§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will give details of grants given for the study of land reclamation in North Staffordshire by his Department.
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Dwellings in New Towns Built by Development Corporations Built by private developers on Development Corporation land Completed Under construction at 1 April Completed Under construction at 1 April 1979 1980 1981 1979 1980 1981 Aycliffe N/A N/A N/A 13 95 41 Peterlee N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Washington 499 592 720 327 295 171 Corby* — — — 35 — — Northampton 397 694 855 128 867 484 Peterborough 502 826 1,047 151 259 197 Basildon 871 452 464 227 180 231 Harlow† 211 160 10 33 13 — Stevenage‡ 266 — — 110 — — Bracknell 251 585 139 151 149 107 Milton Keynes 1,647 1,556 2,015 433 789 800 Redditch 415 255 311 531 486 113 Telford 592 220 623 243 152 N/A Runcorn 121 318 34 343 194 95 Warrington 666 400 1,303 250 249 280 Skelmersdale 86 288 551 22 27 — Central 618 627 1,268 639 430 264 Lancashire Totals 7,142 6,973 9,340 3,613 4,090 2,783 N/A=Not Available. —=Nil return. * Development Corporation dissolved 30 June 1980. †Development Corporation dissolved 31 December 1980. ‡Development Corporation dissolved 30 September 1980.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe total cost to the Department of the contract awarded jointly to the University of Keele and the North Staffordshire polytechnic to study and report on the costs and benefits of land reclamation in North Staffordshire is £35,035. The contract commenced in September 1979 and ends on September 30 1981.