§ Paul FarrellyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much Objective Two and Three European funding Advantage West Midlands has(a) applied for and (b) received in each financial year since its inception; and how much was spent on projects in North Staffordshire in each year. [12261]
§ Jacqui SmithThe information requested is as follows.
(a) AWM inherited a number of ERDF funded projects at its inception from previous organisations. These totalled £12.5 million.
Since its inception, AWM has applied for objective 2 funding totalling £15.4 million. These projects are mainly regionwide projects, benefiting the whole of the West Midlands region.
(b) AWM have received the following amounts of ERDF in each financial year. 884W
£ million 1999–2000 0.832 2000–01 2.057 2001–02 4.070 2002–03 0.548 None of this has been spent on projects in North Staffordshire specifically, although a number of the ERDF funded projects benefit the West Midlands region.
§ Paul FarrellyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the grant-in-aid spending by Advantage West Midlands was in each financial year since its inception; how much was spent on projects in North Staffordshire in each year; how much was spent under the(a) land and property regeneration, (b) skills development and rapid response, (c) rural regeneration, (d) regional innovation fund, (e) inward investment and (f) applied to purchase operations and assets headings in each year; and how much of each was spent in (i) Stoke-on-Trent, (ii) Newcastle-under-Lyme, (iii) Staffordshire Moorlands and (iv) Stafford. [122618]
§ Jacqui SmithThe tables highlight spend in the various categories and four geographical areas stated in the PQ.
The first table gives a breakdown of expenditure in the four areas, Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire Moorlands and Stafford against five of the stated categories [Land and Property, Skills/RRF, Rural, Regional Innovation Fund and Inward Investment].
The second table highlights the funds to "applied to purchase operations and asset headings" [i.e. capital and revenue expenditure] in the four areas. This table includes other expenditure such as SRB and RS A but excludes Regeneration Zone expenditure that cannot be clearly allocated to one of the four areas.
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£ millon Spend: 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 (a) Stoke-on-Trent (a) L&P 1.253 0.906 2.995 2.494 (b) Skills/RRF — — 0.450 0.250 (c) Rural — — — — (d) Regional Innovation Fund — 0.690 0.925 0.002 (e) Inward Investment — — — — (b) Newcastle-under-Lyme (a) L&P (0.108) (0.279) 2.086 0.124 (b) Skills/RRF — — 0.203 — (c) Rural — — — — (d) Regional Innovation Fund — — — — (e) Inward Investment — — — — (c) Staffordshire Moorlands (a) L&P 0.004 — 0.703 1.291 (b) Skills/RRF — — — — (c) Rural — — 0.063 0.078 (d) Regional Innovation Fund — — — — (e) Inward Investment — — — — (d) Stafford (a) L&P 0.096 — 0.009 — (b) Skills/RRF — — — — (c) Rural — — — 0.014 (d) Regional Innovation Fund — — — — (e) Inward Investment — — — —
(f) Purchase Operations & Asset Headings £ million Capital Revenue Total (a) Stoke-on-Trent 1999–2000 7.625 3.573 11.198 2000–01 6.823 2.781 9.604 2001–02 8.207 5.902 14.109 2002–03 8.457 4.841 13.298 Total 31.112 17.097 48.209 (b) Newcastle-under-Lyme 1999–2001 1.15 1.01 2.16 2000–02 1.073 1.073 2.146 2001–03 1.067 1.068 2.135 2002–04 0.693 0.693 1.386 Total 3.983 3.844 7.827 (c) Staffordshire Moorlands 1999–2002 0.145 0.066 0.211 2000–03 0.078 0.3 0.378 2001–04 1.142 0.431 1.573 2002–05 1.937 0.472 2.409 Total 3.302 1.269 4.571 (d) Stafford 1999–2003 0.096 0 0.096 2000–04 0 0.013 0.013 2001–05 0.069 0.355 0.424 2002–06 0.426 0.577 1.003 Total 0.591 0.945 1.536