Mr. Robert AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was(a) the total money spent, (b) the percentage of that money allocated according to decisions made by Ministers on competitive bids and (c) the percentage of that money allocated according to some statistical measure of need in the last available operational year of (i) city challenge, (ii) urban programme, (iii) inner city task forces, (iv) city action team, (v) English 856W Partnerships, (vi) urban development corporations, (vii) the docklands light railway, (viii) esetate action and (ix) housing action trusts.
§ Mr. BaldryThe total amount of funding provided by my department under each of these support regimes for the financial year ending March 1994 is estimated to be:
1993–94 estimated out-turn (£m) (i) City Challenge 223.2 (ii) Urban Programme 173.0 (iii) Inner Cities Task Forces 18.0 (iv) City Action Teams 3.4 (v) English Partnerships 161.9 (vi) Urban Development Corporations (including Docklands Light Railway) 380.8 (vii) Estate Action 356.0 (viii) Housing Action Trusts 78.1 City challenge and the £20 million urban partnership fund—which forms about 12 per cent. Of the urban programme in 1993–94—targeted resources on projects selected by competition among the local authorities in the 57 urban priority areas. Local housing authorities also compete for estate action resources. The other support regimes operate in the most deprived urban areas, run-down council housing estates, and areas of concentrated or extensive dereliction. Since resources are likely to provide the best value for money.