§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will favourably consider the application for funding for the Blackie Great Georges project, Liverpool 1, under the city challenge scheme later in the current month.
§ Mr. KeyUnder the city challenge management arrangements, it will be for Liverpool's city challenge executive committee in the first instance to decide whether to include particular projects within the five-year programme. Any project with a grant requirement of £500,000 or more will additionally require detailed appraisal by my Department, and will be considered on its merits on receipt.
§ Mr. ParryTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what amount has been given by his Department for city challenge; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Key[holding answer 3 March 1992.]: A sum of £82.5 million per year for up to five years from 1992–93 has been allocated from the Department's inner-city and housing programmes to fund the 11 first-round "pacemaker" city challenge action plans. Up to £150 million per year is being made available for city challenge for up to five years from 1993–94 for those successful in the second round.