Written question asked by Stephen Hepburn (Labour) on Friday, 1 April 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 April 2005. It was answered by Keith Hill (Labour) on Thursday, 7 April 2005 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much of the Communities Plan budget has been allocated to (a) the Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside and (c) the North East.

Answer: Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much of the Communities Plan budget has been allocated to (a) the Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside and (c) the north east. [224723] Keith Hill: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister does not hold separate expenditure data on (a) the Jarrow constituency. Expenditure and planned spending on programmes within the Communities Plan for (b) South Tyneside and (c) the north east are set out in the following table. The figures for 2006-07 and 2007-08 exclude programmes for which spending plans have still to be finalised. £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (b) South Tyneside (c) The North East 2003-04 19.310 592.187 2004-05 21.254 613.844 2005-06 21.238 676.354 2006-07 1-- 555.157 2007-08 1-- 572.882 Total 61.802 3,010.424 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Not available. Budget allocations at district level are yet to be determined.

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