HC Deb 04 February 1981 vol 998 cc133-4W

  1. 1. Projects should be for, and normally in, multiple deprived areas or areas at risk; their effect should be focused on such areas rather than diffused more widely. Projects whose capital cost exceeds £0.2 million will not normally be considered.
  2. 2. Projects should be new, should offer practical and tangible results and should be cost-effective.
  3. 3. Projects should not lead to a net increase in the overall number of staff employed by the authority.
  4. 4. Priority will be given to:—
    1. a. projects not to be run directly by the local authority;
    2. b. projects which are part of a comprehensive scheme of rehabilitation in an area;
    3. c. projects which encourage and stimulate local initiatives;
    4. d. wealth-creating rather than wealth-consuming projects; and
    5. e. innovative projects.
  5. 5. Projects which employ local authority staff will normally be limited to authorities whose staff numbers show a clearly downward trend, and priority will be given to:—
    1. a. projects which generate a significant input of resources from the private and—or voluntary sectors;
    2. b. projects where the local authority staff will be required only for the period of the grant and not thereafter;
    3. c. projects requiring both a professional job specification and a need for close links with equivalent professional staff already employed by the authority; and
    4. d. innovative projects.
  6. 6. Research projects are not excluded in principle, but will not normally be acceptable unless they are in the nature of field research for innovative or experimental ideas.
  7. 7.Period of grant: grant for subjects which involve running costs will be offered initially for three years, and exceptionally for five years. Applications for an extension to the approved period may be made, but no project undertaken directly by a local authority will receive grant for more than five years, and no project for more than seven years.
  8. 8. Amount of grant: grant will be paid at the rate of 75 per cent, ofapproved cost. However, in the case of a project undertaken directly by a local authority and receiving grant towards running costs during year 4—or any project receiving grant during year 6—the approved cost for the purpose of calculation of grant in that year shall not exceed 60 per cent, of the total project cost in the year. Similarly in the succeeding year 5—or year 7—the approved cost shall not exceed 30 per cent, of the total project cost.

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