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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 Tuesday, 20 January 2009 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 1183-6W, on the Rural Development programme, if he will provide the figures requested where England Rural Development programme legacy payments were made after 1 January 2007.
Answer

The following table shows the value of England Rural Development programme (ERDP) socio-economic scheme legacy projects for which each Regional Development Agency is committed to fund since 1 January 2007. The ERDP closed for applications under those schemes in June 2006. Funding for the legacy projects comes from budgets for RDPE 2007-13.

Regional development agency Up to £5000 £5001 - £100,000 £100,001 - £1 million £1 million plus
Advantage West Midlands Axis 1 42,458 1,455,637 3,540,202 0
Axis 3 25,562 4,650,208 3,270,059 1,052,441
Leader 0 0 0 0
East of England Development Agency Axis 1 22,233 578,711 1,608,141 0
Axis 2 0 0 233,757 0
Axis 3 867 979,757 877,811 0
Leader 0 0 0 0
East Midlands Development Agency Axis 1 21,950 619,196 2,461,063 0
Axis 3 26,602 1,130,369 486,873 0
Leader 0 0 0 0
North West Development Agency Axis 1 26,231 899,641 1,174,181 0
Axis 3 19,881 862,124 25,920 0
Leader 0 0 0 0
One North East Axis 1 9,000 547,000 1,128,000 0
Axis 3 5,000 1,874,000 1,076,000 0
Leader 0 0 0 0
South East England Development Agency Axis 1 23,654 1,314,369 2,614,079 0
Axis 3 0 1,608,485 438,301 0
Leader 0 0 0 0
South West of England Development Agency Axis 1 21,452 616,777 1,455,953 0
Axis 3 20,452 977,273 587,086 0
Leader 0 0 0 0
Yorkshire Forward Axis 1 2,435 352,795 327,871 0
Axis 3 7,762 611,182 374,218 0
Leader 0 0 0 0

The following table is a correction to the answer of 30 October 2008, Official Report, columns 1183-6W, as it relates to funding commitments under Axis 1, 3 and the Leader Axis of the Rural Development programme for England made by the East of England Development Agency since 1 January 2007.

Regional Development Agency Up to £5000 £5001 -£100,000 £100,001 -£1 million £1 million plus
East of England Development Agency Axis 1 22,233 (0%) 674,729 (53%) 2,081,851 (82%) 12,565,196 (93%)
Axis 2 0 0 233,757 (20%) 0
Axis 3 867 (0%) 979,757 (1%) 877,811 (0%) 0
Leader 0 0 730,000 (100%) 20,124,765 (99%)

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
486 c1286-8W; 241026
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Rural development programme
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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