HC Deb 09 December 1992 vol 215 cc710-1W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what were the budget allocations made to each region for city grant for each year from 1989–90(a) at current prices and (b) at 1989–90 prices.

Mr. Robin Squire

City grant is a demand-led grant programme and not allocated on a regional basis. Details of the amount of city grant approved by region and financial year are listed.

Region 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992 to date
£ million £ million £ million £ million
Prices at date of approval
West Midlands 19.34 14.10 15.84 13.61
North West 24.33 15.85 21.15 16.10
Northern 6.45 2.39 8.81 6.77
Yorkshire and Humberside 5.07 16.60 11.87 3.61
London 5.66 2.56 5.38 1.60
East Midlands 4.34 1.73 8.23 2.00
South West 0.26 4.83 3.70
65.19 53.49 76.11 47.39
Amount of City Grant approved (1989–90 prices)
West Midlands 19.34 13.03 13.68 11.25
North West 24.33 14.65 18.27 13.31
Northern 6.45 2.21 7.61 5.60
Yorkshire and Humberside 5.07 15.34 10.25 2.98
London 5.66 2.36 4.65 1.32
East Midlands 4.34 1.60 7.11 1.65
South West 0.24 4.17 3.06
65.19 49.43 65.74 39.17

Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what were the budget allocations made to each inner-city task force by his Department for each year from 1989–90(a) at current prices and (b) at 1989–90 prices.

Mr. Squire

Responsibility for the task force unit transferred to my Department from the Department of Trade and Industry on 1 June 1992. The expenditure by each inner city task force for the period from 1989–90 to 1991–92 is set out in the following table.

Expenditure by task forces 1989–92
Task force 1989–90 (£'000s) 1990–91 (£'000s) 1991–92 (£'000)
Birmingham
East 958.9 753.5 999.1
Handsworth 311.9 516.8 8.0
Bradford 129.6 1,107.4 1,264.7
Bristol 920.6 1,316.3 1,073.9
Coventry 879.0 802.3 1,278.3
Derby 62.2 807.2
Doncaster 1,619.4 1,192.4 188.5
Hartlepool 941.4 1,350.7 769.6
Hull 80.5
Leeds 1,211.8 1,021.5 1,180.6
Leicester 981.5 212.9 2.8
Liverpool 297.7 1,059.4 1,422.9
London
Deptford 48.5 1,144.8 1,208.7
Hackney 158.8
North Peckham 766.2 1,530.4 1,391.9
Spitalfields 859.5 921.1 1,243.9
West London 502.2 1,163.8 1,481.2
Manchester 996.7 1,920.0 2,203.1
Middlesbrough 979.7 1,006.9 1,160.1
Nottingham 998.4 1,100.3 857.2
Preston 487.8 408.9 87.7
Rochdale 908.7 632.6 254.6
South Tyneside 16.8
Wirral 317.9 701.2
Wolverhampton 1,269.8 326.7 99.6

Note: Allocation of the task force budget of £23 million for 1992–93 is not yet complete. Figures are not available on a 1989–90 cost basis. To provide this would incur disproportionate costs.

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