§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what he expects the cost of setting up the single regeneration budget offices to be.
§ Mr. BaldryI refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave him on 15 February,Official Report, column 734.
§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much the setting up of the single regeneration budget has cost.
§ Mr. BaldryThe single regeneration budget combines 20 existing Government expenditure programmes to provide flexible and responsive support for local initiatives which promote regeneration, economic development and industrial competitiveness. As such no additional costs have been involved in setting up the Budget; indeed, the combination of programmes should improve value for money so that public investment will go further.