To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the budget of the Government Offices Regional Coordination Unit is for 2009-10; how many staff it employs; and what its function is.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the budget of the Government Offices Regional Coordination Unit is for 2009-10; how many staff it employs; and what its function is.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the functions are of the Regional Co-ordination Unit; what guidelines have been issued governing its acitivities; and to whom it reports.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the functions are of the Regional Co-ordination Unit; what guidelines have been issued governing its acitivities; and to whom it reports.

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...

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...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress he has made in (a) reducing the number of area-based initiatives, (b) reducing the need for repetitive strategies of area-based initiatives, (c) reducing the administrative burden of area-based initiatives and (d) improving the ease of access by (i) target groups, (ii) community...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress he has made in (a) reducing the number of area-based initiatives, (b) reducing the need for repetitive strategies of area-based initiatives, (c) reducing the administrative burden of area-based initiatives and (d) improving the ease of access by (i) target groups, (ii) community...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many conferences staff of the regional co-ordination unit have attended each year since its establishment; what the cost was in each case; and how many were overseas conferences. - Inc fact that info requested is not held centrally, and could be provided only...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many conferences staff of the regional co-ordination unit have attended each year since its establishment; what the cost was in each case; and how many were overseas conferences. - Inc fact that info requested is not held centrally, and could be provided only...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many publications have been issued by the Regional Co-ordination Unit in each year since its formation; and what the annual cost was. - Will write.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many publications have been issued by the Regional Co-ordination Unit in each year since its formation; and what the annual cost was. - Will write.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many conferences have been organised by the Regional Co-ordination unit in each year since it was established; and what the cost was of each. - Inc fact that info requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many conferences have been organised by the Regional Co-ordination unit in each year since it was established; and what the cost was of each. - Inc fact that info requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many full-time equivalent employees were employed in the Regional Co-ordination Unit (a) when it was first established and (b) in July. - Including figures.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many full-time equivalent employees were employed in the Regional Co-ordination Unit (a) when it was first established and (b) in July. - Including figures.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many research projects the Regional Co-ordination Unit (a) plans to commission in 2003-04 and (b) commissioned in 2002-03; and what the rationale for each project was.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many research projects the Regional Co-ordination Unit (a) plans to commission in 2003-04 and (b) commissioned in 2002-03; and what the rationale for each project was.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the Regional Co-ordination Unit was established. - Inc ref to the Performance and Innovation Unit Report, "Reaching Out - The Role Of Central Government At Regional And Local Level".

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the Regional Co-ordination Unit was established. - Inc ref to the Performance and Innovation Unit Report, "Reaching Out - The Role Of Central Government At Regional And Local Level".

Whether the recommendation in the July report by the Better Regulation Task Force on the local delivery of central policy that the Treasury and Regional Co-ordination Unit of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister should review specific areas of cross-cutting delivery has been implemented; if so, when the unit...

Whether the recommendation in the July report by the Better Regulation Task Force on the local delivery of central policy that the Treasury and Regional Co-ordination Unit of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister should review specific areas of cross-cutting delivery has been implemented; if so, when the unit...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the cost implications to (a) his Department and (b) other departments of implementing the review of area-based initiatives by the Regional Co-ordination Unit; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the cost implications to (a) his Department and (b) other departments of implementing the review of area-based initiatives by the Regional Co-ordination Unit; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent evaluations have been undertaken of the effectiveness of the Regional Co-ordination Unit and Government Office network; and if he will make a statement. - Includes fact that a copy of the Corporate Plan for the network will be placed in the Library...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent evaluations have been undertaken of the effectiveness of the Regional Co-ordination Unit and Government Office network; and if he will make a statement. - Includes fact that a copy of the Corporate Plan for the network will be placed in the Library...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how the work of the (a) Neighbourhood Renewal Unit, (b) Social Exclusion Unit and (c) Regional Co-ordination Unit will be co-ordinated within his new Department; and what impact this will have on the joined-up delivery of inclusive public services at a regional level.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how the work of the (a) Neighbourhood Renewal Unit, (b) Social Exclusion Unit and (c) Regional Co-ordination Unit will be co-ordinated within his new Department; and what impact this will have on the joined-up delivery of inclusive public services at a regional level.

Which programmes of work by the Performance and Innovation Unit, the Active Community Unit and the Regional Co-ordination Unit, currently in progress or in prospect are directed at supporting the voluntary and charitable sectors; how they relate to each other; what are their intended effects; and when it is expected...

Which programmes of work by the Performance and Innovation Unit, the Active Community Unit and the Regional Co-ordination Unit, currently in progress or in prospect are directed at supporting the voluntary and charitable sectors; how they relate to each other; what are their intended effects; and when it is expected...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what initiatives the Government has taken to (a) reorganise and (b) simplify access to state funded competitive grant schemes for (i) community and (ii) voluntary groups; whether a particular Minister has been given specific responsibility for rationalising and simplifying access...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what initiatives the Government has taken to (a) reorganise and (b) simplify access to state funded competitive grant schemes for (i) community and (ii) voluntary groups; whether a particular Minister has been given specific responsibility for rationalising and simplifying access...