HC Deb 31 January 1991 vol 184 cc619-20W
Mr. Graham

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total urban programme budget for Scotland in the financial years 1989–90 and 1990–91.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The total urban programme budget for 1989–90 was £57 million, and for 1990–91 was £68.989 million. These figures include both the central Government and local authority contributions.

Mr. Graham

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the total urban programme budgets available in 1989–90, 1990–91 and 1991–92 in(a) Strathclyde, (b) Lothian, (c) Central, (d) Fife, (e) Grampian and (f) Tayside, together with (i) the actual expenditure for 1989–90, (ii) the actual expenditure so far for 1990–91, (iii) the total project expenditure for 1990–91 in each case.

Training agency area office Actual expenditure until December 1990 £ million Total budget for 1990–91 £ million Anticipated spend for 1990–91 £ million
Glasgow City 22.2 34.1 32.0
Lanarkshire 14.8 22.2 21.7
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll 13.9 22.0 20.7
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway 15.1 23.1 20.1
Lothian and Borders 21.4 29.8 28.8
Central and Fife 16.2 25.2 23.9

Mr. Allan Stewart

The resources of the urban programme are not allocated in the form of regional budgets. However, the table gives details for the urban programme of approved project expenditure aggregated for each of the six regions in question and including approved expenditure by both regional and district councils for 1989–90 and 1990–91. The table also provides corresponding information on actual expenditure which is available only for 1989–90. No information is provided for 1991–92 as decisions have still to be taken about the distribution of a substantial portion of the resources which will be available in that year.

Urban programme
1989–90 1990–91
Regional council area Approved project expenditure £'000 Actual expenditure £'000 Approved project expenditure £'000
Central 2,671 2,153 3,444
Fife 1,465 1,203 1,720
Grampian 2,220 2,120 1,787
Lothian 5,771 5,225 7,158
Strathclyde 43,072 37,771 48,212
Tayside 2,859 2,240 4,172