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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

Mr. Burnett: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the proposed allocation within the regions of the UK is of the (a) Challenge Fund and (b) approved development programme for (i) 2002-03, (ii) 2003-04 and (iii) 2004-05. [94415] Mr. McNulty: The published allocation between regions of the Housing Corporation's approved development programme in England for 2002-03 and 2003-04 is tabled as follows: £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2002-03 2003-04 Region Actual Indicative London 420.4 482.0 South East 113.9 134.1 South West 61.8 74.3 East Midlands 40.5 48.3 East of England 63.8 74.1 West Midlands 64.6 79.3 Yorks and Humberside 49.3 59.7 North East 22.9 33.8 North West 57.7 69.0 Merseyside 25.4 30.4 HQ 1.0 1.0 Challenge Fund n/a 200.0 Total 921.2 1,286.2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The ADP and Challenge Fund operate in England only. My right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister will be making a statement shortly about how the additional funding in the 2002 Spending Review will be used; it will include figures for 2004-05. The allocation of Challenge Fund bids between regions is tabled as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million London 109.6 South East 84.0 East of England 6.4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. These allocations by the Housing Corporation are provisional and subject to confirmation of costs and timing.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

398 c1022W;398 c1016W; 94415

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Housing Finance Grants Housing Corporation Regional planning and development Approved development programme

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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