§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what funds have been made available to the Islington Brook advisory centre for the past two years under the urban aid grant programme; and whether such funding will continue for 1982.
§ Mr. KingThe Camden and Islington area health authority was authorised, under the Hackney-Islington Partnership programme, to spend £18,700 on the Brook advisory centre in 1980–81 and the same amount in 1981–82. The partnership's inner city programme for 1982–83 has not yet been considered by the partnership committee.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will reconsider his decision not to fund the opening of a Brook advisory centre in Leeds with the help of an urban aid grant in view of the high infant mortality rates there and the need for a contraceptive and counselling service for Asian women.
§ Mr. KingWhen the applications made by the Leeds Brook advisory centre for funding under the Leeds inner area programme for 1980–81 and 1981–82 were refused, the value of the work done by the centres throughout the country was not disputed. However, well over half of the Leeds urban programme expenditure is currently devoted to schemes of a social or educational nature and proposals for long running projects have to be closely scrutinised because of the implications for future years. Ongoing commitments can only be sustained by taking up resources which would otherwise go to new projects. Furthermore, Ministers consider it important to support projects which are likely to stimulate economic activity appropriate to the areas submitting the programme. On balance, therefore, it was decided that funding of the Leeds Brook advisory centre through the urban programme would not be justified.
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Housing capital expenditure by English local authorities 1981/82 Region 1—North (excluding Cumbria) Capital receipts Gross housing capital expenditure April-September 1981 April-September 1981 Housing capital allocation for 1981/82 Housing (prescribed proportion) Non-housing Total of allocation and receipts (cols 2+3+4) Amount As % of allocation (col 2) As % of allocation + Housing receipts (cols 2+3) As % of allocation + Housing and non-housing receipts (col 5) Local Authority £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) Hartlepool 3,605 1,363 4 4,972 1,429 39.6 28.8 28.7 Langbaurgh 6,316 614 94 7,024 3,032 48.0 43.8 43.2 Middlesbrough 10,504 701 116 11,321 6,352 60.5 56.7 56.1 Stockton-on-Tees 4,629 788 7 5,424 1,694 36.6 31.3 31.2
§ Mrs.Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many Brook advisory centers have been opened with the help of urban aid grants in the current year and where; and what is the comparable information for each of the past five years
§ Mr.KingNone. Two centers in Lambeth and Islington, were opened with the help of urban programme funds in 1979–80; and a further one, in Lambeth, in 1980–81. In addition, urban programme funds support the employment of an interpreter at an existing center in Birmingham.