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Written question asked by Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 26 January 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 28 January 2009. It was answered by Huw Irranca-Davies (Labour) on Tuesday, 3 February 2009 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Rural Enterprise Scheme

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much Government funding was allocated to the in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008.
Answer

The Rural Enterprise scheme (RES) formed part of the now closed England Rural Development programme 2000-06 (ERDP). RES closed for new applications on 30 June 2006. Funding spent on RES projects in financial years 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08 was as follows:

£ million
2005-06 30.8
2006-07 29.5
2007-08 7.8

The ERDP was succeeded by the Rural Development programme for England 2007-13 (RDPE). A number of the RDPE socio-economic measures are similar to the activity funded under the Rural Enterprise scheme. These measures are delivered by the Regional Development Agencies and have been available since 1 January 2008. The budget allocated for these measures in 2008-09 is £89.5 million.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
487 c1093W; 252710
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Rural development programme
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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