Written question asked by Philip Dunne (Conservative) on Tuesday, 13 May 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 15 May 2008. It was answered by Jonathan Shaw (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 May 2008 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Rural Areas: Finance

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the budget is for the Rural Development Programme in each year from 2007-08 to 2010-11.

Answer: The total budget for 2007-08 was £392.4 million of which £192.4 million was Exchequer-funded and £200 million was funded from the European Agriculture Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).The DEFRA Exchequer-funded RDPE budget for 2008-09 is £204.4 million. The EAFRD budgets to match this funding are still being finalised. DEFRA budgets for 2009-10 and 2010-11 have not yet been finalised.The total RDPE budget for the seven year programme period 2007-13 (both national and EU funded) is £3.9 billion.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 206092; 476 c173-4W
Session: 2007-08
Related items: Rural Areas
Monday, 30 June 2008
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects: Finance Rural areas Rural development programme
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk