§ Mrs. EllmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is the expected spend of English Partnerships for the current year for the(a) North West, (b) North East, (c) West Midlands, (d) East Midlands and (e) Yorkshire and Humberside Regions. [74672]
§ Mr. CabornBased on the latest estimates, the total expected spend for 1998–99 for these regions of English Partnerships is as follows:
£million (a) North West 92.0 (b) North East 47.0 (c) West Midlands 48.0 (d) East Midlands 26.5 (e) Yorkshire and Humberside 53.0
§ Mrs. EllmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how much of the funding available to English Partnerships for the year 1999–2000 is planned to be retained centrally; and what projects are currently being considered for this funding.[74670]
§ Mr. CabornThe total land and property programme, excluding the coalfields portfolio, for 1999–2000 is projected to be £371.6m(based on DETR's receipts targets). It is currently proposed that EP will be allocated £46.6m to take forward the responsibilities identified on 23 June 1998, Official Report, column 438. These include the reclamation and development of the Greenwich site, the setting up and running of databases on brownfield sites, and managing the programme of Millennium Villages. EP will also be responsible for the land and property programme for London (£56.3m) for next year; and will manage the ring-fenced Coalfields Portfolio (£49.6m) on behalf of and in liaison with the RDAs.
§ Mrs. EllmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is English Partnerships' current draft budget for the regional development agencies for the financial year 1999–2000 for the(a) North West, (b) North East, (c) Yorkshire and Humberside, (d) West Midlands and (e) East Midlands Regions. [74669]
§ Mr. CabornThe land and property budgets for Regional Development Agencies will be set by the Department, not by English Partnerships, in consultation with the RDAs. The budgets have yet to be finalised.
844WThe latest provisional budgets for these Regions, for the main land and property programmes, excluding administration and the coalfields portfolio, for 1999–2000 are as follows:
Region £million North West 73 North East 30 Yorkshire and Humberside 41 West Midlands 34.3 East Midlands 16
§ Mrs. EllmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how much additional funding to that made available by Government English Partnerships is expected to be generated from the public, private and voluntry sectors for the current year 1998–99 for the(a) North West, (b) North East, (c) Yorkshire and Humberside, (d) West Midlands, (e) East Midlands and Regions.[74671]
§ Mr. CabornThe following amounts of additional funding are expected to be generated for projects in 1998–99:
£million Region Other public Private North West 18.71 90.71 North East 25.89 213.83 Yorkshire and Humberside 13.59 65.14 West Midlands 23.75 22.41 East Midlands 18.06 27.89 Note:
1. The category "Other public" includes funding from voluntary sector organisations.
§ Mrs. EllmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how much additional funding has been generated for every £1 spent by Government through English Partnerships in the(a) North West, (b) North East, (c) West Midlands,(d) East Midlands and (e) Yorkshire and Humberside regions in each of the past five years. [74674]
§ Mr. CabornUntil April 1998, English Partnerships did not collect data of this sort on a regional basis. It is therefore not possible to provide a full answer.
English Partnerships publishes estimates of the value of private sector funding in its Annual Reports. The national totals have been as follows:
Year £ million 1994–95 300 1995–96 580 1996–97 630 1997–98 767 For 1998–99, the estimated additional private sector funding for these regions is expected to be as follows:
845W
Region £million North West 90.71 North East 213.83 West Midlands 22.41 East Midlands 27.89 Yorkshire and Humberside 65.14
§ Mrs. EllmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is the total budget allocation for English Partnerships for(a) 1998–99and (b) 1999–2000, broken down by funding held centrally, funding allocated by regional offices and funding transferred to the regional development agencies. [74673]
§ Mr. CabornThe budget allocations for the English Partnerships land and property programme spend for 1998–99 and 1999–2000 is as follows:
£million 1998–99 1999–2000 Central 72.0 46.6 Regional 339.3 56.3 Transferred to RDAs — 267.7 Total 411.3 370.6 Notes:
1. Central spend excludes the ring-fenced funding for the Greenwich Millennium Project.
2. Regional spend in 1999–00 by EP is for London
3. The above figures do not include the funding for the coalfields portfolio (49.6 million) which is to be managed centrally by EP on behalf of and in liaison with the RDAs.