§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all the authorities in the North-West Region that have participated in the Operation Eyesore scheme, and how much each has so far received towards project costs.
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§ Mr. Rippon169 local authorities in the North-West Region participated in Operation Eyesore. Records do not readily show how much has been paid to the respective authorities and, because of outstanding claims, the listing of such payments would not indicate either the value of work completed or the extent of Exchequer assistance. The following list gives the number of schemes and the total amount approved for the respective authorities.
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Local Authority Approved Expenditure Sites COUNTY COUNCILS Cheshire 339,237 74 Derbyshire 15,853 7 Lancashire 392,992 238 COUNTY BOROUGHS Barrow in Furness 20,742 18 Birkenhead 145,484 133 Blackburn 791,191 175 Blackpool 258,477 35 Bolton 464,367 84 Bootle 172,072 41 Burnley 184,831 72 Bury 158,894 43 Chester 57,738 22 Liverpool 2,174,728 1,134 Manchester 2,692,895 402 Oldham 495,884 165 Preston 221,294 84 Rochdale 151,077 76 St. Helens 88,510 44 Salfor 659,958 55 Southport 79,015 29 Stockport 173,357 54 Wallasey 146,710 74 Warrington 98,109 61 Wigan 202,085 60 BOROUGH COUNCILS Accrington 278,137 59 Altrincham 14,051 95 Ashton-under-Lyne 179,600 60 Bacup 73,526 59 Bebington 48,722 23 Buxton 35,851 19 Chorley 42,560 23 Clitheroe 75,729 61 Colne 68,868 40 Congleton 3,142 8 Crewe 21,984 14 Crosby 77,306 9 Darwen 70,533 39 Dukinfield 111,582 46 Eccles 205,731 74 Ellesmere Port 62,185 9 Farnworth 21,782 10 Fleet wood 134,161 22 Glossop 66,487 38 Haslingden 28,995 30 Heywood 68,665 15 Hyde 180,061 35 Lancaster 29,941 13 Leigh 33,731 59
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Local Authority Approved Expenditure Sites Lytham St. Annes 4,503 7 Macclesfield 48,079 22 Middleton 366,410 57 Morecambe and Heysham 72,984 26 Mossley 85,298 26 Nelson 76,889 33 Prestwich 99,216 38 Radcliffe 22,733 16 Rawtenstall 138,028 50 Sale 111,059 32 Stalybridge 51,756 23 Stretford 183,298 40 Swinton and Pendlebury 160,082 21 Widnes 92,367 25 URBAN DISTRICT COUNCILS Abram 22,550 21 Adlington 14,279 13 Alsager 465 1 Ashton in Makerfield 6,890 3 Aspull 26,045 9 Atherton 136,312 71 Audenshaw 91,675 71 Barrowford 1,824 3 Billinge and Winstanley 4,089 5 Blackrod 5,676 2 Bowden 3,420 4 Bredbury and Romiley 187,373 45 Brierfield 11,000 2 Carnforth 3,776 1 Chadderton 149,974 17 Cheadle and Gatley 42,068 14 Church 20,443 20 Clayton-le-Moors 5,540 5 Crompton 51,324 29 Dalton in Furness 13,500 1 Denton 69,774 18 Droylsden 277,338 49 Failsworth 4,066 4 Formby 11,931 6 Fulwood 4,740 2 Golborne 19,691 8 Grange 2,200 1 Great Harwood 28,279 23 Hale 18,161 2 Haydock 6,684 4 Hazel Grove and Bramhal 13,816 6 Hindley 231,226 84 Horwich 11,807 4 Hoylake 49,300 4 Huyton-with-Roby 60,427 23 Ince-in-Makerfield 83,217 37 Irlam 16,650 9 Kearsley 37,438 10 Kirkby 55,082 48 Kirkham 13,455 4 Knutsford 22,429 6 Lees 19,586 15 Leyland 69,177 12 Litherland 17,480 13 Littleborough 16,858 13 Little Lever 17,002 2 Longdendale 2,100 3 Longridge 14,311 12 Lymm 24,866 5 Marple 21,751 16 Middlewich 3,133 3 Milnrow 12,975 14 Nantwich 24,199 5 Neston 2,365 2 New Mills 49,830 2
Local Authority Approved Expenditure Sites Newton le Willows 38,628 13 Northwich 114,308 13 Ormskirk 63,576 14 Orrell 12,569 5 Oswaldtwistle 21,341 19 Padiham 23,341 21 Poulton le Fylde 29,207 4 Prescot 61,580 9 Ramsbottom 42,439 26 Rishton 6,992 15 Royton 66,805 20 Runcorn 30,221 13 Sandbach 701 1 Skelmersdale and Holland 139,825 35 Standish with Langtree 4,521 5 Thornton Cleveleys 59,260 20 Tottington 19,738 14 Trawden 11,194 3 Turton 75,680 30 Tyldesley 156,739 26 Urmston 20,550 10 Walton le Dale 850 1 Westhoughton 25,785 13 Whitefield 63,716 7 Whitworth 45,412 23 Wilmslow 29,231 4 Winsford 210,034 26 Withnell 8,935 3 Worsley 119,597 40 RURAL DISTRICT COUNCILS Blackburn 18,235 8 Bucklow 1,686 3 Burnley 99,278 35 Chapel-en-le-Frith 21,094 9 Chorley 36,358 139 Clitheroe 6,788 11 Congleton 500 1 Disley 5,893 1 Fylde 4,560 4 Garstang 1,499 3 Lancaster 1,373 3 Lunesdale 1,697 3 Macclesfield 18,117 3 Nantwich 26,477 6 Northwich 14,879 21 North Lonsdale 14,075 3 Preston 6,714 13 Runcorn 15,059 7 Tarvin 300 1 Warrington 27,842 16 Whiston 47,506 11 Wigan 64,430 25