§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table indicating for each year of its operation, the total allocation from the Department of the Environment for the urban programme expressed both as net expenditure at current prices and as a percentage of total urban block expenditure; and if he will indicate, for each of the next three years, his best estimate of total urban programme allocation, expressed both as net expenditure and as a percentage total of urban block expenditure.
§ Mr. Portillo[holding answer 4 February 1992]: My Department's urban group of programmes has evolved during the 1980s from the original urban and derelict land programmes to include urban development corporations, city grant, city action teams and most recently city challenge. These various policy instruments have been developed to tackle the complex range of economic, environmental and social problems in inner city areas.
The urban programme figures include my Department's outturn/provision only. Some variations arise from different arrangements for recording other Government Departments' contributions over the period.
The figures are as follows:
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Year Urban programme provision outturn £ million 1991–92 prices Urban programme as percentage of urban block 1994–95 plan 238 30 1993–94 plan 232 29 1992–93 plan 245 30 1991–92 plan 242 27 1990–91 242 25 1989–90 259 29
Year Urban programme provision outturn £ million 1991–92 prices Urban programme as percentage of urban block 1988–89 277 41 1987–88 326 51 1986–87 331 55 1985–86 366 58 1984–85 291 55 1983–84 261 50 1982–83 268 57 1981–82 168 58 1980–81 220 79 1979–80 193 80 1978–79 128 70 1977–78 12 40 1976–77 12 55 1975–76 16 100 1974–75 24 100 1973–74 7 100 Figures before 1973–74 are not readily available.