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Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Answer

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Warrington, North constituency, the effects on Warrington, North of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [152313] Ms Beverley Hughes: [holding answer 6 March 2001]: The principal kinds of funding which this Department has provided to Warrington in 1997-98 to 2000-01 are shown in the table. These include grants and borrowings approvals for revenue and capital expenditure. It is not possible to determine how much money has been spent on Warrington, North. It is for the local authority to decide where within its boundary these resources are invested. £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Nature of funding 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 Revenue Support Grant{1} 4.5 57.5 58.9 56.7 61.4 Income from National 5.9 44.5 48.4 54.8 53.6 Non-Domestic Rates{1} Local Government 3.3 2.3 -- -- -- Reorganisation Supplementary Credit Approval Housing Investment 2.2 2.1 3.7 4.6 1.7 Programme Major Repairs Allowance -- -- -- -- 5.4 Housing Revenue Account 6.1 5.3 5.0 4.4 3.8 Subsidy Capital Receipts Initiative -- 1.3 1.3 -- -- Cash Incentive Scheme 0.1 0.1 -- -- -- Loan Charges Defective 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005 Housing SRB Funding{2} -- 0.04 0.08 0.2 0.2 Transport Supplementary -- 0.6 0.7 -- -- Grant{1} Transport Annual Capital -- 0.6 0.7 -- -- Guideline{1} Transport Block -- 0.3 0.7 2.7 4.3 Supplementary Credit Approval{1} Rural Bus Subsidy Grant{1} -- 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 Capital Challenge -- 0.1 0.1 -- -- (Supplementary Credit and Basic Credit Approvals) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Warrington became a unitary authority from 1 April 1998. For 1997-98 the following funding relating to the Warrington Borough area will have gone to Cheshire County Council: Transport Supplementary Grant Transport ACG Transport SCA Rural Bus Subsidy Grant The change to Unitary status also explains the large increases in Revenue Support Grant and National Non-Domestic Rates from 1998-99. {2} Single Regeneration Budget--Round 4 The T.R.E.E. Project (Training and Retraining for Employment and Employability) The four-year scheme aims to develop an innovative solution to tackle deprivation on several estates in Warrington. Three key priority areas will be tackled--training and employability, community business support and community development. Total SRB £584,000.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

152313; 364 c258W

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Government departments Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions Warrington

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