§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to the answer given by the hon. Member for Ealing, Acton (Sir G. Young) to the hon. Member for Basildon on 23 June, Official Report, c. 288, if he will list in the Official Report all urban programme approvals announced since the appointment of the hon. Member as Minister responsible for race relations within his Department; how these approvals demonstrate the upward trend in support for ethnic minority projects to which he referred; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir George YoungThe trend to which the hon. Member refers is most readily seen by comparing urban programme approvals for 1982–83 with those for 1981–82. The total estimated value of new urban programme projects approved in 1982–83 and designed to benefit minority ethnic groups shows an increase of 162 per cent. over new projects approved in 1981–82. The size of the urban programme as a whole increased by 29 per cent.
The attached table shows the approvals in 1982–83 for each inner city partnership and programme authority and for the traditional urban programme. Total figures for 1981–82 are also given, for the purposes of comparison.
Authority Ethnic Projects approved Total Value (£000s) Partnerships Birmingham 22 210 Hackney/Islington 25 748 Lambeth 15 542 Liverpool 4 337 Manchester/Salford 1 50 Newcastle/Gateshead 1 60 Total 1982–3 68 1,947 (1981–82 37 777) Programme Authorities* Bolton 2 27 Bradford 26 679 Hammersmith & Fulham 5 271 Leeds 5 36 Leicester 11 475 Middlesbrough 1 10 Nottingham 6 29 Sheffield 4 145 Wolverhampton 2 50 Total 1982–83 62 1,722 (1981–82 63 1,135) Traditional Urban Programme: Total 1982–83 76 3,463 (1981–82 40 813) Total 1982–83 206 7,132 (1981–82 140 2,725) *Note: No new project specifically for the benefit of ethnic minorities has been approved in any of the other programme authorities for 1982–83.