§ Mr. McKelveyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether additional public expenditure would be necessary to restore to 1979 levels the capital programmes of the areas defined as inner city areas; and, if so, how much.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe capital expenditure allocations for all designated inner city partnership and programme authorities for 1982–83 for all services under the new capital control system are £810 million. These authorities will also receive the major proportion of the resources, some £228 million, available for urban programme and derelic land reclamation schemes. They can augment these allocations in a number of ways, particularly by using capital receipts, including 50 per cent. of receipts from council house sales.
In 1979–80 the total capital expenditure for the same authorities was £1,086 million; however, this also includes expenditure on law and order services which is not covered by the capital control system and which could not be taken out of the 1979–80 figures except at undue expense.