asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish information on central Government expenditure on the urban development programme for all years since 1978–79, inclusive, aggregated for the standard United Kingdom regions, giving the information in absolute, indexed, and per capita forms.
[pursuant to his answer, 24 February 1987]: The information requested for the urban programme is as follows:
1978–79
| 1979–80
| 1980–81
| 1981–82
| 1982–83
| 1983–84
| 1984–85
|
11985–86
|
21986–87
| Population
| |
Northern Region
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| absolute £ million | 12·90 | 21·40 | 29·80 | 28·75 | 40·60 | 40·40 | 40·30 | 44·50 | 42·70 | |
| indexed £ million | 25·06 | 35·60 | 41·80 | 36·70 | 48·30 | 46·00 | 44·00 | 45·80 | 42·70 | |
| per capita £ | 4·10 | 6·80 | 9·50 | 9·20 | 13·00 | 13·00 | 12·90 | 14·30 | 13·70 | 3,104,353 |
North West
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| absolute £ million | 21·00 | 34·50 | 47·70 | 53·40 | 68·70 | 73·20 | 76·10 | 75·00 | 80·00 | |
| indexed £ million | 40·80 | 57·40 | 66·90 | 68·10 | 81·80 | 83·30 | 83·10 | 77·30 | 80·00 | |
| per capita £ | 3·20 | 5·30 | 7·40 | 8·30 | 10·70 | 11·40 | 11·80 | 11·60 | 12·4 | 6,414,168 |
West Midlands
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| absolute £ million | 11·60 | 19·30 | 26·50 | 27·70 | 41·90 | 36·50 | 44·20 | 42·30 | 44·10 | |
| indexed £ million | 22·50 | 32·10 | 37·10 | 35·30 | 49·80 | 41·60 | 48·20 | 43·60 | 44·10 | |
| per capita £ | 2·20 | 3·70 | 5·10 | 5·30 | 8·10 | 7·00 | 8·50 | 8·20 | 8·50 | 5,148,385 |
Yorkshire and Humberside
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| absolute £ million | 8·00 | 12·10 | 16·90 | 18·30 | 26·00 | 30·10 | 25·75 | 23·40 | 24·00 | |
| indexed £ million | 15·50 | 20·10 | 23·70 | 14·60 | 30·90 | 34·30 | 28·10 | 24·10 | 24·00 | |
| per capita £ | 1·60 | 2·40 | 3·40 | 3·70 | 5·30 | 6·10 | 5·20 | 4·80 | 4·90 | 4,860,484 |
East Midlands
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| absolute £ million | 5·00 | 7·50 | 10·40 | 10·60 | 15·20 | 14·50 | 13·20 | 14·40 | 12·80 | |
| indexed £ million | 9·70 | 12·40 | 14·60 | 13·50 | 18·10 | 16·50 | 14·50 | 14·80 | 12·80 | |
| per capita £ | 1·50 | 2·30 | 3·20 | 3·30 | 4·70 | 4·50 | 4·10 | 4·50 | 4·00 | 3,819,187 |
Greater London
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| absolute £ million | 32·00 | 52·90 | 64·60 | 67·70 | 73·05 | 72·00 | 84·60 | 68·10 | 56·70 | |
| indexed £ million | 62·00 | 87·90 | 90·50 | 86·40 | 86·90 | 82·20 | 92·40 | 70·10 | 56·70 | |
| per capita £ | 4·70 | 7·80 | 9·60 | 10·00 | 10·80 | 10·70 | 12·60 | 10·10 | 8·40 | 6,713,165 |
South West
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| absolute £ million | 0·90 | 1·50 | 1·70 | 2·00 | 2·80 | 3·40 | 3·80 | 2·50 | 1·90 | |
| indexed £ million | 1·70 | 2·50 | 2·40 | 2·60 | 3·40 | 3·90 | 4·10 | 2·60 | 1·90 | |
| per capita £ | 0·20 | 0·30 | 0·30 | 0·40 | 0·60 | 0·70 | 0·80 | 0·50 | 0·40 | 4,348,908 |
South East
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| absolute £ million | 1·00 | 1·65 | 1·80 | 2·25 | 2·85 | 3·55 | 5·00 | 2·10 | 0·70 | |
| indexed £ million | 1·90 | 2·70 | 2·50 | 2·80 | 3·39 | 4·00 | 5·40 | 2·20 | 0·70 | |
| per capita £ | 0·10 | 0·10 | 0·10 | 0·20 | 0·20 | 0·30 | 0·40 | 0·20 | — | 10,082,591 |
Eastern
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| absolute £ million | 1·10 | 1·70 | 1·90 | 2·30 | 2·90 | 4·00 | 3·10 | 1·00 | 0·30 | |
| indexed £ million | 2·10 | 2·80 | 2·70 | 2·90 | 3·50 | 4·60 | 3·40 | 1·00 | 0·30 | |
| per capita £ | 0·50 | 0·90 | 1·00 | 1·20 | 1·50 | 2·10 | 1·60 | 0·50 | 0·10 | 1,871,635 |
1 Estimated outturn. | ||||||||||
2 Allocations. | ||||||||||
Indexed prices relate to 1986–87. All per capita figures are calculated on the basis of the population of the whole region in 1981. These should be treated with caution since Urban Programme funding is highly concentrated within regions on the districts of greatest need.