§ Mrs. Peacockasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what resources will be available for local authorities in the urban programme 1987–88; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John PattenI am today announcing the allocation of £272.3 million in urban programme resources to 57 hard-pressed inner city areas. This money will support coordinated programmes to stimulate enterprise, improve the environment and encourage self-help and voluntary effort in local communities. This reflects a £7 million increase in the provisions for the urban programme contained in the Public Expenditure White Paper (the Government Expenditure Plans 1987–88 to 1989–90, Cmnd. 56-II).
For the first time, part of this money will be distributed by my Department's regional offices so that they can 460W capital and current expenditure over the last 10 years for each of the national sports centres funded by the Sports Council.
§ Mr. TraceyThe following is the information:
enhance allocations for inner area programmes which reflect best practice within a renewal strategy which meets ministerial guidelines for the urban programme as a whole. It is our policy to recognise good and cost-effective performance by local authorities and to direct resources where they can be of most use.
In allocating these resources I have taken careful account of the representations made in response to consultation with the local authority associations about proposals on the geographical coverage of the urban programme which I announced last August. In the light of these representations, I have decided that three more authorities should be invited to submit Inner Area Programmes— Plymouth, Kirklees and The Wrekin— bringing the total to 57.
Urban areas can also receive resources through urban development grant, which helps to attract private investment, and a range of other Government initiatives, 461W such as derelict land grant and estate action, which helps local authorities to tackle the problems of rundown housing estates. Authorities are encouraged to take advantage of these various types of support and adopt an area-based approach in tackling urban problems.
The allocation to individual authorities listed below are provisional. Formal allocations are made after IAPs are approved, and are conditional on the quality of the IAP, on its conforming with ministerial guidelines, and, in the case of authorities with partnership or programme status in 1986–87, on their providing a satisfactory annual report on achievements through the UP in 1985–86.
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Local authority allocations Additional regional allocations Northern Newcastle/Gateshead 17.2 Hartlepool 1.75 Langbaurgh 1.75 Middlesbrough 5.5 1.65 North Tyneside 3.5 South Tyneside 4.5 Stockton 1.25 Sunderland 4.0 North Western Manchester/Salford 23.8 Blackburn 4.0 Bolton 4.0 Burnley 1.0 1.65 Oldham 4.0 Preston 1.25 Rochdale 4.0 Wigan 1.5 Merseyside Liverpool 20.0 Halton 1.32 Knowsley 4.0 St. Helen's 1.5 4.45 Sefton 1.5 Wirral 3.5 West Midlands Birmingham 25.0 2.05 Coventry 5.0 Dudley 1.25 Sandwell 5.0 Walsall 1.5 Wolverhampton 5.5 The Wrekin .38 East Midlands Derby 1.25 Leicester 5.43 Nottingham 5.5 Yorkshire and Humberside Barnsley 1.5 Bradford 4.5 Doncaster 1.75 Hull 5.0 Kirklees .82 1.65 Leeds 4.5 Rotherham 1.75 Sheffield 5.5 London Hackney 10.8 Islington 10.0 Lambeth 12.8 Brent 4.0 Greenwich 1.5 Hammersmith and Fulham 5.0 Haringey 2.0
Local authority allocations Additional regional allocations Kensington and Chelsea 1.25 1.65 Lewisham 1.5 Newham 1.75 Southwark 1.75 Tower Hamlets 4.5 Wandsworth 4.5 South Western Bristol 1.5 Plymouth .36