§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will indicate for the last year for which figures are available the grants paid for the restoration of derelict mineral workings in the United Kingdom and payment for each of the preceding five years.
§ Mr. FoxInformation for the whole of the United Kingdom is not readily available in the form requested. In particular, information about grants paid specifically for the restoration of derelict mineral workings is not recorded separately from information about grants for other types of reclamation.
For England, total grant paid in the last six years for the reclamation of all forms of dereliction arising from past industrial activities was as follows:
1973–74 £ 4.4 million 1974–75 £ 4.5 million 1975–76 £ 7.5 million 1976–77 £ 8.7 million 1977–78 £10.5 million 1978–79 £13.0 million