§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list(a) the individual name of, and total amount in cash terms planned to be spent on, each individual spending programme as a result of the Budget settlement 1994 and (b) the total amount in cash terms now planned to be spent on each of these individual programmes as a result of the Budget settlement 1995 (i) for each individual spending programme making up the broad spending headings contained in the table "Provision for Department of the Environment Programmes 1995–96 to 1997–98" in his Department's press release No. 668 and (ii) for each year from 1995–96 to 1997–98; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Gummer[holding answer 7 December 1995]: The information requested is in the table which sets out spending plans announced at the time of the 1994 Budget and current plans for programme expenditure lines of £10 million and above. Detailed expenditure proposals for 1996–97 and beyond will be set out in my Department's main estimates and the 1996 annual report, to be published next March.
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£ million programme1 Plans (1994) Plans (1995) 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 Cities and Countryside Urban Development Corporations/Docklands Light Railway 239 215 210 244 203 187 English Partnerships 212 222 222 210 210 210 Housing Action Trusts 90 90 90 90 89 89 Single Regeneration Budget Residual Programmes2 666 533 367 660 546 359 Single Regeneration Budget Challenge Fund 125 265 436 125 265 483 Sub Total SRB 1,332 1,324 1,324 1,329 1,313 1,328 Other Urban 2 1 1 2 2 2 New Town –125 –185 –190 –125 –100 –190 European Regional Development Fund5 184 189 189 184 189 189 Country side 147 146 146 150 146 146 of which: Countryside Commission6 42 41 40 42 40 39 English Nature 40 40 40 40 39 39 Rural Development Commission 36 37 39 38 39 39 National Parks 16 16 15 16 16 15 Other 13 12 12 13 12 12 Cities and Countryside sub total 1,540 1,476 1,470 1,540 1,550 1,474 Other Programmes Environment Protection 97 89 89 100 206 203 of which: Environment Agency7 5 0 0 5 121 122 Research 35 35 36 35 30 30 Recycling Credit Approvals 16 16 16 16 10 5 Contaminated Land Credit Approvals 13 13 13 14 16 18 Other 28 25 23 30 30 27 Water7 67 63 63 67 6 6 British Waterways Board 48 48 47 48 47 46 Energy Efficiency 115 115 115 135 122 114 of which: Energy Savings Trust — — — — 25 15 Home Energy Efficiency Scheme 86 87 87 106 73 75 Other 29 28 28 30 23 24 DOE Administration 230 242 237 227 239 195 Health and Safety Executive8 187 187 186 189 176 174 Property Holdings9 –276 –267 –285 –235 –236 –246 of which: QEII Conference Centre and other buildings 11 10 10 11 10 10 PSA Services 48 29 25 36 26 23 Ordnance Survey 15 10 12 15 9 10 OFWAT 8 8 8 8 9 10 Local Government (Non-Aggregate External Finance) 238 234 232 306 234 230 Other Programmes sub-total 591 572 544 1,143 1,084 1,020 Total DOE (to £10 million) 8,910 8,840 8,830 9,420 8,480 8,150 1Figures in italics are not included in the overall total. 21995 plans for 1995–96 and 1996–97 include a transfer of £19 million from Housing Corporation capital to SRB residual programmes, for city challenge projects. 3Resources for the rough sleepers initiative are split between the Housing Corporation and Other Housing. At this stage the split is provisional, as final plans will be made after a consultation exercise. 4Provision for 1995–96 is for transfer to the Department of Social Security to meet the housing benefit costs of Large Scale Voluntary transfers. The 1995 Plans are lower since most of the transfers for 1995–96 have already taken place. 5A transfer of ERDF resources to the Department of National Heritage, totalling £5 million in 1996–97 and £3 million in 1997–98, was agreed subsequent to DOE press release 688. 6A transfer of £13 million a year from 1996–97 not reflected in these figures is also proposed from the Countryside Commission to MAFF in respect of the countryside stewardship scheme. 71995 plans for future years include the transfer of resources from the National Rivers Authority, waste regulation authorities, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution and certain DOE functions into the Environment Agency. It is also proposed to transfer £7 million a year from 1996–97 to MAFF in respect of the agency's fisheries functions. This transfer is not reflected in the table. 8Until July 1995 the Health and Safety Executive was part of the Department of Employment group. 91995 plans include the transfer of most of the resources for property holdings to the Cabinet Office, excluding the QEII conference centre and certain other buildings.