Urban policies in UK since 1979

Question 1

What year was the Urban development corporations

Answer 1

1980’s

Question 2

Aim of Urban development corporations

Answer 2

Set up to regulate inner city areas
The first UDC was the LDDC - London docklands development corporation in 1981 to regenerate the deprived docklands

Question 3

Who made up Urban development corporations

Answer 3

People in local businesses and the local community

Question 4

How much did Urban development corporations attract

Answer 4

£12 billion in the private sector businesses

Question 5

How many jobs did Urban development corporations create

Answer 5

190,000

Question 6

Failiures of Urban development corporations

Answer 6

Locals did not benefit from new housing and job creation.
e.g. in London Docklands.

Question 7

What years was the City Challange

Answer 7

1990’s

Question 8

What did City Challange involve

Answer 8

Cities to compete against each other for government grants.

Question 9

Figures of success by City Challange

Answer 9

40,000 homes improved.
53,000 jobs created.
2,000 hectares of derelict land reclaimed

Question 10

Negatives of City Challange

Answer 10

Money lost by local authority preparing bids who did not win funding.
Resources were spread thinly over large areas.

Question 11

What years was New Deals for Communities

Answer 11

2000’s

Question 12

What was the New Deals for Communities

Answer 12

10 year strategic programmes to transform the 29 most deprived neighborhoods.
Tony Blairs Labour Govt were in charge of this policy and funding it.

Question 13

What was the focus of New Deals for Communities

Answer 13

Community was at the ‘heart of the regeneration’

Question 14

Core indicator improvements.

Answer 14

32 out of 36 improvements from 2002 to 2008.

Question 15

Negatives of New Deals for Communities

Answer 15

Relativley little change for education and worklessness.
Lack of education focus meant long-term success could not be sustained