§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Paddington (Mr. Wheeler) on 8 March, Official Report, columns 340–4, if he will list details of the applications received by the Wirral council for a share in the £5 million urban programme allocation for the low-cost home ownership schemes; and why none of these applications was successful.
§ Mr. StanleyWirral council submitted schemes for the development of low-cost housing for sale on land at(a) Borough Road and Byerley Street, Secombe and (b) Conway Street and Price Street, Birkenhead. While I hope these projects will go ahead, neither was considered suitable for approval under this special application because, on the information provided, neither appeared to involve new expenditure by the authority in 1982–83.