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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

Mr. Jenkin: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the annual funding for 2004-05 is for (a) regional chambers, (b) the English Regions Network and (c) the Regional Co-ordination Unit; what the total funding has been for each year since their creation; and what the predicted budget is for the next financial year, broken down by (i) region and (ii) specific grant. [172754] Mr. Raynsford: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister makes a grant to the regional chambers and the English Regions Network to support their work. Details of the grant they have been allocated since they were designated by my right Hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister are detailed in the following table: Table 1. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Chamber and Year Strengthening Regional Regional Planning Body Planning Delivery Grant Total Accountability Grant Grant East 2001-2002 500,000 -- -- 500,000 2002-2003 600,000 -- -- 600,000 2003-2004 600,000 758,000 516,000 1,874,000 2004-2005 600,000 758,000 754,000 2,112,000 East Midlands 2001-2002 500,000 -- -- 500,000 2002-2003 600,000 -- -- 600,000 2003-2004 600,000 666,000 365,000 1,631,000 2004-2005 600,000 666,000 790,000 2,055,000 North East 2001-2002 500,000 -- -- 500,000 2002-2003 600,000 -- -- 600,000 2003-2004 600,000 545,000 263,000 1,408,000 2004-2005 600,000 545,000 563,000 1,708,000 North West 2001-2002 500,000 -- -- 500,000 2002-2003 600,000 -- -- 600,000 2003-2004 600,000 868,000 369,000 1,837,000 2004-2005 600,000 868,000 1,068,000 2,536,000 South East 2001-2002 500,000 -- -- 500,000 2002-2003 600,000 -- -- 600,000 2003-2004 600,000 1,005,000 581,000 2,186,000 2004-2005 600,000 1,005,000 1,675,000 3,280,000 South West 2001-2002 500,000 -- -- 500,000 2002-2003 600,000 -- -- 600,000 2003-2004 600,000 689,000 324,000 1,613,000 2004-2005 600,000 689,000 812,000 2,101,000 West Midlands 2001-2002 500,000 -- -- 500,000 2002-2003 600,000 -- -- 600,000 2003-2004 600,000 739,000 332,000 1,671,000 2004-2005 600,000 739,000 732,000 2,071,000 Yorkshire and the Humber 2001-2002 500,000 -- -- 500,000 2002-2003 600,000 -- -- 600,000 2003-2004 600,000 730,000 325,000 1,655,000 2004-2005 600;000 730,000 593,000 1,923,000 English Regions Network 2001-2002 1,000,000 -- -- 1,000,000 2002-2003 200,000 -- -- 200,000 2003-2004 200,000 -- -- 200,000 2004-2005 200,000 -- -- 200,000 All-Total 2001-2002 5,000,000 -- -- 5,000,000 2002-2003 5,000,000 -- -- 5,000,000 2003-2004 5,000,000 6,000,000 3,075,000 14,075,000 2004-2005 5,000,000 6,000,000 6,987,000 17,987,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Grant allocations for future years have not yet been agreed. The Regional Co-ordination Unit was created in April 2001. Its annual funding is: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ 2001-2002 9,623,600.00 2002-2003 7,496,130.00 2003-2004 14,506,530.00 2004-2005 10,535,730.00 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The Unit's funding consists of the running costs for the organisation itself and budgets that it holds centrally on behalf of the Government Office network as a whole which includes staff from 10 Central Government departments. The running costs of the organisation in 2004-05 are £4,522,000.00 The centrally held budgets will be used to fund Government Office activities across the nine English Regions, but they are managed within the Unit and are not split by region.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

172754; 421 c1046-8W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Finance Grants Economic regions Regional government Regional Coordination Unit English Regions Network

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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