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Written question asked by James Paice (Conservative) on Wednesday, 3 December 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 December 2008. It was answered by Huw Irranca-Davies (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 December 2008 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Rural Development Programme

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the answer of 30 October 2008, Official Report, columns 1181-4W, on the Rural Development Programme, if he will provide the figures requested, excluding projects where England Rural Development Programme legacy payments were made after 1 January 2007.
Answer

The following table shows the number of projects for which funding has been approved by each regional development agency under the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE), broken down by the categories previously requested.It should be noted that for Axes 1, 3 and Leader the RDPE commenced in January 2008.

Regional development agency Up to £5,000 £5,001-£100,000 £100,001-£1 million £1 million+
Advantage West Midlands Axis 1 — — 1 3
Axis 3 — — — 2
Leader — — 1 2
East of England Development Agency Axis 1 — 1 2 4
Axis 3 — — — —
Leader — — 1 6
East Midlands Development Agency Axis 1 — 4 1 1
Axis 3 — — 6 —
Leader — — — 4
North West Development Agency Axis 1 — 1 4 2
Axis 3 — — — —
Leader — — 6 2
One North East Axis 1 — — 2 2
Axis 3 — 1 1 2
Leader — — — 4
South East England Development Agency Axis 1 — 5 6 1
Axis 3 — 1 2 0
Leader — — — 14
South West of England Development Agency Axis 1 — 4 15 1
Axis 3 — 5 1 —
Leader — — 1 14
Yorkshire Forward Axis 1 — 18 6 2
Axis 3 1 29 2 1
Leader — 6 — —

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
485 c810W; 241025
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Rural development programme
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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