§ Mr. Nigel EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has considered the future of the Birmingham Heartlands and Trafford Park development corporations; and if he will make a statement. [24918]
§ Mr. CurryFollowing representations made by each urban development corporation, I have decided to extend their lifetimes for an additional year to 31 March 1998.
In this extra year, they aim between them to secure some 11,000 additional jobs, build 250 homes and attract about £100 million of private sector investment. They will not be given any additional grant in aid, but will be financed from receipts and by European funding.
For Birmingham Heartlands, the extra year will allow the corporation to oversee the complete redevelopment of the "Star Site" near the M6, as well as the adjacent "String of Pearls" sites.
In Trafford Park, the corporation has already assembled and prepared many sites and attracted over 700 companies
Table 1: Government Estate: Energy Efficiency Performance Civil Departments, Including Agencies Energy Expenditure Own investment in Energy Efficiency Percentage Reduction Relative to 1990–91 Energy Cost ("£/sq m") Carbon Dioxide ("CO2/sqm") Total CO2 Adjusted for estate changes and weather correction Adjusted for weather correction 1993–94 £ million 1993–94 £ million 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 MAFF 2.5 0.631 0 3 -5 3 8 2 4 4 5 MAFF—Laboratories 1.5 — -12 -19 -24 -5 -9 -14 -12 -22 -28 MAFF—Depots 0.1 — 0 20 12 3 24 19 3 23 34 Cabinet Office 0.5 0.074 -14 0 5 -6 5 16 -19 -9 4 Customs and Excise 3.8 0.819 2 14 10 1 17 16 -53 -34 -41 Education 0.5 0.028 -20 -82 -95 -15 -58 -67 -33 -7 -14 Employment 11.0 0.607 -1 -4 -2 0 0 4 -3 -4 1 Environment 1.6 0.165 3 5 9 5 9 22 3 13 22 Environment—QEII CC 0.5 — -17 -16 -14 -14 -11 -8 -14 -11 -8 FCO 0.6 0.045 -3 7 -9 0 12 0 -2 6 38 Health 1.3 — -13 0 -98 -9 4 -70 -48 0 -76 Home Office 2.5 — -8 -8 -8 -6 -3 -2 -6 -3 -2 Home Office—Prisons 26.1 1.500 2 -4 -3 4 3 7 -4 -6 -6 Inland Revenue 13.5 1.146 1 3 7 3 8 13 0 6 15 Lord Chancellors' Department 6.4 — 3 6 11 4 11 17 -10 -4 -1 ODA 0.7 0.017 n/a -4 0 n/a 0 5 n/a -1 4 National Heritage 0.0 — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 National Savings 1.2 0.027 3 9 12 6 12 16 6 13 17 Northern Ireland Office 9.3 0.802 7 6 8 8 9 10 4 3 6 Scottish Office 1.6 0.231 n/a -4 -7 n/a -1 -1 n/a 1 3 Scottish Courts 1.1 0.080 n/a 4 9 n/a 7 13 n/a -5 -1 Scottish Prisons 3.2 0.238 0 1 5 2 4 10 0 1 6 Social Security 16.1 0.657 -6 0 -2 -3 6 7 -3 -9 -8 Trade and Industry 5.4 — 5 5 0 10 12 9 11 20 19 Transport 3.5 0.359 7 8 12 10 13 19 10 13 22 Treasury 0.3 0.003 8 4 -9 12 10 1 14 33 32 Welsh Office 0.5 0.104 1 2 2 2 7 9 3 18 26 Total 115.4 7.533 0.6 0.4 0.3 3 6 8 -2 -1 1 Notes:
1. Progress against each performance indicator (PI) is expressed as a percentage relative to the base year (1990–91) value of the PI in question. The standard indicator is weather—corrected consumption, adjusted for estate changes, and converted to costs at fixed prices (Energy Cost). For the civil estate, estate changes are allowed for by dividing by floor area. For the defence estate, a different procedure is used (see notes to table 2 below). The target is to achieve a 15 per cent. improvement against this indicator by March 1996. Positive figures represent progress, negative figures represent regress.
2. The Energy Cost (£/m2) figure is obtained by weather correcting the energy consumption per unit floor area, and converting to costs using "standard" fuel prices (6p/kWh for electricity and 1.25p/kWh for all fossil fuels). This conversion to money was done to reflect the relative costs of electricity and fossil fuels,
260Winto the area; it will now be able to increase yet further the level of inward investment and jobs through marketing all the remaining development opportunities.
The UDC programme will end as planned in March 1998 when all corporations will have been wound up.