HC Deb 07 March 1991 vol 187 c245W
Mr. Hardy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what sum will be provided from central funds to assist the clearance of dereliction in 1991–92.

Mr. Yeo

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister for Housing and Planning on 7 February 1991 to my hon. Friend the Member for Stockport (Mr. Favell),Official Report, column 226. Further resources for the clearance of dereliction will be available through city grant, but it is not possible accurately to identify the proportion devoted to the reclamation of derelict land. It is estimated that £23 million will be spent under the urban programme on derelict and vacant land improvement and £48 million is earmarked to be spent in the urban development corporations on land reclamation and site preparation.