§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for the Environment which of the 14 districts and London boroughs designated under the Inner Urban Areas Bill, other than partnership and programme authorities, were previously designated as housing stress areas; and which received assistance under the inner cities construction package programme.
§ Mr. ArmstrongOf the 14 further districts to be designated, other than the partnership and programme authorities, the following were housing stress areas:
Hartlepool Rotherham Blackburn Sandwell Rochdale Brent Wigan Ealing Barnsley Haringey Doncaster Wandsworth The following of the 14 districts received assistance under the inner cities construction package:
Rochdale Brent Sefton Haringey St. Helens Wandsworth Sandwell