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Mr. Brotherton
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what public funds are being paid in the current year under the inner city partnership schemes; and what funds are expected to be paid in the next year.
Mr. King
The allocations to the partnership authorities for their inner area programmes in 1979–80 amounted to £78·6 million—at November 1978 prices—which attracted Government grant at 75 per cent. For 1980–81 the figure is about £83 million, which, however, contains an amount for outer areas. So the allocations for 1979–80 and 1980–81 represent about the same amount, though expenditure in 1980–81 will be at a higher level than is now expected for 1979–80.