Derelict Land

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asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the central Government contribution to schemes in the metropolitan county districts of the Greater Manchester Metropolitan County to clear derelict land; what acreage has been involved; and what schemes are currently in hand.

The following table gives details of grant approvals issued by the Department of the Environment for the reclamation of derelict land under Section 8 of the Local Employment Act 1972. The information relates to schemes approved in the metropolitan districts of Greater Manchester since their establishment on 1st April 1974 and indicates the level of grant involved. This was increased from 75 per cent. to 100 per

				Number of schemes
District				Completed	Others	Acreage	Gross Cost £	Rate of Grant per cent.
1. Bolton	…	…	…	Nil	3	42	52,632	75
							29,357	100
2. Bury	…	…	…	Nil	3	83	419,478	75
							101,100	100
3. Manchester	…	…	…	1	Nil	15	47,807	75
4. Oldham	…	…	…	6		138	236,674	75
					3	150	2,225	75
							307,790	100
5. Rochdale	…	…	…	1		8	43,814	75
					2	2	29,971	100
6. Salford	…	…	…	Nil
					Nil
7. Stockport	…	…	…	1		1	2,500	75
					Nil
8. Tameside	…	…	…	2		9	31,481	75
							8,461	100
					1	2	7,264	100
9. Trafford	…	…	…	Nil
					Nil
10. Wigan	…	…	…	3		22	78,531	75
					9	749	25,286	75
							2,123,709	100
Total—
Completed	…	…	…	14		193	440,807	75
							8,461	100
Others	…	…	…		21	1,058	499,621	75
							2,599,191	100

Volume 925: debated on Tuesday 1 February 1977