§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what public funds are being paid in the current year under the inner city partnership schemes; and what funds are expected to be paid in the next year.
§ Mr. KingThe allocations to the partnership authorities for their inner area programmes in 1979–80 amounted to £78.6 million—at November 1978 prices—which attracted Government grant at 75 per cent. For 1980–81 the figure is about £83 million, which, however, contains an amount for outer areas. So the allocations for 1979–80 and 1980–81 represent about the same amount, though expenditure in 1980–81 will be at a higher level than is now expected for 1979–80.