§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the occasions during the last five years when his Department or its agencies has taken legal action against a consultancy firm; and what were the reasons in each case.
§ Mr. Heseltine[holding answer 15 February 1995]: No central records are kept, but as far as I can ascertain, on
Table A—Expenditure on SRB programmes nationally £ million 1990–91 outturn 1991–92 outturn 1992–93 outturn 1993–94 outturn 1994–95 estimated outturn Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) UDCs and Docklands Light Railway 607.2 601.8 515.0 371.2 296.6 English Partnership1 (URA) 117.4 97.4 151.5 152.9 193.0 Housing Action Trusts— 10.1 26.5 78.1 90.7 Other SRB Estate Action 180.0 267.5 348.0 357.4 372.6 City Challenge2 — — 52.1 206.6 212.7 Urban Programme 225.8 237.5 236.2 166.5 77.2 Task Forces 20.9 20.5 23.6 18.0 16.0 Business Start-Up Scheme3 *113.1 *90.1 62.1 82.9 70.1 Local Initiative Fund 9.9 48.2 49.7 47.7 28.6 Compacts 5.8 5.5 5.4 5.7 5.7 Teacher Placement Service — 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.3 Education Business Partnerships 0.7 3.2 2.0 1.7 1.4 TEC Challenge — — — 9.1 4.3 Programme Development Fund3 *2.1 1.9 3.5 2.9 3.3 Regional Enterprise Grants 8.4 7.3 5.8 8.2 11.7 Section 11 programme (part) 74.1 61.8 70.9 74.8 60.5 Ethnic Minorities Grant — — 4.0 5.4 5.7 Safer Cities — — — — 2.0 Ethnic Minority Business Initiative 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.6 GEST 19 — — 3.3 6.1 4.3 City Action Terms 7.7 8.4 4.6 3.4 0.4 Total SRB 1,373.5 1,465.3 1,567.9 1,602.5 1,460.7 Notes:
1 English Partnerships figures include English Estates, City Grant and Derelict Land Grant.
2 City Challenge—an additional £19 million per year is provided from Housing Corporation provision.
3 *=pro rata expenditure on related programmes.
796Wno occasion during the last five years has my Department or its agencies taken legal action against a firm providing consultancy services to the Department.