asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total amount of public money spent under all headings on sporting, recreational, cultural and leisure activities in Scotland, Wales and each of the eight English regions which are served by an economic planning council in the last year for which figures are available; what were the amounts in each of the preceding five years; and what are the estimated figures for the next three years.

Public expenditure in England on sport and recreation is estimated as follows:

	£ million
1968–69	25
1969–70	26
1970–71	31
1971–72	42
1972–73	62

Information is not available on expenditure in each economic planning region. The figures include expenditure by my Department, the Sports Council, the Countryside Commission, the English Tourist Board and the Forestry Commission. Capital expenditure by local

SLUM CLEARANCE: HOUSES DEMOLISHED OR CLOSED
					1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974 (1st nine months)
Northern	…	…	…	…	7,163	5,340	7,460	5,774	6,883	2,024
Yorkshire and Humberside				…	11,244	13,643	12,006	13,858	10,406	3,753
East Midlands		…	…	…	5,482	6,239	6,669	5,598	5,816	4,180
East Anglia		…	…	…	1,659	2,068	1,503	1,766	1,271	443
South East	…	…	…	…	11,328	9,506	12,320	10,241	8,966	3,403
South West		…	…	…	1,994	1,615	1,512	1,121	1,109	359
West Midlands		…	…	…	10,875	7,576	9,934	7,297	6,793	2,992
North West		…	…	…	17,204	19,488	16,059	18,465	20,149	12,800
Wales	…	…	…	…	2,284	2,329	2,594	1,978	2,164	1,500
Scotland	…	…	…	…	17,847	17,345	20,554	18,518	16,479	8,583

These figures relate to the revised economic planning regions constituted on 1st April 1974.