HC Deb 17 July 1989 vol 157 cc14-5W
Mr. Lewis

To 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. Trippier

The 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:

£
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.