Derelict Land Reclamation

HC Deb 27 January 1987 vol 109 cc186-7W

Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total spending on derelict land reclamation in Wales in each year since 1979; what are the estimates for 1987–88 and 1988–89; what was the total funding for derelict land reclamation and environmental improvements by the Welsh Development Agency in each year since 1979; and what are the estimates for 1987–88 and 1988–89.

Mr. Edwards

The information is as follows:

Land Reclamation and Environmtmtal Improvement
£ million
	Budget allocation	Outturn
1979–80	7.4	7.7
1980–81	7.9	9.3
1981–82	9.6	11.1
1982–83	10.9	10.3
1983–84	13.6	12.0
1984–85	7.3	9.3
1985–86	9.5	10.9
1986–87	12.7	1 2.7
1 Estimated outturn.

As I announced in the House on 8 December, the agency's land reclamation and environmental improvement budget for each of the next three financial years will be about £4 million, or 30 per cent. higher than the initial budget allocation for 1986–87.