§ Q49. Mr. Dykesasked the Prime Minister if she is satisfied with the co-ordination between Government Departments in the promotion of policies designed to secure economic growth and a reduction in unemployment.
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Government Expenditure in Merseyside £ million cash 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 Estimated Outturn Government Departments and other Public Bodies: Main Programmes DHSS: Hospital and Community Health Services* 201 255 281 298 307 325 Department of Industry: Grants and expenditure towards industrial investment† 72 100 126 102 73 73 Manpower Services Commissions‡ n/a n/a 53 67 72 76 Housing Corporation║ 36 41 44 55 52 51 Merseyside Development Corp (established 1981–82) — — 6 21 32 30 Department of Transport: Grants, loans and guarantees to Mersey Docks and Harbour Company — — 26 71 39 8 New Towns (Skelmersdale and Runcorn): Gross capital investment 19 18 15 12 17 17 Historic buildings and conservation grants: offers made 0 1 1 1 1 1 Voluntary schools: Expenditure eligible for DES grant n/a n/a 0 2 3 3 Sports Council Grants¶ 0 0 0 1 1 1 Exchequer Support for Local Authority Expenditure: Main Grants Rate Support Grant● 302 360 378 371 381 368 Transport Supplementary Grant 19 20 26 30 31 27 Housing Subsidies 63 70 47 40 19 28 Derelict Land Grant■ 1 2 3 7 10 8 Urban Programme Grant 5 10 11 15 *18 25 Total: Main Programmes & Grants 718 877 1,017 1,093 1,056 1,041 * 5 District Health Authorities in Merseyside area (Wirral, Liverpool, St. Helens and Knowsley, South Sefton, North Sefton); expenditure on hospital and community health services. The figures up to and including those for 1983–84 include balances in the authorities' accounts. The figures for 1984–85
§ The Prime MinisterThere is always room for improvement.