§ Mr. Joseph Deanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the applications for partnerships from authorities with inner city problems.
§ Mr. FreesonApplications for partnerships with central Government to tackle inner city problems have been received from the following local authorities: Bristol, Bolton, Bradford, Brent, Hackney, Hammersmith, Haringey, Humberside County Council on behalf of Hull and Grimsby, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Leeds, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Oldham, Sheffield, Southampton, Tyne and Wear (County Council and Metropolitan Borough Councils for a county-wide partnership), Wands-worth, Wirral, Wolverhampton.
In addition some 10 further local authorities have applied for some form of special assistance.
§ Mr. Grocottasked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he proposes to seek further programmes from authorities with inner city problems for the expenditure of money on construction work under the proposals announced in the Budget Statement.
§ Mr. ShoreI announced in April that a number of authorities in England were to be asked to submit programmes of additional construction expenditure in inner cities not exceeding £57 million as a first instalment of the programme announced in the Chancellor's Budget Statement. The authorities concerned were those from whom partnerships with central Government are under discussion—Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester/Salford, and in London the Docklands area and Lambeth. I now propose to seek programmes in total not exceeding a further £16 million in respect of their inner areas from a number of other authorities with serious problems. The authorities from whom proposals are now being sought are in the attached list.370W Programmes for the remaining £10 million available for England will be sought in the light of further developments in inner city policy.