Written question asked by Lord Tyrie (Conservative) on Wednesday, 14 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 16 October 2009. It was answered by Huw Irranca-Davies (Labour) on Thursday, 22 October 2009 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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South Downs National Park

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much (a) has been spent and (b) is planned to be spent on (i) consultation, (ii) organisational set-up, (iii) project management, (iv) communications, (v) planning, (vi) wages, (vii) pensions, (viii) office running and (ix) other costs of the South Downs National Park in the next 12 months.

Answer

The cost of the two public inquiries and a recent hearing totalled £3.26 million. We expect that less than £1 million will be spent on setting up the South Downs National Park Authority in the current financial year. The budgets for future years have yet to be determined.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

497 c1601W; 293991

Session

2008-09

Subjects

National parks South Downs

Link

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