§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will give a breakdown of the £10 billion referred to in the oral statement by the Home Secretary of 9 June 1992,Official Report, column 167, as having being spent by the Government on urban and inner city policies since 1985–86;
(2) if he will give a breakdown of the £4 billion a year referred to in the oral statement by the Home Secretary of 9 June 1992, Official Report, column 167, as being spent by the Government on projects in the inner cities.
§ Mr. Robin SquireGovernment support for urban regeneration of £10 billion is based on the total of expenditure for 1988–89 (£3 billion), 1989–90 (over £3 billion) and 1990–91 (£4 billion).
The £4 billion a year total divides broadly into support of £1 billion under each of the following heads:
- Targeted urban group of programmes
- Housing programmes
- Employment, Trade and Industry programmes
- Other Action for Cities programmes, and Scotland and Wales