asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many neighbourhood management schemes exist in Wales and England; and what grants he has made available to assist them.

My right hon. Friend is providing support for different approaches to neighbourhood management, being developed by Dudley, Haringey, Kirklees, Liverpool, Newcastle upon Tyne and Stockport. In 1976–77, grants totalling £97,200 were made to these six authorities. I recently announced support for new schemes in Islington and Middlesbrough which, like the others, will be monitored for the Department by the Institute of Local Government Studies in Birmingham. There are no such schemes in Wales.