HC Deb 16 January 1992 vol 201 cc642-4W
Mr. Bowis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what resources will be made available for the urban programme in 1992–93; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Key

I am pleased to announce an urban programme funding package for 1992–93 totalling same £260 million. This figure excludes the resources top-sliced for city challenge pacemaker authorities.

Initial allocations to the 57 urban programme authorities for 1992–93 total £248 million. An additional £11 million will be made available in 1992–93, through the urban programme, to three police authorities for the urban crime fund. This initiative was announced by my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary on 26 November 1991.

Urban programme money will be used to support a wide range of projects addressing the issues of job creation, training, health, education, safety and environmental improvement. In 1992–93, it will be targeted to smaller, defined areas of particular need to achieve greater impact.

The urban crime fund will target additional funds on an experimental basis to three police authorities to help in tackling crime and providing a better environment in inner cities.

Urban programme funding demonstrates the Government's commitment to a co-ordinated attack on inner city problems in partnership with the public, private and voluntary sectors. A list of the initial allocations in England for 1992–93 is set out in the table.

Urban programme allocations 1992–93
£ million
Newcastle-Gateshead 16.207
Hartlepool 2.017
Langbaurgh 2.050
Middlesbrough 5.156
North Tyneside 3.371
South Tyneside 4.756
Stockton 1.686
Sunderland 5.052
Manchester-Salford 20.789
Blackburn 3.819
Bolton 3.794
Burnley 2.111
Oldham 3.785
Preston 2.328
Rochdale 3.777
Wigan 2.638
Liverpool 18.278
Halton 1.466
Knowsley 3.984
St. Helens 1.794
Sefton 1.665
Wirral 3.548
Merseyside special allocation 1.000
Birmingham 22.496
Coventry 4.645
Dudley 1.561
Sandwell 4.642
Walsall 1.748
Wolverhampton 5.194
The Wrekin 0.961
Derby 1.359
Leicester 4.728
Nottingham 5.087
Barnsley 2.064
Bradford 4.491
Doncaster 2.225
Hull 4.884
Kirklees 1.083
Leeds 5.144
Rotherham 2.224
Sheffield 5.894
Hackney 5.393
Islington 8.550
Lambeth 8.452
Brent 2.660
Greenwich 1.534

£ million
Hammersmith and Fulham 2.515
Haringey 2.930
Kensington and Chelsea 1.765
Lewisham 2.550
Newham 3.100
Southwark 2.696
Tower Hamlets 4.500
Wandsworth 3.120
Bristol 1.635
Plymouth 1.318