HC Deb 12 November 1991 vol 198 cc469-70W
Mr. Trimble

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much public money has been committed to the CRISP—community regeneration initiative special project—programme and to urban development grants; and how much money from other sources is committed to those programmes.

Mr. Hanley

Public expenditure under the urban development grant scheme is shown in the following table:

Urban development grant
£ million
1982–83 Nil
1983–84 1.055
1984–85 1.0595
1985–86 3.789
1986–87 8.009
1987–88 13.443
1988–89 9.424
1989–90 5.845
1990–91 6.499
1991–92 18.300
1 Estimate.

No funds from any other source have been committed to this scheme. The Government have allocated £8 million to the CRISP programme which, in addition, receives funding from the International Fund for Ireland. The international fund also provides finance for the urban development programme in towns outside Belfast and Londonderry.

I have asked the chairman of the fund to write to the hon. Gentleman and will place a copy of his letter in the Library.

Mr. Trimble

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland under what authority public money has been committed to urban development grant and CRISP—community regeneration initiative special project—programme.

Mr. Needham

The Social Need (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.