To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what was the number of jobs created under the urban regeneration grant for each year since 1987;(2) what was the amount of public money made available from his Department for each year since 1987, under the urban regeneration grant.
The amounts of urban regeneration grant approved in each financial year from the introduction of urban regeneration grant in 1986 to its replacement by city grant in May 1988 were as shown in the table. These approvals in total, including projects not yet completed, are expected to provide 4,200 jobs in inner city areas.
| Year | £ million |
| 1987–88 | 12·163 |
| 1988–89 | 17·000 |
| TOTAL | 29·163 |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what was the number of jobs created under the urban development grant, for each year since 1982;(2) what was the amount of public money made available for the urban development grant for each year since 1982.
The amounts of urban development grant approved in each financial year from the introduction of UDG in October 1982 to its replacement by city grant in May 1988 were as shown in the table. These approvals in total, including projects not yet completed, are expected to provide over 27,000 jobs in inner city areas.
| Year | £million |
| 1982–83 | 0·686 |
| 1983–84 | 35·173 |
| 1984–85 | 22·565 |
| 1985–86 | 20·178 |
| 1986–87 | 32·977 |
| 1987–88 | 18·149 |
| 1988–89 | 12·835 |
| Total | 142·563 |