§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many civil servants in the north-west government office were involved in assessing each of the bids submitted under the single regeneration budget; and what was the average time spent reviewing each bid.
§ Sir Paul BeresfordIn the two-stage process for submission of potential single regeneration budget bids, approximately 40 staff from the government office for the north-west were involved to some degree.
It is not possible, in hindsight, to give an average time spent on each bid.