To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total amount of support given by his Department to urban development corporations, the urban programme, city challenge and other inner-city initiatives in (a) England, (b) Greater London and (c)
| £ million outturn prices (rounded) | ||||||||||||
| Programme | 1982–83 | 1983–84 | 1984–85 | 1985–86 | 1986–87 | 1987–88 | 1988–89 | 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 1991–92 | 1992–93 | |
| Urban | A | 62 | 95 | 81 | 74 | 97 | 126 | 151 | 400 | 552 | 530 | 414 |
| development | B | 41 | 63 | 59 | 54 | 65 | 83 | 116 | 256 | 333 | 249 | 156 |
| corporations | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Urban programme1 | A | 115 | 140 | 170 | 185 | 199 | 199 | 181 | 179 | 178 | 179 | 188 |
| B | 42 | 36 | 43 | 39 | 35 | 39 | 40 | 32 | 34 | 37 | 37 | |
| C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 237 | |
| City challenge | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Other inner cities3 | A | 61 | 75 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 99 | 106 | 105 | 137 | 143 | 180 |
| B | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | |
| C | 0·3 | 0·1 | 0·1 | 0·4 | 0·7 | 0·5 | 0·4 | 0·1 | 0·2 | 0·2 | 0·5 | |
| A England. | ||||||||||||
| B Greater London. | ||||||||||||
| C South East (excluding London). | ||||||||||||
| 1Includes for 1984–85 onwards other Government Department's contributions to urban programme. | ||||||||||||
| 2 Programme supported by £19 million per year from the Housing Corporation. | ||||||||||||
| 3 Includes LA and non-LA derelict land grant; city grant; task forces and CATs. | ||||||||||||
the south-east, excluding Greater London, for each year since 1982–83, including estimates for 1992–93, distinguishing between current and capital expenditure, excluding local authority credit approvals/capital allocations.
[holding answer 25 May 1993]: The table sets out total net spending by the Department of the Environment for each year since 1984–85, excluding housing, inner cities and all credit approvals/capital allocations. Comparable figures for spending before 1984–85, and a differentiation between current and capital spending before 1988–89, are not available. Information on the regional spread of this spending is also not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
| £ million | |||
| Current | Capital | Total | |
| 1984–85 | — | — | 15,798 |
| 1985–86 | — | — | 16,901 |
| 1986–87 | — | — | 17,336 |
| 1987–88 | — | — | 18,357 |
| 1988–89 | 19,107 | 85 | 19,193 |
| 1989–90 | 20,264 | 131 | 20,946 |
| 1990–91 | 21,642 | 128 | 21,769 |
| 1991–92 | 28,432 | 131 | 28,564 |
| 1992–93 1 | 31,389 | 138 | 31,527 |
| 1 Estimated. | |||
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total amount of support given by his Department to all initiatives other than housing and inner cities in (a) England, (b) Greater London and (c) the south-east, excluding Greater London, for each year since 1982–83, including estimates for 1992–93, distinguishing between current and capital expenditure, excluding local authority credit approvals/capital allocations.
The total amount of support given by my Department's urban group of programmes, year on year from 1982–83 to 1992–93 and excluding LA credit approvals/capital allocations, are as follows:The UP, UDC and city challenge programmes contain varying proportions of capital and current expenditure; detailed information on each could be provided only at disproportionate cost.