§ Mr. Heddleasked the Secretary of State for the Environment, further to his answer of 27 February to the hon. Member for Mid-Staffordshire, Official Report, column 437, regarding the number of schemes for which derelict land grants have been paid in Staffordshire for the last five years, if he will publish in the Official Report full details of the schemes which have attracted a grant in the Mid-Staffordshire parliamentary constituency.
§ Mr. John PattenStatistics of derelict land grant totals for whole local authority areas are readily available. To produce similar totals for parliamentary constituencies which cover only parts of several local authorities would require disproportionate expenditure and would also divert staff from the priority task of processing current applications. I hope that the proposed computerisation of derelict land grant records will enable us to provide a better statistical service in the future.
£ million Cash terms HIP allocation expenditure Real terms (1985–86 prices) HIP allocation expenditure 1978–79 47.685 47.301 89.951 89.227 1979–80 54.068 56.059 87.275 90.489 1980–81 41.747 42.166 56.804 57.374 1981–82 22.454 30.247 27.810 37.461 1982–83 41.472 46.474 47.900 53.677 1983–84 33.916 49.820 37.490 55.070 1984–85 30.967 37.015 32.826 39.237 1985–86 26.779 43.024 26.779 43.024 1986–87 31.767 151.027 30.842 149.541 1987–88 29.492 — 27.598 — 1 Estimated by the authority. The figures for total expenditure reflect the use the authority has been able to make of the various sources of capital spending power available to it including, since 1981–82 its receipts from the sale of assets.