HC Deb 07 July 1994 vol 246 c307W
Mr. Corbett

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what measures he has taken to protect existing spending commitments for current section 11-funded schemes under the single regeneration budget;

(2) what measures he proposes to take to protect existing ethnic minority business initiative spending commitments under the single regeneration budget;

(3) what measures he proposes to take to protect existing ethnic minority grant commitments under the single regeneration budget.

Mr. Baldry

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment told the House on 4 November 1993,Official Report, column 515, that continuing commitments under the 20 programmes which have been combined in the single regeneration budget will be met. These programmes include the urban part of section 11 funding which has been transferred to the budget, the ethnic minority business initiative and ethnic minority grant.

(a) nationally
£ million
1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99
EMBI 0.600 0.318 0.134 — —
EMG 5.860 2.500 — — —
s11 (urban) 60.500 (see note) — —
s11 (non-urban) 49.800 (see note) — —

(b) for the city of BirminghamSection 11 Allocations notified to recipients within the city of Birmingham for 1994–95 are as follows:

£ million
Birmingham city council 4,046,501
George Dixon school 81,865
Hall Green school 9,320
Ninestiles school 16,530
Small Heath school 50,626
Birmingham FE colleges 1,376,534
Joseph Chamberlain college 67,762

Information is not yet available about recipients' expenditure upon which the level of commitment to current approved projects in subsequent years will depend, and local authorities will be consulted before the basis on which future allocations is determined. Within the city of Birmingham, current commitments to the city council are predominantly of five-year duration; but funding for other recipients' current projects, with the exception of George Dixon and Ninestiles schools, ends on 31 March 1995.Ethnic minority grant There are currently four approved projects funded through Birmingham TEC. Three are due to terminate at the end of March 1995 and the fourth at the end of March 1996. Grant expenditure on these four projects in the 1993–94 financial year amounted to around £52,000.Ethnic minority business initiative The estimated existing commitments for Birmingham are £59,000 in 1994–95, £18,000 in 1995–96 and £4,000 in 1996–97.