Inner Cities Initiative

HC Deb 24 January 1989 vol 145 cc472-3W

Mr. Gordon Brown

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what is the allocation for the inner cities initiative for 1988–89 and each of the next three years at cash prices and at 1987–88 constant prices.

Mr. Newton

The inner cities unit of my Department has an allocation of £21.3 million for 1988–89 (£20.0 million in 1987–88 constant prices). Information about planned expenditure in the following three years will shortly be published in the public expenditure White Paper.