§ Mr. Freesonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what progress has been made in co-ordinating urban renewal in the 15 inner city programme authorities established by his predecessor in November 1977.
§ Mr. KingMy right hon. Friend made a statement to the House about the review of inner city policy on 9 February—[Vol. 998, c.603–610.] Further progress in co-ordinating urban renewal in the programme authorities has been achieved by the issue in July of guidelines for the inner city partnerships and programme authorities. The guidelines enable programmes to be handled more efficiently and encourage the direction of expenditure by the authorities in a co-ordinated way.
On Wednesday 9 December my right hon. Friend announced additional assistance for the programme authorities in 1982–83 and indicated the Government's priorities for securing inner city renewal—[Vol. 14, c. 865–874.]