HC Deb 01 November 1989 vol 159 cc230-2W
Mr. Lee

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will summarise the financial support provided by his Department to Pendle in each year since 1979 divided as between the different programmes.

Mr. Chope

The following financial support has been provided by the Department to the borough of Pendle since the 1979–80 financial year.

Rate support1 2 grant Urban3 programme Derelict land grant Clean air grant Public open spaces grant
1982–83 4,438,542 47,183 207,408 254
1983–84 4,351,523 63,991 82,393 2,502 254
1984–85 4,395,197 81,776 95,503 254
1985–86 4,171,795 83,102 51,940 4,632 2,519
1986–87 4,330,327 94,673 39,005
1987–88 4,502,649 97,597 349,719
1988–89 4,712,923 92,878 372,239
1989–90 4,971,859 36,146 Not available
1 1979–80 and 1980–81 figures include grant towards county council expenditure, paid direct to the county council in subsequent years.
21979–80 and 1980–81 figures comprise needs, resources and domestic elements; figures for subsequent years comprise block grant and domestic rate relief grant.
3The 1988–89 and 1989–90 figures are on account and have not been finalised.

Table 2
Housing
£ (cash)
Housing Subsidies and Grants
Main housing Modified rent rebate Rent allowance Slum clearance Homes insulation Improvement contributions Improvement for sale Housing efects
1979–80 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1980–81 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1981–82 710,585 456,978 33,492 171,255 52,002 711,486 7,827
1982–83 95,694 599,181 47,320 257,079 77,671 873,906 30,607
1983–84 330,841 78,741 1,151,830 16,700
1984–85 433,117 70,590 1,528,366 26,107
1985–86 584,125 50,544 1,782,609 27,835
1986–87 628,778 55,686 1,877,589 40,160
1987–88 691,253 41,234 1,960,378 17,575 3,918
1988–89 742,594 13,820 2,030,063 65,216 13,885
1989–90 810,000 10,840 2,222,910 2

Notes:

All figures are those claimed by the local authority in the relevant years.

1981–82 to 1987–88figures are from the audited claims for those years.

1988–89 figures are from the unaudited final claims for that year.

1989–90 figures are taken from the advance claim, subject to adjustment on audit.

1— Figures for 1979–80and 1980–81 are not readily available.

2—Cannot be claimed for in advance.

Table 3
European Regional Development Fund
The Borough also received the following payments from the European Regional Development Fund.
£ (cash)
1979–80 84,453
1980–81 84,243
1981–82 5,380
1982–83
1983–84 4,480
1984–85 1,779
1985–86 89,567
1986–87 35,604
1987–88 52,579
1988–89 57,040
1989–90 1
1 No payments have been made to date.

Table 4
Capital Allocations
In addition, the Department made the following capital expenditure allocations1 to the Borough of Pendle during the period:
£ thousands (cash)
Housing Urban programme 2Other
1979–80 3,378
1980–81 2,954
1981–82 4,079 16 492
1982–83 5,163 166 869
1983–84 4,469 85 543
1984–85 3,815 211 400
1985–86 3,157 82 340
1986–87 2,980 69 280
Housing Urban programme 2Other
1987–88 3,191 468 272
1988–89 3,196 372 307
1989–90 2,574 n/a 416
1 Comparable data before 1981–82 not available except for Housing.
2 Includes waste collection and disposal, sport and recreation, planning and economic development.
n/a.= Not available.