HC Deb 13 July 1988 vol 137 cc227-8W
Mr. Hardy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the amount of urban programme funding made available to each local authority for the current financial year and the amount this represents per head of population in each area.

Mr. Trippier

Fifty seven authorities have received allocations of urban programme resources for 1988–89, which reflect authorities' overall need as well as their urban programme performance. The amounts are shown in the table, together with the amount per head of population.

1988–89 UP resources £ million cash UP £ per head of 1986 Population
Partnership Authorities
Birmingham 24.1 24.6
Hackney 9.7 51.6
Islington 9.7 57.4
Lambeth 11.8 48.0
Liverpool 20.4 42.4
Manchester/Salford 22.2 32.1
Newcastle/Gateshead 16.8 34.5

1988–89 UP resources £ million cash UP £ per head of 1986 Population
Programme Authorities
Barnsley 1.5 6.8
Blackburn 4.0 28.8
Bolton 3.8 14.3
Bradford 4.5 9.7
Brent 3.9 15.3
Bristol 1.5 3.8
Burnley 1.8 20.4
Coventry 4.8 15.4
Derby 1.4 6.5
Doncaster 1.8 6.0
Dudley 1.3 4.2
Greenwich 1.9 8.7
Halton 1.4 11.6
Hammersmith and Fulham 4.3 28.6
Haringey 2.3 11.5
Hartlepool 1.8 19.3
Kensington and Chelsea 1.9 13.5
Kingston Upon Hull 4.9 19.0
Kirklees 0.8 2.2
Knowsley 4.0 23.9
Langbaurgh 1.8 12.0
Leeds 4.4 6.2
Leicester 5.4 19.3
Lewisham 2.0 8.4
Middlesbrough 5.5 38.1
Newham 2.3 11.0
North Tyneside 3.4 17.8
Nottingham 5.5 19.8
Oldham 3.7 16.8
Plymouth 1.0 3.9
Preston 2.0 16.0
Rochdale 3.6 17.4
Rotherham 1.8 7.0
St. Helens 1.7 9.0
Sandwell 4.9 16.2
Sefton 1.5 5.0
Sheffield 5.5 10.3
South Tyneside 4.4 28.0
Southwark 2.3 10.4
Stockton-On-Tees 1.4 7.8
Sunderland 4.4 14.8
The Wrekin 0.6 4.4
Tower Hamlets 4.5 29.5
Walsall 1.5 5.7
Wandsworth 4.5 17.5
Wigan 2.2 7.2
Wirral 3.5 10.2
Wolverhampton 5.4 21.4

Notes:

1 Population is estimated as at mid-1986.

2 The table does not include residual payments on the traditional urban programme to certain other local authorities.