HC Deb 12 May 1983 vol 42 cc455-8W
Mr. Beaumont-Dark

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list partnership and programme authorities and districts designated under the Inner Urban Areas Act 1978; together with details on an annual basis from 1980–81 to 1983–84 of the resources allocated to them.

Mr. King

Total urban programme resources for the years in question were £ 202 million, £ 215 million, £ 305

Urban Programme Resources (England) 1980–81—1983–84
Allocations in £ million, cash
1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Total 1980–81 to 1983–84
Partnerships (1)
Birmingham 17.3 16.9 25.7 24.1 84.0
Docklands* 26.2 28.3 17.0 8.0 79.5
Hackney 15.4 15.0 10.35 11.0
Islington 10.35 10.4 72.5
Lambeth 9.0 9.2 12.5 13.5 44.2
Liverpool 17.6 17.6 26.8 24.1 86.1
Manchester/Salford 17.5 16.8 24.1 24.5 82.9
Newcastle/Gateshead 12.9 14.0 21.0 18.0 65.9
Programme Authorities (1)(2)
Blackburn† 0.34 0.54 0.78 1.09 2.75
Bolton 2.11 2.56 3.67 3.39 11.73
Bradford 3.33 3.12 6.2 4.18 16.83
Brent† 0.35 0.65 1.55 1.58 4.13
Coventry‡ 0.14 0.21 0.85 1.18 2.38
Hammersmith and Fulham 3.33 4.27 5.32 5.63 18.55
Hull 2.62 3.40 4.4 4.47 14.89
Knowsley‡ 0.15 0.47 0.37 1.25 2.24
Leeds 3.56 3.75 5.1 4.13 16.54
Leicester 3.83 4.16 6.5 5.43 19.92
Middlesbrough 2.71 3.43 5.4 4.62 16.16
Nottingham 3.41 3.75 5.4 4.85 17.41
Oldham 2.43 2.85 3.8 3.66 12.74
Rochdale† 0.55 0.93 1.46 2.40 5.34

£ million
Local authority only 1979–80 23.5
Local authority only 1980–81 29.6
Including £644,000 for non-local authority schemes 1981–82 37.6
Including £1 million for non-local authority schemes 1982–83 45.7
Including £2 million for non-local authority schemes 1983–84 75.0

The allocations for local authority expenditure in each region were:

million, and £348 million within those figures. The UP resources allocated to partnership, programme authorities and other designated districts in England are shown in the following table. The figures for 1982–83 include the latest available estimate of the take-up of additional capital resources, following the invitation to bid for such resources issued to local authorities in October 1982. The 1983–84 allocations shown in the table will be increased by specific allocations for approved urban development grant projects, for which £60 million of the total urban programme resources for that year have been reserved.

1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Total 1980–81 to 1983–84
Sandwell† 0.83 0.98 2.81 2.34 6.96
Sheffield 3.44 3.49 4.9 4.01 15.84
Sunderland 2.60 2.68 3.4 3.17 11.85
Tower Hamlets|| 0.35 0.32 0.51 1.78 2.96
North Tyneside 2.25 2.34 3.02 3.12 10.73
South Tyneside 2.51 2.99 5.3 3.93 14.73
Wandsworth† 0.48 0.50 1.10 1.60 3.68
Wirral 2.67 2.79 4.2 3.67 13.33
Wolverhampton 2.93 3.22 5.6 4.44 16.19
Other Designated Districts (1)(2)
Barnsley 0.40 0.50 1.29 0.88 3.07
Bumley‡ 0.04 0.01 0.28 0.08 0.41
Doncaster 0.32 0.35 0.82 0.43 1.92
Ealing 0.25 0.35 0.90 0.71 2.21
Greenwich|| 0.20 0.14 0.35 0.55 1.24
Haringey 0.29 0.76 1.44 0.87 3.36
Hartlepool 0.57 0.65 1.14 0.86 3.22
Langbaurg‡ 0.02 0.25 0.27
Lewisham|| 0.24 0.42 0.40 0.65 1.71
Newham|| 0.21 0.32 0.76 0.57 1.86
Rotherham 0.28 0.71 0.90 0.78 2.67
Sefton 0.51 0.23 0.41 0. 1.55
Southward|| 0.33 0.37 0.65 0.55 1.90
St. Helens 0.41 0.41 0.97 0.49 2.28
Walsall‡ 0.18 0.38 1.00 0.34 1.90
Wigan 0.62 0.60 1.17 0.46 2.85
* The figure of Docklands includes only the resources of the former Docklands partnership.
† Former other designated district—for years 1980–81 to 1982–83.
‡ New designation announced on 15 February 1983.
|| Allocations for projects outside the Docklands partnership area in 1980–81 and 1981–82, and outside the LDDC area in 1982–83 and 1983–84.

Notes:

(1) Figures include urban programme expenditure by metropolitan counties and in some cases health authorities in those areas.

(2) Figures for other designated districts, newly designated authorities and programme authorities which were formerly other designated districts include allocations under the traditional urban programme for the appropriate years, but exclude urban programme resources received in those years for continuing projects approved under earlier traditional urban programme circulars.

Mr. Mudd

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the schemes approved under the urban aid programme, and the sums allocated for all projects completed, commenced or approved in the Carrick and Kerrier districts of Cornwall.

Capital Costs Revenue Costs
£ £
Carrick District Council
1982 Cornwall Youth Adventure Project (Holiday Project) 1,975 (one year only)
1983 Cornwall Youth Adventure Project (Holiday Project) 2,500 (one year only)
Kerrier District Council
1975–76 Council for community service (playgroup, old persons club, commission on homelessness) 900 (one year only)
1981–82 Redruth Community Centre 7,914 (for 5 years)
Cornwall County Council
1971–72 Fairfield Nursery School (Kerrier) 31,058
1980–81 Redruth Youth and Community Centre (Kerrier) 20,000
1981–82 Full time youth worker Redruth and District (Kerrier) 7,770 (for 5 years)
1981–82 Workshop for 16+ ESN (M) and disadvantaged (Kerrier) 100,000
1982–83 Extensions to Truro Nursery School (Carrick) 33,000

Sir George Young

The following schemes have been approved: