§ 24. Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what changes he plans in the method of distributing transitional payments for poll tax reductions.
§ Mr. David HuntI have no plans for changing the arrangements for distributing the relief payments totalling £62 million under the community charge reduction scheme, which I announced in the House in my statement of 17 January. These arrangements, taken together with the realistic local government finance settlement for Wales in 1991–92, represent an excellent deal for the Welsh charge payer.
§ Mr. GristTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he is now in a position to announce his decisions on the allocation of the £18 million additional resources he announced on 17 January.
§ Mr. David HuntI shall he announcing today details of an £8.14 million increase in local authority capital provision.
I propose to allocate transport grants totalling £6 million for road improvements in Mid and West Glamorgan. PRNI (projects of regional and national importance) funding of £400,000 will also be made available for new rolling stock on the city line in Cardiff.
I have also decided to provide substantial additional resources for the urban programme. A further £1,745,000 will be directed to a range of projects including £275,000 each for the establishment of small business units at Shotton enterprise centre and provision of an all-weather playing surface at Deep Duffryn. A total of £250,000 will be spent on road improvements at Crumlin and £345,000 for highway and environmental programmes in Cardiff. I shall also be providing £100,000 for the purchase of land and the construction of factory units at Holyhead. Finally, I have been encouraged by the excellent response we have received to the valleys community revival scheme. I have therefore decided that, in order to make room for further, worth while projects, an extra £500,000 should be awarded under the scheme.
I shall announce further details of local authority capital provision as soon as possible.