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London Docklands

Volume 204: debated on Friday 28 February 1992

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish (a)the total grant paid to the London Docklands development corporation (b)expenditure by his Department outside the LDDC area but directly related to docklands redevelopment in east London and (c) other expenditure by his Department on regeneration within the LDDC area showing revenue and capital separately for each year from 1981–82 to 1991–92 (estimated) and plans for 1992–93 to 1994–95.

(a) Total grant paid to the London Docklands development corporation (LDDC) from 1981–82 to 1991–92 is:

Revenue £ millionCapital £ (rounded)
1981–82228
1982–83833
1983–84954
1984–851148
1985–861143
1986–871253
1987–881271
1988–891898
1989–9020236
1990–9122311
11991–9222227
1 Estimated.
The provisional allocation for 1992–93 is £21 million (revenue) and £81 million (capital).Levels of grant for 1993–94 and 1994–95 have not be determined.(b) My Department's inner-city programmes support various regeneration activities. Although it is not possible to quantify the value of schemes relating directly to docklands redevelopment, inner-city expenditure (capital and revenue) in the boroughs of Newham, Southwark and Tower Hamlets, is:

£ million (rounded)
1981–822
1982–831
1983–843
1984–855
1985–864
1986–877
1987–888
1988–898
1989–909
1990–919
11991–9213
1 Estimated.
The allocation for 1992–93 has not yet been finalised, and grant levels for 1993–94 and 1994–95 have not been determined.(c) I will write to the hon. Member with this information.