§ Mr. Alan CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what proportion of single regeneration budget money was given to schemes in seaside towns in each of the previous four SRB rounds. [58783]
§ Mr. MealeAs SRB funding is allocated to comprehensive schemes which may cover whole local authority districts or even counties, rather than specific towns within these areas, precise figures for the funding given to schemes in seaside towns are difficult to produce. However, of the total resources allocated under Rounds 1–3 of the Single Regeneration Budget, 4 per cent. (or £126.5 million) was targeted on schemes in 35 local authority districts classified as 'resort, retirement and port areas' by the 1991 Office for National Statistics (ONS) classification of districts. In SRB Round 4 a further £9.2 million, or 2.9 per cent. of the total, was allocated to schemes in the 'resort, retirement and port' category of the 1991 ONS classification.