§ Mr. O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give a breakdown of UDG, URG and city grants approvals in the 57 urban programme areas and elsewhere in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. TrippierThe total number of UDG, URG and city grant approvals made in England to date is 345. The breakdown between authorities is shown in the table.
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Number of grants approved since 1982 by local authority Number of grants approved UDG URG City grant Authorities currently invited to submit inner area programmes Birmingham 23 2 3 Blackburn 4 — 2 Bolton 8 — 2 Bradford 5 — — Brent 2 — — Bristol 1 — 1 Burnley 1 — — Coventry 7 — 1 Derby — — 1 Dudley 10 2 1 Gateshead 6 — — Greenwich 2 — — Hackney 7 — — Haringey 1 — — Hartlepool 3 — — Islington 3 — — Kensington and Chelsea 2 — — Kingston upon Hull 15 1 — Kirklees — — 1 Knowsley 6 — — Lambeth 2 — — Langbaurgh 3 — — Leeds 16 — — Leicester 6 — — Lewisham 6 — 1 Liverpool 1 1 — Manchester 8 — — Middlesbrough 5 — — Newcastle 7 — 1 Newham 3 — — North Tyneside 4 — 1 Nottingham 17 — 5 Oldham 11 — 1
Number of grants approved UDG VRG City grant Preston 1 — — Rochdale 4 — — Rotherham 2 — — Salford 3 — — Sandwell 8 — — Sefton 2 — — Sheffield 7 — — South Tyneside 7 — — Southwark 2 — — Stockton on Tees 2 — — Sunderland 7 — — Tower Hamlets 5 — — Walsall 6 — — Wandsworth 5 — — Wigan 5 — — Wirral ' 5 — — Wolverhampton 7 — — Wrekin 3 — — Other local authorities (including those previously invited to submit inner area programmes.) Calderdale — — — Ealing 1 — — Ellesmere Port & Neston 1 — — Greater London Council 3 — — Greater Manchester MCC 1 — — Gravesham 1 — — Hyndburn 3 — — Merseyside MCC 5 — — Pendle 1 — — Rossendale 1 — — Scunthorpe 1 — — Trafford 2 — — Tyne & Wear MCC 1 — — Wakefield 9 — — West Yorkshire MCC 1 — — TOTALS 307 6 32
§ Mr. O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list schemes which have attracted UDG, URG and city grant which have been used for private industry and office developments since 1982; what percentage of approvals these represent; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. TrippierThere have been 161 projects approved under the UDG, URG and city grant schemes where the end use has been industrial or office development. These projects represent 47 per cent. of the total approvals to date, and are listed by authority. A copy of the list has been placed in the Library of the House today.