To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make available details of any contracts awarded by his Department to consultants to carry out work on housing or urban renewal projects, with information on the companies, principals involved, nature of project and value of project during 1989–90 and 1990–91.
[holding answer 11 February 1991]: Details of contracts awarded by the Department in 1989–90 and to date in 1990–91 to bodies outside government for research and consultancy projects on topics related to housing or urban renewal have been placed in the Library. The cost of individual projects is in some cases commercially confidential and in others not finally known. The information gives approximate figures for the aggregate cost of groups of projects.
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| Authority | Total value of projects in 1990–91 UP submission | Total value of projects approved for grants 1990–91 | Ratio of approved to submitted | UP Allocation 1991–92 |
| (£000) | (£000) | (Per cent.) | (£000) | |
| Newcastle/Gatehead | 23,286 | 18,645 | 80 | 17,096 |
| Hartlepool | 2,332 | 2,030 | 87 | 2,012 |
| Langbaurgh | 2,737 | 1,962 | 72 | 2,059 |
| Middlebrough | 7,108 | 5,303 | 75 | 5,450 |
| North Tyneside | 5,423 | 4,562 | 84 | 3,560 |
| South Tyneside | 5,683 | 5,308 | 93 | 5,025 |
| Stockton | 1,765 | 1,285 | 73 | 1,669 |
| Sunderland | 6,122 | 5,345 | 87 | 5,332 |
| Manchester/Salford | 29,648 | 26,375 | 89 | 21,749 |
| Blackburn | 4,500 | 4,100 | 91 | 4,010 |
| Bolton | 4,848 | 4,050 | 84 | 4,010 |