Written question asked by Robert Key (Conservative) on Monday, 1 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 16 November 2004. It was answered by Ben Bradshaw (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 November 2004 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when funding for the Salisbury Plain Life Project will cease; and what funding streams and programmes will succeed it.

Answer: Mr. Key: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when funding for the Salisbury Plain Life Project will cease; and what funding streams and programmes will succeed it. [196023] Mr. Bradshaw: The project formally finishes 30 September 2005. All partner costs are paid in full at the time expenditure is incurred while match funding provided under the LIFE Nature regulation is paid in instalments, the final instalment (approximately 30 per cent. of the total funding) being paid following submission to the Commission of final project reports and audited accounts. Future management work on the Salisbury Plain project may be eligible for funding under a number of funding streams and programmes, and although no specific funding has so far been secured discussions between English Nature and the relevant partners and agencies is on-going.

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