§ Mr. RendelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what measures his Department has taken since 1992 to bring together resources for targeted inner-city programmes into a single budget.
§ Mr. BaldryMy right hon. Friend announced to the House on 4 November 1993,Official Report, columns 515–25, details of the single regeneration budget which will bring together 20 inner-city and other programmes for regeneration and development from April 1994. On 10 November 1993 he launched English Partnerships, a new public body under the chairmanship of Lord Walker, which will unify three initiatives which benefit urban and other areas: English Estates, city grant and derelict land grant. The resources for English Partnerships will form part of the single regeneration budget. The budget will be worth some £1.4 billion in 1994–95. Details of the single regeneration budget and English Partnerships have been placed in the Library of the House.