HC Deb 18 June 1997 vol 296 cc167-8W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many City Challenge schemes are currently in train; how many(a) public and (b) private money has been received by each; and if he has received (i) the exit strategies and (ii) the date of the completion of each scheme. [4007]

Ms Angela Eagle

There are 20 City Challenge schemes currently in train.

The latest published figures for the total amount of public and private money received or attracted by each of these schemes are:

Partnership Actual public funding to 31 March funding to 31 March 1996 (£000)1 Actual private sector funding to 31 March funding 1996 (£000)
Barnsley 57,545 23,611
Batley (Kirklees) 54,651 49,579
Blackburn 48,020 98,984
Bolton 47,653 33,843
Bootle (Sefton) 42,894 101,161
Brixton (Lambeth) 46,006 34,547
Dalston (Hackney) 92,404 52,415
Derby 49,232 18,371
Harlesden (Brent) 37,616 107,579
Hartlepool 40,781 40,431
Leicester 27,956 34,301
Newtown South 70,152 45,305
Aston (Birmingham)

Partnership Actual public funding to 31 March funding to 31 March 1996 (£000)1 Actual private sector funding to 31 March funding 1996 (£000)
North Kensington 66,227 29,705
(Kensington and Chelsea)
North Tyneside 77,255 174,171
Stockton on Tees 55,273 47,837
Stratford (Newham) 89,224 73,732
Sunderland 70,032 30,153
Tipton (Sandwell) 52,574 48,546
Walsall 40,337 50,430
Wigan 43,708 57,960
1This comprises funding from City Challenge Grant: other DOE programmes; other Government departments; local authority main programmes; and Housing Corporation grant.

The Exit or Forward Strategy is an integral part of each Partnership's annual Action Plan. The Plan is discussed and developed over the lifetime of City Challenge.

The five year period of Government funding for the 20 partnerships ends on 31 March 1998 but, exceptionally, approval has been given for one partnership—North Tyneside—to implement its programme over 6 years. There will be some, limited, grant-funded expenditure taking place in the year after the main funding period ends.