Written question asked by Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative) on Thursday, 19 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 November 2009. It was answered by Dan Norris (Labour) on Monday, 30 November 2009 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

EU Grants and Loans

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many claimants have (a) applied for and (b) been awarded funds under the (i) European Regional Development Fund and (ii) rural development programme for England for (A) the purposes of storing water to prevent flooding down stream and (B) other purposes in the last 18 months.

Answer: The European regional development fund is administered by the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG). CLG does not routinely collect the data requested; however it is currently doing so. I will write to the hon. Member for Vale of York with the information when I receive it.Under the Rural Development Programme for England, DEFRA has not, to date, funded any projects for the purpose of storing water to prevent flooding downstream.Under the socio-economic elements (axes 1 and 3) of the Rural Development Programme for England, in the last 18 months there have been approximately 2,550 applications for funding, of which, approximately 1,950 have been approved. These figures do not include agri-environment schemes and the English woodland grant scheme under axis 2.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 501 c384-5W; 301069
Session: 2009-10
Subjects: EU grants and loans European Regional Development Fund Rural development programme
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk