§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the development corporations currently in existence and the dates on which they will cease to exist. [4011]
§ Angela EagleThe urban development corporations currently in existence in England are as follows:
- Birmingham Heartlands
- Black Country
- London Docklands
- Merseyside
- Plymouth
- Sheffield
- Teesside
- Trafford Park
- Tyne and Wear.
Sheffield Development Corporation ceased its operational business on 31 March 1997 and will be dissolved on 1 July 1997. Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary orders, the remaining development corporations will cease operations on 31 March 1998 and will be dissolved on 1 July 1998, after a three month period in which to prepare their final accounts and report and wind up their affairs.
There are also development corporations in Cardiff Bay and in Laganside. Responsibility for them rests with my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales and Northern Ireland respectively.