§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide for each year since 1981 the total expenditure by the London Docklands development corporation on(a) the provision of new units of social housing and (b) housing improvement or refurbishment.
§ Mr. KeyThe information requested is provided in the following tables:
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(a) New social housing units £ million 1981–82 0 1982–83 0 1983–84 3.3 1984–85 0 1985–86 0 1986–87 0
£ million 1987–88 0 1988–89 50.5 1989–90 43.7 1990–91 27.0 TOTAL 1124.5 1 Not including contributions made in form of land sold at social housing use values.
(b) Housing improvement or refurbishment £ million 1981–82 0 1982–83 0.4 1983–84 0.4 1984–85 0 1985–86 0.2 1986–87 1–7 1987–88 2.3 1988–89 6.8 1989–90 2.8 1990–91 8.5 TOTAL 23.1
§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many new jobs, not including transferred jobs, have been created as a result of the London docklands urban development area since 1981;
(2) how many jobs attracted to the London docklands UDA since 1981 have been transferred from areas outside that UDA;
(3) what was the number of people unemployed in the London docklands UDA for 1981 and 1991;
(4) how many jobs have been attracted to the London docklands urban development area in total; and if he will break down these jobs to the board categories of the standard industrial classification;
(5) how many people were employed in the London docklands UDA in 1981 and 1991;
(6) how many jobs have been lost in the London docklands UDA since 1981; and if he will break down these jobs to the broad categories of the standard industrial classification;
(7) what is his estimate of the percentage of the jobs attracted to the London docklands UDA that have been secured by residents of (a) London docklands UDA and (b) the London boroughs of Southwark, Tower Hamlets and Newham.
§ Mr. KeyLDDC's 1990 employment survey showed 48,102 people in permanent employment, together with a further 4,982 employed on temporary construction. Of the total at least 41,421 jobs, or 78 per cent., had come into the LDDC area since 1981.
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Jobs by Standard Industrial Classifications were as follows: SIC Employees 0 Agriculture, Fishing etc 54 1 Energy and Water Supply 323 2 Minerals, chemicals etc 237 3 Metal goods, vehicle industries 798 4 Other manufacturing 7,968 5 Construction 5,805 6 Distribution, hotels, catering 6,076
SIC Employees 7 Transport and communication 2,959 8 Banking, finance, business services 9,824 9 Other services 4,594 Not known 2,783 Total 41,421 Of these, an estimated 16,862 were in newly created businesses and 24,559 in companies that relocated from elsewhere. There are no comprehensive figures for the place of residence of those employed in the LDDC area, nor for the classification of jobs lost since 1981. The figures suggest that by 1990 some 15,000 jobs had been lost or moved away.
An estimated 3,553 people were unemployed in 1981, compared to 3,744 in March 1991, while over the same period the population increased by about 60 per cent.
By March the number of permanent jobs had increased to 53,000, together with jobs in construction. The total is more than double the figure for 1981, 27,213, and demonstrates the scale of economic and physical regeneration already achieved by the corporation.
§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will provide details for each financial year since 1981 of expenditure by the London Docklands development corporation on(a) public transport infrastructure and (b) road infrastructure;
(2) what was the total expenditure of the London Docklands development corporation in the years 1981–91 on (a) staff salaries and related expenditure, (b) administration costs, (c) estates maintenance, (d) environmental improvements, (e) land acquisition, (f) land reclamation, (g) utilities, (h) roads, (i) industry support, (j) community support, (k) housing, (l) the docklands light railway and (m) promotions and publicity;
(3) if he will supply for each financial year since 1981 figures for the income received by the London Docklands development corporation from the sale of land and property;
(4) what was the total expenditure by the London Docklands development corporation in each financial year since 1981;
(5) if he will calculate the total amount of public expenditure allocated to the London Docklands development corporation urban development area since 1981 including (a) grant in aid to the London Docklands development corporation, (b) expenditure by virtue of the Isle of Dogs enterprise zone, (c) public expenditure on road and transport infrastructure schemes by central Government Departments and (d) all other expenditure by central Government Departments, broken down by category.
§ Mr. KeyThe information available is provided in the table. Expenditure for the Isle of Dogs enterprise zone was £19.70 million up to 31 March 1990 in respect of rate revenue forgone.
Information on capital cost allowances for individual enterprise zones and on public expenditure by central Government Departments is not available.
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LDDC income and expenditure £ million 1981–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 Total Expenditure Staff salaries etc. 3 4 4 5 5 6 8 9 Administration 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 Estates maintenance 2 2 2 3 3 6 6 7 10 10 12 12 14 14 19 21 24 136 Environmental 5 6 4 5 7 7 17 9 12 72 Land acquisition 35 17 4 5 13 23 16 30 12 155 Land reclamation 8 10 15 15 14 15 16 15 5 113 Utilities 5 6 5 6 15 18 35 32 20 142 Roads 6 8 4 7 16 34 55 65 149 344 Industry support community support 2 4 5 4 4 5 9 11 21 65 Housing 1 2 — — — — 45 67 32 147 DLR — 1 16 13 6 2 8 33 79 158 Promotion and publicity — — — — — — — — 3 3 Gross expenditure 72 64 65 67 89 118 220 283 357 1,335 Income Sales of land and property 2 — 5 13 22 41 133 32 27 275 Grant in aid 72 63 59 54 65 83 116 256 333 1.101 Other income 1 3 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 18 Total income 75 66 66 68 89 126 250 291 363 1,394
§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people who have received training from new training schemes set up by the London Docklands development corporation have secured employment in new businesses in the London Docklands UDA.
§ Mr. KeyNo comparative figures are available. LDDC and the training providers it supports are improving their reporting systems, but it is difficult to monitor in detail the eventual consequences of training for every individual trainee.
§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide for each parcel of land currently in the ownership of the London Docklands development corporation details of(a) the date of acquisition, (b) from whom it was acquired, (c) the method of acquisition and (d) the price paid per acre.
§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many units of residential accommodation have been completed in the London Docklands UDA since 1981; and, of these, how many have been built on land owned by the London Docklands development corporation.
§ Mr. KeyAt March 1991, 15,220 new units had been completed, of which 8,367 were on land owned by LDDC.
§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list for each financial year since 1981 the total amount of land in the ownership of the London Docklands development corporation at the end of each year;
(2) if he will supply figures for each financial year since 1981 for the amount of land that has been sold by the London Docklands development corporation.
§ Mr. KeyThis information is given in the table.
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LDDC land disposals and holdings Disposed to developers in year Land holdings at end of financial year (acres)1 (acres)2 1981–82 — 657 1982–83 33 755 1983–84 54 1,128 1984–85 178 1,082 1985–86 185 1,379 1986–87 85 1,441 1987–88 43 1,394 1988–89 22 1,375 1989–90 25 1,442 1990–91 36 1,448 1 Includes plot by plot housing disposal. 2 Includes water and land earmarked for environmental and roads use.
§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will supply details of the current use of each parcel of land in the ownership of the London Docklands development corporation.
§ Mr. KeyThe details requested are as follows:
Acres Water 401 Public assets and environmental work 483 Available for disposal 564 TOTAL LAND HOLDING 1,448
§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those public transport infrastructure schemes funded to date by the London Docklands development corporation, giving the amount of London Docklands development corporation expenditure involved.
§ Mr. KeyThe following list outlines the public infrastructure expenditure to 31 March 1991.
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£ million Initial Docklands light railway construction 40.0 Docklands light railway Beckton extension 122.7
§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide the latest figures for the total number of private residential properties that have been built in the London docklands UDA that remain unsold or unoccupied.
§ Mr. KeyAs at June 1990 1,422 units of all tenures were unsold or unoccupied, out of a total stock of approximately 14,000 new build units. No tenure breakdown is available.