HC Deb 22 February 1985 vol 73 c624W
Mr. Holt

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what resources he is proposing to make available under the urban programme in 1985–86 to the other designated districts.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

Despite the great pressure on public expenditure this year, the allocation for 1985–86 for industrikal and commercial projects to be carried out by the other designated districts will be the same in cash terms as that for 1984–85. The total sum available for allocation is £8 million and the provisional allocation on a regional basis is:

£ million
Northern
Hartlepool 1.550
Langbaurgh
North West
Burnley 1.100
Wigan
Merseyside
Sefton 1.100
St. Helens
Yorkshire and Humberside
Barnsley 1.850
Doncaster
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
West Midlands
Walsall 0.550
Greater London
Ealing 1.850
Haringey
Southwark
Newham
Greenwich
Lewisham

Allocations to individual authorities are made subject to the quality of individual projects submitted.

Additional resources, over and above these allocations will be available to these authorities for approved urban development grant schemes.