§ Mr. David EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what resources will be made available for the urban programme in 1993–94; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. SquireI am pleased to announce a substantial urban programme funding package for 1993–94. Allocations to the 57 urban programme authorities in134W England for 1993–94 total £163 million. These resources will fund projects which have been approved in this and previous financial years. The allocations are set out in the table.
An additional £20 million is being provided for urban partnership fund projects as part of the new capital partnership programme. Successful project bids under this initiative were announced by my right hon. and learned Friend, on 12 February 1993 [Official Report columns 834–35]. Together with the £232 million being made available for city challenge, resources will rise by £90 million to £408 million in 1993–94.
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Urban programme allocation 1993–94 £ million Newcastle 5.340 Gateshead 5.272 Hartlepool 1.309 Langbaurgh 1.331 Middlesbrough 3.325 North Tyneside 2.231 South Tyneside 3.158 Stockton 1.280 Sunderland 3.317 Manchester 9.048 Salford 4.529 Blackburn 2.115 Bolton 2.253 Burnley 1.396 Oldham 2.554 Preston 1.210 Rochdale 2.475 Wigan 1.704 Liverpool 12.364 Halton 0.968 Knowsley 2.615 St. Helens 1.185 Sefton 1.000 Wirral 2.340 Birmingham 14.847 Coventry 3.065 Dudley 1.030 Sandwell 3.148 Walsall 1.051 Wolverhampton 3.522 The Wrekin 0.6342 Derby 0.837 Leicester 3.143 Nottingham 3.530 Barnsley 1.342 Bradford 3.002 Doncaster 1.288 Hull 3.265 Kirklees 0.724 Leeds 3.473 Rotherham 1.486 Sheffield 3.940 Hackney 3.425 Islington 5.873 Lambeth 5.863 Brent 1.436 Greenwich 1.112 Hammersmith and Fulham 1.707 Haringey 2.012 Kensington and Chelsea 1.202 Lewisham 1.530 Newham 1.974 Southwark 1.826 Tower Hamlets 3.083 Wandsworth 2.110
£ million Bristol 1.109 Plymouth 0.925 Total 162.834