HC Deb 03 May 1995 vol 259 c211W
Mr. Robert Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the sites owned by British Gas where(a) discussions regarding grant aid have occurred, (b) grant aid has been formally applied for and (c) grant aid has been approved in order to redevelop the sites giving, in each case, the amount of aid involved and including grant aid from his Department, urban development corporations and any other relevant publicly funded bodies. [20410]

Sir Paul Beresford

The Department and the regeneration bodies it supports have allocated grant for the redevelopment of sites owned by British Gas in the following instances:

Project Programme Amount of grant £ million
Pleck Gasworks Walsall City Challenge 1.385
Pride Park (with ABBT and British Rail Property Board) Derby Pride Ltd (City Challenge) 12.8 (paid to Derby City Council)
Windsor Street Reclamation Birmingham Heartlands Development Corporation 0.2
Grand Islan Central Manchester Development Corporation 4.4
Leeds City Office Park Leeds Development Corporation 0.5

In addition, there have been discussions on possible projects at Foleshill gasworks, Coventry; West Dyke road, Redcar; Redditch gasworks; Greenwich peninsula; Ladbroke grove, north Kensington; and Crawford street, Birmingham.

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