HC Deb 24 January 1990 vol 165 cc758-9W
105. Mr. Aspinwall

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what additional resources are being provided by his Department to support the Tidy Britain Group during the current year.

Mr. Trippier

The Department is providing £3 million to support the work of the Tidy Britain Group in 1989–90. The grant was substantially increased over that provided in previous years specifically to finance the development of the group's pilot projects scheme and for preparations for 1990—Tidy Britain Year.

In view of the considerable amount of work generated by Tidy Britain Year and the success of the group's people and places programme, the grant for 1990–91 has been set at £1.812 million. This is an increase of £1.2 million over the original PES planning figure of £612,000.