§ Mr. Raceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many time-expired schemes, duly resubmitted by local authorities, were rejected by his Department when considering the latest annual applications under the urban aid programme.
§ Mr. KingLocal authorities were asked to reconsider long-running projects which had become time-expired: in value terms 17 per cent. of these were not resubmitted. Of the projects that were resubmitted, the Department rejected 9 per cent. in value terms, and gave only part approval to 22 per cent. The effect of these decisions was to release some £3.4 million of resources for new schemes.