,350 2,006
Sunderland 16,021 28,866 33,143
Swansea 945 71
Teesside 163 13,789 16,683
Tynemouth 4,835 3,557 10,996
Walsall 23,349 18,528 33,248
Warley 13,872 37,455 32,785
Warrington 675 750
West Bromwich 10,507 23,112 21,454
Wigan 10,440 11,465 16,016
Wolverhampton 22,350 65,368 67,641
York 144

1969–70 1970–71 1971–72
¼ ¼ ¼
London
Barnet 11,695 13,907 1,225
Brent 4,151 17,779 27,484
Bromley 5,202 3,999 2,985
Camden 11,862 17,242 34,033
Croydon 7,886 8,984 19,532
Ealing 55,183 32,160 74,296
Enfield 122 1,192 4,468
Greater London Council 16,984 3,763 24,285
Greenwich 9,361
Hackney 20,368 32,121 44,901
Hammersmith 5,593 12,132 17,925
Haringey 25,404 53,029 43,482
Havering 4,725
Hillingdon 408 81
Hounslow 108 3,038 7,356
I.L.E.A 181,585 400,132 142,909
Islington 45,663 70,493 83,288
Kensington and Chelsea 1,225 10,118 11,348
Lambeth 21,999 46,300 114,094
Lewisham 20,821 15,913 21,934
Newham 16,656 25,833 45,330
Redbridge 3,377 3,462 4,705
Southwark 34,298 31,493 52,002
Sutton 237
Tower Hamlets 7,205 50,305 42,399
Waltham Forest 14,714 16,192 23,639
Wandsworth 871 10,319 26,079
Westminster 3,170 11,128 8,796
Total £ 1,211,372 2,104,782 2,918,291
Number of local authorities receiving grant in year 86 102 135
Number of projects 484 734 1,260

Mr. Fowler

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the amounts spent on each of the main categories of projects that have received grants

under the urban aid programme in each of the years since 1968–69.

Mr. Lane

The following table shows the expenditure authorised in England and Wales under each phase of the urban programme to date.

PROJECTS FOR URBAN AID

EXPENDITURE AUTHORISED AND DATE OF APPROVAL

Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Phase 5 Phase 6 Phase 7
January, 1969 June, 1969 and January, 1970 November, 1970 and January, 1971 August, 1971 October, 1971 March, 1972 July and November, 1972 Total
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
Nursery Education 1,340,000 1,310,000 1,670,000 3,000 1,141,000 970,000 6,434,000
Other Educational 652,000 259,000 55,000 36,000 1,002,000
Day Nurseries 1,404,000 976,000 969,000 16,000 221,000 833,000 4,419,000
Other Child Care 1,080,000 1,133,000 96,000 22,000 403,000 63,000 2,797,000
Care of the Aged 19,000 178,000 15,000 242,000 348,000 802,000
Housing Advice and other Housing Schemes 191,000 52,000 58,000 142,000 443,000
Community Centres and Community Workers 92,000 292,000 4,000 365,000 280,000 1,033,000
Family Planning 10,000 22,000 175,000 170,000 377,000
Other Advice Centres including Volunteer Bureaux) 61,000 91,000 32,000 97,000 359,000 640,000
Play Groups 142,000 79,000 30,000 164,000 415,000
Other Play schemes 140,000 326,000 13,000 83,000 182,000 744,000
Holiday Projects 44,000 69,000 113,000
Miscellaneous 367,000 971,000 60,000 1,267,000 346,000 3,011,000
Totals 3,824,000 4,902,000 5,144,000 521,000 3,877,000 69,000 3,893,000 22,230,000
Miscellaneous Projects include hostels for the homeless, assistance for alcoholics and the mentally handicapped and grants to voluntary organisations, e.g. Salvation Army and the Samaritans.