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Written question asked by Brian Jenkins (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 June 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 2 July 2009. It was answered by Dan Norris (Labour) on Wednesday, 8 July 2009 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Grants: Tamworth

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many residents of Tamworth constituency have received funding from the (a) Rural Enterprise, (b) Processing and Marketing Grants and (c) Vocational Training scheme in each year since the inception of each such scheme; and for what period such funding was allocated from each such scheme.
Answer

The Rural Enterprise Scheme, the Processing and Marketing Grant and Vocational Training Scheme formed part of the England Rural Development Programme (ERDP) which closed on 31 December 2006. The Programme covered the period 2000 to 2006. The following table provides the number of projects approved under these schemes in the West Midlands region during the life of the ERDP. Figures are not available at a constituency level. Figures for the actual number of trainees assisted under the Vocational Training Scheme are available only on a national (England) basis.

Calendar year—January to December
Scheme 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Total
Processing marketing grant (PMG) 0 2 4 6 9 4 8 33
Rural enterprise scheme (RES) 0 23 51 58 100 100 80 412
Vocational training scheme (VTS) 0 5 5 5 19 13 11 58
Total 0 30 60 69 128 117 99 503
Source:
DEFRA.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
495 c818-9W; 283845
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Tamworth Rural development programme
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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