§ Mr. ThorntonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list for each qualifying authority(a) the number of inquiries, applications and approvals relating to either urban development grant, or urban regeneration grant in 1987–88 and (b) the number of inquiries, applications and approvals relating to city grant in 1988–89;
(2) if he will publish a table which lists those qualifying authorities which did not win (a) any approvals for either urban development grant or urban regeneration grant in 1987–88 and (b) any city grant approvals in 1988–89.
§ Mr. MoynihanThe information requested is shown in the table:
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UDG/URG applications 1987–88 UDG/URG approvals 1987–88 City grant applications 1988–89 City grant approvals 1988–819 Kingston upon Hull 5 3 — — Kirklees — — 3 1 Knowsley — — 1 — Lambeth 1 — 1 — Langbaurgh — — — — Leeds 3 3 2 1 Leicester 3 1 2 2 Lewisham 1 1 2 1 Liverpool 1 1 1 — Manchester — 3 4 — Middlesbrough 1 — — — Newcastle 2 1 4 3 Newham 1 1 — — North Tyneside 1 1 2 2 Nottingham 2 5 13 7 Oldham — 1 1 1 Plymouth 1 — 1 — Preston 1 — 1 — Rochdale 1 1 — — Rotherham 1 — — — St. Helens — — 1 — Salford 1 — 3 2 Sandwell 2 3 3 2 Sefton — 1 1 — Sheffield 2 2 4 3 South Tyneside 1 3 2 — Southwark — — 3 1 Stockton — — 1 — Sunderland — — 3 1 Tower Hamlets 1 — 4 2 Walsall 3 1 — — Wandsworth — — 1 — Wigan 2 1 — — Wirral — 1 — — Wolverhampton 1 — 1 — Wrckin 2 — 1 — Total 54 46 113 44 Notes:
1. Excludes projects in UDC areas.
2. The information requested on inquiries which are not formal applications is not held centrally.
3. Applications received towards the end of a financial year may be decided at the beginning of the following year.
§ Mr. ThorntonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environments if he will list for each urban development corporation(a) the value of city grant approvals in
(a) (b) (c) (d) City Grant approvals Inner Urban Areas Act Grant approved expenditure Receipts from land Sales Area of land sold £ million £ million £ million hectares Black Country 1.2 0.4 0.3 2.5 Bristol — — — — Central Manchester 7.2 — — — Leeds 0.4 — — — London Docklands — 0.1 133.1 30.4 Merseyside 1.2 0.4 2.3 19.0 Sheffield — — — — Teesside 2.2 — 0.1 0.8 Trafford Park 0.1 — — — Tyne and Wear 7.9 0.5 0.6 7.2
§ Mr. ThorntonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide estimates showing for each financial year from 1987–88 to 1990–91 the amount of actual or planned expenditure on(a) urban development corporations, (b) city grant, (c) derelict land grant, (d) city action teams, (e) Estate Action and (f) the urban programme.
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§ Mr. MoynihanThe information is as follows:
§ Mr. MoynihanThe information is as follows:
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£ million 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 (a) Urban Development Corporations1 133 234 440 542 (b) City Grant2 25 25 35 49 (c) Derelict Land Grant 81 78 67 72 (d) City Action Teams 5 7 6 8 (e) Estate Action 75 140 190 190 (f) Urban Programme3 266 261 260 265 1 External financing limits. 2 Includes urban development grant and urban regeneration grant. 3 Includes current and capital expenditure funded by the programmes of various Government Departments and local authority self-financed expenditure.
§ Mr. ThorntonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing for every qualifying authority the amount of urban programme aid spent in each year from 1986–87 to 1988–89 on(a) new industrial and commercial buildings, (b) improving and converting industrial and commercial buildings, (c) land improvement, (d) housing and (e) other buildings which fulfil a social purpose.
§ Mr. MoynihanI am arranging for copies of the information requested to be placed in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. ThorntonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what amount of urban programme aid was allocated to each of the 57 qualifying authorities in 1987–88 and in 1988–89.
§ Mr. MoynihanThe amount of urban programme aid allocated to each of the 57 qualifying authorities and district health authorities in these areas for 1987–88 and 1988–89 is shown in the table. The figures do not include the amounts topsliced for the Merseyside special allocation, residual traditional urban programme commitments, low-attaining pupils programme and research.
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Region and Local authority allocations 1987–88 1988–89 Northern Newcastle/Gateshead 17.3 16.8 Hartlepool 1.7 1.8 Langbaurgh 1.6 1.7 Middlesbrough 5.8 5.5 North Tyneside 3.6 3.4 South Tyneside 4.5 4.4 Stockton 1.2 1.4 Sunderland 4.3 4.7 North West Manchester/Salford 24.3 22.2 Blackburn 4.0 4.0 Bolton 4.0 3.8 Burnley 1.0 1.8 Oldham 4.0 3.7 Preston 1.3 2.0 Rochdale 4.0 3.6 Wigan 1.5 2.2 Merseyside Liverpool 20.0 20.4 Halton 1.5 1.5 Knowsley 4.1 4.0 St. Helen's 1.5 1.7 Sefton 1.6 1.5 Wirral 3.5 3.5
Region and Local authority allocations 1987–88 1988–89 West Midlands Birmingham 25.4 24.7 Coventry 4.4 4.8 Dudley 1.3 1.3 Sandwell 5.0 4.9 Walsall 1.5 1.5 Wolverhampton 5.5 5.4 The Wrekin 0.6 0.6 East Midlands Derby 1.5 1.4 Leicester 5.4 5.4 Nottingham 5.5 5.7 Yorkshire and Humberside Barnsley 1.6 1.5 Bradford 4.5 3.1 Doncaster 1.8 1.8 Hull 5.0 4.9 Kirklees 0.8 0.8 Leeds 4.5 4.8 Rotherham 1.8 1.8 Sheffield 5.6 5.5 London Hackney 10.8 9.7 Islington 9.8 9.7 Lambeth 11.7 10.3 Brent 4.0 3.9 Greenwich 1.5 1.9 Hammersmith and Fulham 4.7 4.3 Haringey 2.0 2.3 Kensington and Chelsea 1.3 1.9 Lewisham 1.7 2.0 Newham 1.8 2.3 Southwark 2.0 2.3 Tower Hamlets 4.5 4.5 Wandsworth 4.5 4.5 South West Bristol 1.6 1.5 Plymouth 0.5 1.0
§ Mr. ThorntonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table for each urban development corporation which shows, either in terms of units or in matters of square feet, the volume of planning applications since the inception of the corporations for(a) private housing, (b) industrial premises, (c) commercial premises, (d) warehousing and (e) retail premises.
§ Mr. MoynihanThe following information is available:
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Total amount of development (completed and under construction) in each UDC (to 31 March 1989) Type of Development Urban Development Corporations Year established Housing(number of Units) Non-housing(sq ft—millions) Merseyside 1981 572 5.4 London Docklands 1981 16,829 20.1 Trafford Park 1987 0 0.5 Black Country 1987 325 1.7 Teesside 1987 0 2.2 Tyne and Wear 1987 453 0.2 Central Manchester 1988 327 0.3 Leeds 1988 0 0.1 Sheffield 1988 0 0.5 Bristol 1989 0 0
Total number of planning decisions by English UDCs Number of planning decision up to 30 June 1989 Urban Development Corporations Year established Number of quarters for which date are available Dwelling Offices, Manufacturing, Storage & Waarehousing Retail Decisions Granted Decisions Granted Decisions Granted Merseyside 1981 20 12 9 34 30 11 8 London Docklands 1981 20 607 587 305 287 140 134 Trafford Park 1987 3 1 1 37 37 2 2 Black Country 1987 7 48 43 206 193 51 44 Teesside 1987 8 1 1 67 59 6 5 Tyne and Wear 1987 7 42 39 97 75 75 60 Central Manchester 1988 3 2 2 10 8 6 6 Leeds 1988 3 1 0 32 27 5 2 Sheffield 1988 3 0 0 26 24 1 0 Bristol 1989 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 Note:
The information given in column 2 relates to the number of quarters since the establishment of each UDC for which data is available. Figures for Merseyside and London Docklands relate only to information available for the most recent 5 years.
§ Mr. ThorntonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide estimates showing for each financial year from 1987–88 to 1990–91 the amount of actual or planned expenditure designed to support the urban programme.
§ Mr. MoynihanThe figures showing the total amount of expenditure for the urban programme for the years 1987–88 to 1990–91 are as follows. These figures include the amounts topsliced for the Merseyside task force, residual traditional urban programme, low-attaining pupils programme and research.
£ million 1987–88 Actual 266 1988–89 Actual 261 1989–90 Planned 260 1990–91 Planned 265