§ Mr. LewisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total cost in each year of the work, to each contributing body, of the Higher Folds, Leigh, land reclamation scheme.
§ Mr. TrippierThe total cost of the Higher Folds, Leigh land reclamation scheme was £2.4 million. The Department of the Environment paid derelict land grant on this scheme as follows:
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£ 1976–77 31,184 1977–78 395,767 1978–79 721,534
£ 1979–80 226,803 1980–81 202,152 1981–82 181,898 1982–83 134,743 1983–84 62,713 1984–85 47,750 1985–86 1,739 The balance was met by the Greater Manchester council. Information on the cost to it in each year of the work is not readily available.