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Mr. Jim Callaghan
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the cost from central Government funds of schemes to clear derelict land in the years 1979, 1980 and 1981; and what work is presently in hand.
Mr. Giles Shaw
The total grant paid in respect of expenditure on reclamation schemes in England in the last three years was:
| £ million | |
| 1979–80 | 20·69 |
| 1980–81 | 24·75 |
| 1981–82 | 29·38 |