Compulsory Purchase Orders

HC Deb 19 September 2002 vol 390 c166W

Ms Shipley

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many compulsory purchase orders each regional development agency is helping to promote; what the total gap funding is each has awarded; and what the total investment of each has been in direct development in each year since their formation. [73409]

Alan Johnson

Most RDAs do not promote their own Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs), and therefore there is no associated gap funding or investment, although this may change in the future. The exceptions are South of England Development Agency (SEEDA), London Development Agency (LDA) and North West Development Agency (NWDA).

For SEEDA, the number of CPOs is one (with no gap funding nor any investment in development yet).

For LDA, there are no CPOs yet (with no gap funding nor any investment in development), but two CPOs are being considered.

For NWDA, three CPOs have been made (total gap funding of £2.4 million and a total investment of £2.7 million over the years 1999 to 2002) and a further two CPOs are being considered.