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To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funding her Department has earmarked for growth areas to ensure that they have the resources required to meet the demands of a growing population.

Asked by

Phil Sawford (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1626W;432 c1622W; 218331

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for projects the Department has received under the Change Up Programme; what the total value is of the projects so submitted; how many projects have been approved; how much and what percentage of the budget for the...

Asked by

Jacqui Lait (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

24 February 2005

For answer on

7 April 2005

Answered on

7 April 2005

Mrs. Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for projects the Department has received under the ChangeUp Programme; what the total value is of the projects so submitted; how many projects have been approved; how much and what percentage of the budget for the programme has been committed; and how much money has been disbursed. [219022] Fiona Mactaggart: ChangeUp is a capacity building framework for the voluntary and community sector, launched in June 2004 after extensive consultation with the sector. It is underpinned by an £80 million initial investment programme by Government available until March 2006. The £80 million initial investment by Government have now been enhanced by an additional £70 million for the financial years 2006-07 and 2007-08. Initial activity has been slow due to the need to put in place sustainable sector led decision making mechanisms. Good progress is now being made on the delivery of the ChangeUp investment plan. Local and Regional Spend £52.4million (65 per cent. of the total investment) has been allocated to local and regional activity to support voluntary and community sector infrastructure and capacity building. This money has been committed to the Government Offices for distribution. National Spend £1.25million of national spend was committed through an early spend programme. This was heavily oversubscribed with 506 applications submitted in open bidding. Twenty two projects were successful with an additional five projects also commissioned. £1 million has been disbursed. £24million of the main spend programme was allocated to national activity. £4.9 million of this money has been committed for/seven projects and £0.8 million has been disbursed. Overall Programme £57.4 million (72 per cent. of the £80 million investment has been committed. The 2003-04 spend was £2.2 million and the 2004-05 spend to date is £6.9 million making a total spend of £9.1 million at the end of January 2005.

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1787-8W;432 c1783W; 219022

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the environmental impact of the Government's proposed new housing for the South East; what assessment he has made of the impact on (a) road and (b) rail infrastructure of the new housing he proposes for the South East;...

Asked by

Lord Redwood (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1603W; 224781;224782;224783;224784

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much investment the Regional Development Agency for the North East of England has spent in Hartlepool in each year since it was formed.

Asked by

Iain Wright (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

3 February 2005

For answer on

5 April 2005

Answered on

5 April 2005

Iain Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much investment the regional development agency for the north-east of England has spent in Hartlepool in each year since it was formed. [215126] Jacqui Smith: I have been advised by One NorthEast, the regional development agency for the north-east of England, that targeted spend in Hartlepool since the agency was created has been as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Funding (£) 1999-2000 5,002,000 2000-01 8,302,048 2001-02 8,483,361 2002-03 9,875,538 2003-04 7,489,115 2004-05 16,154,707 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Forecast spend Expenditure includes the single regeneration budget, single programme and also land and property expenditure relating to the acquisition and development of Queens Meadow. In addition Hartlepool residents and businesses will have benefited from the agency's regional programmes which are aimed at increasing the economic prosperity of the north-east of England. These programmes cannot always be directly attributable to specific localities. Examples of One NorthEast's activities in Hartlepool have included improvements to disadvantage housing estates of West View, King Oswy and Central Estate, investment in the Headland and docks, and in the Oakesway Industrial Estate. Further development is planned in Victoria Harbour and the headland area.

Date

5 April 2005

Reference

432 c1381W;432 c1377W; 215126

House

House of Commons

Written question

Whether local authorities are ensuring ample parking and set-down facilities for disabled people at transport interchanges; and whether they are considering any further action in this regard. [HL 1923].

Asked by

Lord Morris of Manchester (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 March 2005

Reference

671 c65-6WA; HL 1923

House

House of Lords

Written statement

Written Statement on the announcement of the projects that have been selected for more detailed appraisal for grants from the Community Infrastructure Fund. (Inc fig and fact that list of projects in the library Dep 05/486).

Member

Tony McNulty (Labour)

Department

Department for Transport

Type

Written statements

Date

17 March 2005

Reference

432 c28WS

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing the transport infrastructure to support the proposed level of housing development for South Hampshire set out in the South East England Regional Assembly's document, The South East Plan.

Asked by

Mark Hoban (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 March 2005

Reference

432 c254W;432 c252W; 221751

House

House of Commons

Parliamentary proceeding

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the economic, political and security developments in Iraq since the intervention in 2003 by United Kingdom armed forces. Motion withdrawn.

Lead member

Lord Garden

Answering member

Lord Wallace of Saltaire

Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Parliamentary proceedings

Date

16 March 2005

Reference

670 c1375-416

House

House of Lords

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department has earmarked for growth areas to ensure that they have the resources required to meet the demands of a growing population.

Asked by

Phil Sawford (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 February 2005

For answer on

16 March 2005

Answered on

16 March 2005

Phil Sawford: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding her Department has earmarked for growth areas to ensure that they have the resources required to meet the demands of a growing population. [218329] Alun Michael: Defra's aim is sustainable development, ensuring that environmental, social and economic considerations are balanced and integrated. As a result most of the Department's activities benefit the locations which fall within the growth areas, either directly or indirectly. As well as Defra's own actions we can achieve a great deal by working with a variety of partners and through exerting influence on Government Departments and others. The key Defra policy areas which have a direct impact on growth areas include waste and recycling initiatives, flood defence works, our wide-ranging rural development programmes and regulation of the water supply industry. Funding associated with these activities has not been exclusively earmarked for growth areas, and will be part of mainstream business delivery, not specifically as a result of growth area status. Delivery is carried out on Defra's behalf by a number of delivery agents, including the Environment Agency, the Countryside Agency, Government Offices, local authorities, and the Rural Development Service, all of whom have a strong regional focus. We also provide support to regional development agencies, rural community councils, parish and town councils and the voluntary and community sector. Turning to specific policy areas, the priority for flood defence is to optimise the protection of people and the reduction in flood risk as measured by net damages from flooding in relation to the funding available. Total Government spend has risen from £312 million in 1997-98 to £478 million in the current year and £570 million for 2005-06 and the following two years. Where growth areas might have a risk of flooding, in many cases they will already have benefited from investment to protect them to a high standard, e.g. in the Thames Gateway. These defences will be subject to a renewal programme. Where further investment is needed, the development partnerships will consider provision in consultation with the Environment Agency, taking account of Planning Policy Guidance Note 25. The main source of funding for local authority waste management is the Environmental Protection and Cultural Services block of the central Government revenue support grant, which is allocated through the Local Government Finance Settlement using a population-based formula. Defra's waste performance and efficiency grant, which totals £255 million over the three years from 2005-06, is also allocated to all authorities using a population-based formula. Defra is currently considering mechanisms other than direct funding to assist authorities in growth areas in addressing the additional challenge they face in meeting their landfill directive obligations as a result of population growth. The Environment Agency is the statutory body with a duty to secure the proper use of water resources in England and Wales. The Environment Agency's Water Resources Strategy looks some 25 years ahead and considers the needs of public water supply, agriculture, commerce and industry, as well as the environment, examining the uncertainties about future water demand and availability including the potential effects of climate change and different societal values. It takes account of the Sustainable Communities Plan where the numbers and locations of housing have been defined and recognises the impact that the growth areas will have on the water supply infrastructure. It concludes with a series of actions that will provide the right amount of water for people, agriculture, commerce and industry and an improved water-related environment.

Date

16 March 2005

Reference

432 c256-8W;432 c254-6W; 218329

House

House of Commons

Adjournment debate

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on water charging in Northern Ireland.

Lead member

Peter Robinson

Answering member

Lord Spellar

Department

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

16 March 2005

Reference

432 c69-92WH

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the cost of the infrastructure required to support the level of housing development for South Hampshire set out in the South East England Regional Assembly's document, The South East Plan.

Asked by

Mark Hoban (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 March 2005

Reference

432 c168W;432 c166W; 221752

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding his Department has earmarked for growth areas to ensure that they have the resources required to meet the demands of a growing population.

Asked by

Phil Sawford (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 February 2005

For answer on

15 March 2005

Answered on

15 March 2005

Phil Sawford: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding his Department has earmarked for growth areas to ensure that they have the resources required to meet the demands of a growing population. [218330] Fiona Mactaggart: Several Home Office funding streams will benefit the locations that have been designated as growth areas, as they will other areas of the UK. Crime Reduction From April 2005, the main funding streams for crime reduction in communities will come under the Safer Stronger Communities Fund. This is a joint fund from the Office for the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) and the Home Office, merging a number of current funding streams, including the Building Safer Communities Fund and the Antisocial Behaviour CDRP Allocation. In 2004-05, the authorities that cover the growth areas received £11,278,810 from the Building Safer Communities Fund. Funding for local areas in 2005-06 will be finalised shortly. Policing The eight police authorities that cover the growth areas will receive a total of £2,824.3 million in general police grants in 2005-06. Formula grant, which takes into account the relative needs of authorities, consists of: Revenue Support Grant; Redistributed Business Rates; and Police Grant. Grant increases for these authorities next year range from the minimum increase of 3.75 per cent. up to almost 6.1 per cent. In addition, these authorities will also receive, in 2005-06, a total of around £295.5 million in specific grant funding for a range of schemes. Allocation of these resources is a matter for each chief constable and police authority, who will make decisions according to local plans and operational priorities. Antisocial Behaviour In February 2005 the Home Office announced that intensive family support will be introduced in 50 TOGETHER antisocial behaviour action areas through a £1.25 million cash boost. The £1.25 million will be split equally between the 50 action areas with each area getting £25,000. The growth areas which will be covered by the scheme are: Harlow, Peterborough, Southend on Sea, Northampton and Hackney. Additionally, in 2005-06 some growth areas will receive funding from ASBU to tackle local issues. Commitments are already in place for the following areas: Hackney will receive £106,000 for the Hackney Crackdown project. Harlow will receive action area funding of £25,000. Peterborough will receive action area funding of £27,800. Southend on Sea and Northampton are still to be agreed. In 2005-06, the growth areas named will receive at least £283,800 between them for antisocial behaviour action. Tackling Drug Misuse Tackling Drug Misuse is a priority of this Government and their policy is set out in the 10-year National Drug Strategy launched in 1998 and updated in December 2002. (A copy of the Updated Drug Strategy 2002 is held in the House Library.) Under this, the Government have invested substantially in measures to reduce the harms caused by illegal drugs, focusing on the four strands of: reducing the supply of illegal drugs; preventing young people from becoming problematic drug users; providing effective treatment to all who need it; and reducing drug-related crime. Direct annual funding nationally to tackle drug misuse across all four strands--not only those delivered by the Home Office--amounted to £1,244 million in 2003-04, rising to £1,344 million in 2004-05. The growth areas have seen a significant increase in direct funding for tackling drugs, in particular for drug treatment services and the throughcare and aftercare elements of the Drugs Intervention Programme. In 2003-04 the allocation for Drug Action Teams in the growth areas totalled £65.97 million, rising to £85.58 million in 2004-05. Allocations for Drug Action Teams for 2005-06 have not yet been agreed, but it is expected that figures will be finalised in early April. Details of action taken to tackle drugs in the growth areas can be obtained from the Drugs Action Teams, for contact details see http://www.drugs.gov.uk/Links/ DrugActionTeams.

Date

15 March 2005

Reference

432 c201-3W;432 c200-2W; 218330

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what funding his Department has earmarked for growth areas to ensure that they have the resources required to meet the demands of a growing population.

Asked by

Phil Sawford (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 February 2005

For answer on

10 March 2005

Answered on

10 March 2005

Phil Sawford: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what funding his Department has earmarked for growth areas to ensure that they have the resources required to meet the demands of a growing population. [218335] Keith Hill: Through the growth areas fund, in the period 2003-08 the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is making £840 million available in the Thames Gateway and £425 million for the newer growth areas. This funding will support a range of projects which will unlock development sites and ensure that new and expanding communities have the facilities that they need. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is currently consulting on three-year financial settlements for local government. As part of this process we are considering whether forward looking population data should be used to take account of planned housing growth. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is also providing more help to local authorities who are facing financial pressures as a result of rapid growth by abolishing the `ceilings' from the financial year 2005-06. A number of other Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's funding streams are benefiting the growth agenda by providing funding for individual services and programmes in these areas. For example, between 2003-04 and 2005-06 local authorities in the four growth areas are estimated to receive a combined total of around £1.3 billion of housing investment. This includes the major repairs allowance, part of local authorities' housing revenue account subsidy entitlement for the capital costs of maintaining their housing stock in its present condition and to repay the capital element of housing debt. It excludes Gypsy sites funding. The Housing Corporation, sponsored by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, has allocated around £396 million to schemes within the growth areas as part of their approved development programme for 2004-05 to 2005-06. The local authorities in the growth areas have been allocated a combined total of over £8.6 million between 2003-04 and 2004-05 as part of the planning delivery grant (PDG) for their contributions to housing delivery. Provisional figures indicate that these LAs will receive a combined PDG allocation total of around £9.5 million for 2005-06. 10 growth area local authorities are also benefiting from the neighbourhood renewal fund, with a combined allocation total of around £278 million from 2001-06. In addition six growth area local authorities have been allocated a combined total of around £314 million between 2000-01 and 2010-11 from the new deal for communities fund. Three local authorities within the growth areas are also receiving a combined total of over £10 million in funding allocated by the Department's liveability fund, from 2003-04 to 2005-06. Between 2004-05 to 2007-08 English Partnerships will be allocating around £600 million to a variety of schemes in the growth areas, including London. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister provides the majority of funding to the regional development agencies' (RDAs) single programme which is coordinated by the Department of Trade and Industry. The RDAs undertake activities that will contribute to delivering Government and regional economic priorities, including in the growth areas. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's contribution for the four RDAs whose regions include the growth areas, is estimated as £462.2 million 2004-05; £454.2 million 2005-06; £467.9 million 2006-07; and £478.6 million 2007-08.

Date

10 March 2005

Reference

431 c1952-3W;431 c1944-5W; 218335

House

House of Commons

HOUSE BUILDING IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

That this House expresses its deep concern at the plans to impose massive house building on Buckinghamshire; notes that such plans are based on the Government's Sustainable Communities Plan launched by the Deputy Prime Minister; congratulates the Environmental Audit Committee on its report, Housing: Building a Sustainable Future, which attacks...

Primary sponsor

David Lidington (Conservative)

Type

Early day motions

Date

10 March 2005

Reference

897

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what powers regional development agencies have to invest in and support investment in (a) transport infrastructure and (b) transport services; what restrictions apply to their powers; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by

Liam Byrne (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 March 2005

Reference

431 c1713W;431 c1709W; 219438

House

House of Commons

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department has earmarked for growth areas to ensure that they have the resources required to meet the demands of a growing population.

Asked by

Phil Sawford (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 February 2005

For answer on

8 March 2005

Answered on

8 March 2005

Phil Sawford: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what funding her Department has earmarked for growth areas to ensure that they have the resources required to meet the demands of a growing population. [218334] Mr. Caborn: The majority of the Department's funding is delegated to its non-departmental public bodies. We have not, therefore, earmarked any direct funding for the growth areas although we do recognise that culture has a vital contribution to make to them and are working closely with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. We have also encouraged our NDPBs to engage with local delivery vehicles and local regeneration partnerships within the growth areas and they are actively involved in a number of pieces of work including: the joint funding of a Cultural Coordinator for the North Kent section of the Thames Gateway by Culture South East, Arts Council England South East, Sport England South East, South East England Museum and Library Archive and Tourism South East. The Coordinator will work with these agencies and other partners to ensure a strategic and coordinated approach to the development of cultural provision with Thames Gateway North Kent; the development of cultural guidance for development bodies within the Milton Keynes South Midlands Growth Area. This work, due to be published on 15 March, has been coordinated by Culture South East, Living East and Culture East Midlands working with English Heritage, Sport England, Arts Council England, Tourist Boards, the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, regional bodies advising on architecture and the built environment, and screen and media agencies from within the three regions as well as Government offices and local authorities.

Date

8 March 2005

Reference

431 c1753W;431 c1749W; 218334

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether private sector prisons have access to (a) the Quantum IT infrastructure and (b) the e-OASys offender assessment system.

Asked by

Bill O'Brien (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 March 2005

Reference

431 c1701-2W;431 c1697-8W; 203380

House

House of Commons

Dept for International Development

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with Shelco regarding its proposal to build (a) an airport and (b) other infrastructure requirements on St Helena; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Lord Jones of Cheltenham (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for International Development

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 March 2005

Reference

431 c1715W;431 c1711W; 220309

House

House of Commons

Dept for Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department has earmarked for growth areas to ensure that they have the resources required to meet the demands of a growing population. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Phil Sawford (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 March 2005

Reference

218332; 431 c1412-3W;431 c1406-7W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding his Department has earmarked for growth areas to ensure that they have the resources required to meet the demands of a growing population.

Asked by

Phil Sawford (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 March 2005

Reference

218333; 431 c1396W

House

House of Commons

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Session

Year

Department

Member

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Answering member

Legislative stage

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