§ Lord Dean of Beswickasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether, pursuant to the Minister's reply to Lord Dean of Beswick's supplementary question on 4th December 1985 (col. 1296) on the subject of inner city poverty, they can give a financial estimate of what these measures will cost in total.
§ Lord EltonThe expenditure provision in 1986–87 for each of the programmes mentioned in my reply to the noble Lord's supplementary question on 4th December 1985 is as follows:
£million Housing Corporation *685 Urban Programme 317 Derelict Land 70 Home Office support for local authority posts dealing with the special needs of immigrants (grants under Section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966) 112 (1985–86 estimate 1986–87 estimate not available) Youth Training Scheme 950 Community Programme 1000 Enterprise Allowance Scheme 142 TOTAL 3276 *comprises £585m cash limited expenditure plus £ 100m estimated capital receipts, but excludes local authority contribution, which is expected to be over £100m.