§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment, further to the answer of 30 January, Official Report, column 609, how much of the £17 million which he stated was available for land reclamation for Consett and Corby steelworks, the reclamation of coal tips, limestone subsidence in the Black Country the reclaiming of sites for the Stoke and Gateshead garden festivals and good quality groundwork schemes in urban areas will be spent under each heading; and how much land will be reclaimed by this expenditure.
§ Sir George YoungMy right hon. Friend has now been able to increase the overall derelict land grant resources available in 1986–87 for these reclamation projects to over £20 million from the provisional sum of £17 million announced on 30 January. The funds earmarked for each project are now as follows:
£ million Former BSC steelworks at Consett 1.5 Former BSC steelworks at Corby 3.0 Coal Tip reclamation 6.0 Limestone Subsidence in the Black Country 5.0 Stoke National garden Festival 0.38 Gateshead National Garden Festival 2.3 Groundwork 1.9 The projects listed will reclaim over 1,600 hectares of derelict land over a number of years.